Atmosphere Weather & Climate
Weather observations and climate state
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Incomplete
3 bundles · 9 layers · 0 findings · 0 questions
observation What was measured, by what, where and how well
stationNetwork
observing sites, instruments, exposure class and operating history
surfaceAndUpperAir
direct measurements at the surface and through the profile
remoteSensing
radar, satellite and lidar derived fields with their retrieval method
atmosphericComposition
aerosols, ozone and greenhouse gas concentrations
forecast What is expected and what is communicated about it
numericalPrediction
model runs, ensembles, initialization and lead times
productAndBulletin
published forecast products for areas, points and routes
warningAndAdvisory
severity-graded warnings with area, onset, certainty and expiry
climatology What the long record says
homogenizedSeries
quality-controlled long series with break adjustments and lineage
normalsAndExtremes
reference-period normals, records and exceedance statistics
Note: Legacy card: layers named, findings and questions never written.
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- World Models
- Category
- Physical world and living systems
- Entry kind
- standalone-mm
- Navigation path
- NAV.PHY.EAR.WTH
- Domain
- PHY.EAR.WTH
- Industry
- Cross-industry
- Tags
- weatherphy.ear.wth
- Also called
- P4
What it is Derived, awaiting review
This meta-model describes the state of the atmosphere: what was observed, what is predicted, and what the long record says is normal.
Note: First sentence of the legacy card introduction.
Why it exists Filled
Weather observations and climate state
Distinguishing features Derived, awaiting review
- It is its own model because weather is a continuously refreshed observation stream while climate is a curated statistical archive, and both must live under one identity so that a warning, a forecast and a normal for the same place can be reconciled.
What robots and AI may and may not do Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Moral aspects Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Owners Filled
Steward
An ecology commons steward operates the observing and forecasting register: it runs or accredits stations, publishes forecasts, warnings and the climate archive, and states the quality of each product.
Links to other meta-models Filled
references
- world.naturalPhenomenonAndHazard - warnings and observed severity feed hazard occurrence and alerting
- world.waterBodyAndHydrology - precipitation and evaporation fields drive catchment balance and flood response
- world.ecosystemAndBiome - condition and growing-season models consume normals and observations
- world.agricultureAndHusbandry - condition and growing-season models consume normals and observations
- world.spaceAndOrbitalObjects - satellite platforms and space weather bound the upper end of this model
- world.energy - operational consumers of forecasts and warnings
- world.passengerMobilityAndTransit - operational consumers of forecasts and warnings
- world.observedPhenomenon - recurring atmospheric patterns are described there using series published here
- world.timeAndCalendarReference - valid times, reference periods and time zones resolve there
- world.officialStatisticsAndIndicators - climate indicators are compiled from these series under statistical methodology
imports
- wmo - EXTEND: observing practice, station identification and warning grading this model specializes
- cf-conventions - ALIGN: standard names and units for every observed and modelled variable
- iso-19156-observations-and-measurements - COMPOSE: the observation, procedure and result pattern
- ogc-sensorthings-api - REFERENCE: a delivery shape for sensor-sourced observation streams
requires
- vr.wm-act-016
- vr.wm-ear-005
- vr.wm-flw-001
- vr.wm-liv-006
- vr.wm-plc-003
- vr.wm-spc-001
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Incomplete
Identity and identifiers required Derived, awaiting review
- observingStation: a site producing atmospheric measurements; key attributes: station identifier, location, elevation, instrument set, exposure class, operating period
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Institutional or informational subject: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Capabilities and actions required Derived, awaiting review
- observationRecorded: a measurement was taken and entered the observation stream
- observationCorrected: a previously published value was flagged, adjusted or withdrawn after quality control
- forecastRunCompleted: a prediction cycle finished and its fields became available for products
- warningIssued: a graded notice was published for an area, with onset and expiry
- warningUpdatedOrCancelled: an active notice was upgraded, downgraded, extended or withdrawn
- stationCommissionedOrRelocated: an observing site started, moved or changed instrumentation, creating a potential series break
- seriesHomogenizationApplied: an adjustment was applied to a long record to remove a non-climatic break
- recordValueSet: an observation exceeded the previous extreme for a site or area
Legacy events listed as state transitions.
Hazards and failure modes optional Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Standards and interfaces required Derived, awaiting review
- observationFeedContract: terms for push or pull delivery of the observation stream, including latency, quality flags and correction handling
- warningDisseminationContract: terms for redistributing warnings to broadcasters and applications, including timeliness and no-alteration conditions
- forecastProductLicense: terms for reuse of published forecast products, including attribution and derived-product rules
- climateArchiveAccessContract: terms for bulk access to long series and normals, including citation of version and homogenization method
- publicForecastView: point and area forecasts with plain severity language; omits model internals, ensemble members and station diagnostics
- warningFeed: machine-readable current warnings with area, severity, onset and expiry; omits the forecasting rationale and internal deliberation
- climateNormalsTable: normals and extremes per site and reference period; omits raw uncorrected observations
- stationMetadataCatalogue: site, instrument and exposure history for data users; omits measured values
Context of use required Filled
- Restricted feeds, pre-validation data and commercially licensed products are released through S2 access contracts granted by the steward, and reads are recorded in S4.
Sources Missing, in the backlog
Not described yet. This gap is in the card backlog.
Open questions
- Superseded by a researched world model? Map this legacy card to its successor or retire it.
Machine files
Provenance
legacy MMAS card (world-models v0.2) · legacy
Built from: models/world-p4-atmosphere-weather-and-climate/spec.yaml, models/docs/planet-nature/P4-atmosphere-weather-and-climate.md