Achieving Climate/Weather-Quality Data from a Tiered Network-of-Networks

The American Association of State Climatologists (AASC) has developed a Position Paper that describes a systematic, objective methodology to evaluate the actual surface-observing standards used by or proposed for a given network. The goal is to provide data users and data providers with an ability to discriminate between surface observing networks capable of producing climate- and weather-quality data from those networks that fall short of this important goal. In so doing, the AASC becomes the first organization to put forward a methodology that objectively defines a tiered network-of-networks. The intent is to be inclusive – not exclusive – so all network owners, now and in the future, come to understand the data quality standards the AASC believes are essential to providing reliable data for a national climate service.

The presentation will provide important details about the proposed methodology.