BackForward Variable: CO Tropospheric column

Definition
Full name CO Tropospheric column
Definition 2D field of total amount of CO molecules per unit area in an atmospheric column extending from the Earth’s surface to the tropopause. 
Measuring Units molecules.cm-2 Uncertainty Units %
Horizontal Res Units km Vertical Res Units
Stability Units % (Stability /decade)

 

Comment:
Last modified: 2019-09-26
Applied in OSCAR/Space Gap Analysis: No
Classification
  • Domain: Atmosphere
    • Sub-domain: Atmospheric chemistry
      • Variable: CO Tropospheric column
        • Measured in Layers:
          • TrC
  • Cross-cutting themes:

Requirements defined for CO Tropospheric column  (3)

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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
888 CO Tropospheric column Forecasting Atmospheric Composition Global firm GAW Expert Team on Atmospheric Composition Network Design and Evolution
889 CO Tropospheric column 2.6 Atmospheric Composition Forecasting and Monitoring Global firm GAW Expert Team on Atmospheric Composition Network Design and Evolution
806 CO Tropospheric column TrC 2.5 Atmospheric Climate Monitoring 20 % 2 % 5 km
10 km 		4 h Global reasonable 2019-09-26 GCOS-200: The Global Observing System for Climate: Implementation Needs (Published 2016) Requirement for uncertainty in the GCOS IP is expressed as max (20%; 20 DU)