BackForward Variable: Aerosol volcanic ash

Definition
Full name Aerosol volcanic ash
Definition 3D field of mass mixing ratio of volcanic ash
Measuring Units g/kg Uncertainty Units %
Horizontal Res Units Vertical Res Units
Stability Units % (Stability /decade)

 

Comment: "Volcanic ash" is a required component of the pre-defined set of aerosol classes from which the aerosol type is chosen. The value reported for "volcanic ash" is the aerosol mass mixing ratio multiplied by the mass fraction of volcanic ash in the aerosol class chosen as the aerosol type.
Last modified: 2011-11-10
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis: Yes
Classification
  • Domain: Atmosphere
    • Sub-domain: Aerosols and radiation
      • Variable: Aerosol volcanic ash
        • Measured in Layers:
          • MUS
          • UTLS
          • FT
          • PBL
          • M

Requirements defined for Aerosol volcanic ash  (1)

This tables shows all related requirements. For more operations/filtering, please consult the full list of Requirements
Note: In reading the values, goal is marked blue, breakthrough green, threshold orange
Application-dependent Technical Priority (ATP) Magenta and Relative priority of the attributes Red

Id Variable Layer App Area ATP Uncertainty Layer/s Quality Coverage Quality Stability / decade Hor Res Ver Res Obs Cyc Timeliness Coverage Conf Level Val Date Source General Comment Application Area Comment Horizontal Coverage Comment Observation Comment Performance Comment
717 Aerosol volcanic ash PBL 2.8 Aeronautical Meteorology Global firm 2013-12-05 J van der Meulen