ECV Products and Requirements for Precipitation
These products and requirements reflect the Implementation Plan 2016 (GCOS-200). GCOS is reviewing and will update the requirements until 2022. More information on: gcos.wmo.int.
PRODUCT | DEFINITION | FREQ. | RES. | REQUIRED MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY | STABILITY | STANDARDS/ REFERENCES |
Estimates of liquid and solid precipitation | Integration of solid and liquid precipitation rate reaching the ground over several time intervals. The reference requirement refers to integration over 24h. | Monthly (resolving diurnal cycles and with statistics of 3 hr values) | 25km/NA | 0.5 mm/h | 0.02mm/ decade | CMSAF requirements related to the HOAPS release 4.0 (CM-12611) |