We are happy to share that on 25 November the DestinE data displayed on the DestinE Platform homepage will be updated.
This preview is powered by miniDEA, the lightweight DestinE data visualisation component developed by partner Alia Space and integrated into our homepage.
In particular, the current layers Surface net long-wave thermal radiation and 10-meter wind speed will be replaced by the following three layers:
- Total cloud coverage
Total cloud cover (tcc) is the proportion of a grid box covered by cloud. It is a single level field calculated from the cloud occurring at different model levels through the atmosphere. Assumptions are made about the degree of overlap/randomness between clouds at different heights.
[Source: ECMWF DestinE Climate DT documentation here].
- Total column vertically-integrated water
Total column vertically-integrated water vapour (tcwv) is the total amount of water vapour in a column extending from the surface of the Earth to the top of the atmosphere.
This parameter represents the area averaged value for a grid box.
[Source: ECMWF DestinE Climate DT documentation here].
- Surface latent heat net flux
Time-integrated surface latent heat net flux (slhf) is the transfer of latent heat (resulting from water phase changes, such as evaporation or condensation) between the Earth’s surface and the atmosphere through the effects of turbulent air motion. Evaporation from the Earth’s surface represents a transfer of energy from the surface to the atmosphere.This parameter is accumulated over a particular time period which depends on the data extracted. The units are joules per square metre (J m-2). To convert to watts per square metre (W m-2), the accumulated values should be divided by the accumulation period expressed in seconds.
The ECMWF convention for vertical fluxes is positive downwards.
[Source: ECMWF DestinE Climate DT documentation here and further documentation here].
Check out the new layers on the DestinE Platform home or directly on miniDEA!
