Toward a Standardized Metadata Protocol for Urban Meteorological Networks
Toward a Standardized Metadata Protocol for Urban Meteorological Networks
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DOI：
10.1175/bams-d-12-00096.1
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发表时间：
2013-08-01
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8
通讯作者：
Cai, Xiao-Ming
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作者：
Muller, Catherine L.;Chapman, Lee;Cai, Xiao-Ming
随着全球城市气象网（umn）数量的增加和重要性的提高，建立标准的元数据协议变得至关重要。事实上，对现有umn的审查表明，包含技术信息（即设备、通信方法）和网络实践（即质量保证/质量控制和数据管理程序）的元数据在质量、数量和可用性方面存在很大差异。没有这样的元数据，umn的效用就会大打折扣。有必要将目前不同的指导方针集合在一起，以确保今后的部署有充分的信息和充分的文件。这将大大提高这些网络提供的高分辨率数据的质量，从而提高其适用性。本文根据目前城市气候站的建议，提出了umn的第一个元数据协议，并确定了现有网络的最佳实践。
With the growing number and significance of urban meteorological networks (UMNs) across the world, it is becoming critical to establish a standard metadata protocol. Indeed, a review of existing UMNs indicate large variations in the quality, quantity, and availability of metadata containing technical information (i.e., equipment, communication methods) and network practices (i.e., quality assurance/quality control and data management procedures). Without such metadata, the utility of UMNs is greatly compromised. There is a need to bring together the currently disparate sets of guidelines to ensure informed and well-documented future deployments. This should significantly improve the quality, and therefore the applicability, of the high-resolution data available from such networks. Here, the first metadata protocol for UMNs is proposed, drawing on current recommendations for urban climate stations and identified best practice in existing networks.