The GCOS Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Data Access Matrix

The Global Observing System for Climate (GCOS) Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Data Access Matrix provides key dataset links, definitions, associated networks and product requirements information for each of the ECVs.

ATMOSPHERE	OCEAN	LAND
SURFACE	PHYSICS	Above-Ground Biomass
Precipitation	Ocean Surface Heat Flux	Albedo
Pressure	Sea Ice	Anthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Fluxes
Surface Radiation Budget	Sea Level	Anthropogenic Water Use
Surface Wind Speed and Direction	Sea State	Fire
Temperature	Sea Surface Salinity	Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR)
Water Vapour	Sea Surface Temperature	Glaciers
UPPER-ATMOSPHERE	Subsurface Currents	Groundwater
Earth Radiation Budget	Subsurface Salinity	Ice Sheets and Ice Shelves
Lightning	Subsurface Temperature	Lakes
Temperature	Surface Currents	Land Cover
Water Vapour	Surface Stress	Land Surface Temperature
Wind Speed and Direction	BIOGEOCHEMISTRY	Latent and Sensible Heat Fluxes
COMPOSITION	Inorganic Carbon	Leaf Area Index (LAI)
Aerosols Properties	Nitrous Oxide	Permafrost
Carbon Dioxide, Methane and other Greenhouse Gases	Nutrients	River Discharge
Cloud Properties	Ocean Colour	Snow
Ozone	Oxygen	Soil Carbon
Precursors (Supporting the Aerosols and Ozone ECVs)	Transient Tracers	Soil Moisture
	BIOLOGY/ECOSYSTEMS
	Marine Habitat Properties
	Plankton

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The GCOS Essential Climate Variable (ECV) Data Access Matrix

ATMOSPHERE

OCEAN

LAND

SURFACE

PHYSICS

UPPER-ATMOSPHERE

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

COMPOSITION

BIOLOGY/ECOSYSTEMS