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  4. ECV Products and Requirements for Precipitation

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)

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