ECV Products and Requirements for Upper-air Temperature
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 |
| Tropospheric Temperature profile | 3D field of the atmospheric temperature in the troposphere (K) | 4hr | 25km/1km | 0.5K | 0.05K | |
| Stratospheric Temperature profile | 3D field of the atmospheric temperature in the stratosphere (K) | 4hr | 100km/2km | 0.5K | 0.05K | |
| Temperature of deep atmospheric layers | 3D field of the atmospheric temperature of deep atmospheric layers (K) | Monthly averages | 100km/5km | 0.2K | 0.02K |
