Metadata Self‐Declaration for Canadian Weather Stations Collecting Atmospheric Meteorological Data

CSA Group
Standards Development Organisation:
Canadian Standards Association (operating as CSA Group)
Working Program:
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Designation Number:
CSA R100
Standard Type:
National Standard of Canada - Domestic
Standard Development Activity:
New Standard
Status:
Proceeding to development
SDO Comment Period Start Date:
SDO Comment Period End Date:
Posted On:

Scope:

This Standard provides requirements and recommendations for describing and presenting the way in which weather stations, including weather stations considered ‘one off’, collect data with respect to:

  • Site attributes (e.g. site name, location, reporting frequency, time zone, owner, purpose, maintenance schedule, physical site description, site photographs);
  • Data collection attributes (e.g. information on instruments/tools used, location, temporal properties, unit of measurement, frequency of collection, frequency of transmission, instrumentation maintenance);
  • Data reporting attributes (e.g. format, output, code, schema, formula used, processing frequency, resolution, quality control, data processing, data storage)

This Standard also provides guidance and recommendation on self-declaration management, including:

  • How and where to post the information;
  • How frequently to update the information.

 

This standard is applicable to meteorological components at any monitoring location.

Project need:

The objectives of this Standard are to: • Provide a standardized approach to allow meteorological data providers to detail and ultimately self-declare on how meteorological data are collected and presented • Allow data users to understand the conditions under which collection takes place • Allow data users to understand the methodologies by which the data are processed at the station level • Support more informed decision-making about the use of data • Support the management of site metadata

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