weather station
Let an agent handle weather stations by network, location, instruments, data access and standards, and help people set up personal stations properly.
Research draft, second pass
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle weather stations by network, location, instruments, data access and standards, and help people set up personal stations properly.
A facility with instruments that measure atmospheric conditions such as temperature, humidity, pressure, wind, precipitation and sunshine, including manned stations, automatic stations, road weather stations and global atmosphere watch sites.
What it is for: Weather forecasting, climate records and local monitoring.
It can be find official station data; understand instruments and siting standards; set up a home weather station; contribute to citizen weather networks.
Distinguishing features
In-situ measurements
Standardised siting
Part of networks
Long records for climate
What it looks like
Instrument enclosures, masts with anemometers, rain gauges and solar panels.
How it is recognised
Stevenson screens and masts
WMO station identifiers
Weather radars sense remotely
Related models
is a kind of - category
is operated by - operator
supports - use
is coordinated by - body
In practice
Families and kinds
synoptic weather stations
automatic weather stations
road weather stations
climate reference stations
personal weather stations
Identifiers
WMO station ID WIGOS identifier station
Standards and regulation
WMO guide to instruments and methods of observation
National meteorological service standards
Failure modes and hazards
Poor siting biasing readings
Uncalibrated personal stations
Gaps in records
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Station Which station.
Identifiers help.
Identity
Station ID.
Identity
Station identity.
- Which station is meant, and what is its identifier? provenance
- Who operates it? provenance
Data
Access.
Data
Data access.
- Where can its observations be accessed? provenance
- How long is the record? measurement
Instruments Measurements.
Instruments must be sited well.
Sensors
What is measured.
Sensors
Sensors.
- Which variables does the station measure? definition
- How accurate are the sensors? measurement
Siting
Standards.
Siting
Siting.
- Does the siting follow WMO guidance? provenance
- Could nearby buildings bias readings? boundary
Personal Home stations.
Amateurs contribute.
Setup
Installation.
Setup
Home station setup.
- How should a home weather station be sited and calibrated? action
- Which guidance helps? provenance
Networks
Citizen science.
Networks
Citizen networks.
- Which citizen weather networks accept data? provenance
- How is data quality checked? definition
Uses Applications.
Data serve many users.
Roads
Road weather.
Roads
Road weather.
- How are road weather stations used for gritting decisions? definition
- Is live data public? provenance
Climate
Records.
Climate
Climate records.
- How are long station records used in climate monitoring? definition
- How are station changes adjusted for? definition
What the second pass must settle
- Should station types be separate entries?
- How should station metadata be linked?
- How should citizen data be quality-controlled?