A new challenge for meteorological measurements: The meteoMet project-Metrology for meteorologyShow others and affiliations
2013 (English)In: AIP Conference Proceedings, 2013, Vol. 1552 8, p. 1030-1035Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Climate change and its consequences require immediate actions in order to safeguard the environment and economy in Europe and in the rest of world. Aiming to enhance data reliability and reduce uncertainties in climate observations, a joint research project called MeteoMet-Metrology for Meteorology started in October 2011 coordinated by the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM). The project is focused on the traceability of measurements involved in climate change: surface and upper air measurements of temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction, solar irradiance and reciprocal influences between measurands. This project will provide the first definition at the European level of validated climate parameters with associated uncertainty budgets and novel criteria for interpretation of historical data series. The big challenge is the propagation of a metrological measurement perspective to meteorological observations. When such an approach will be adopted the requirement of reliable data and robust datasets over wide scales and long terms could be better met.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2013. Vol. 1552 8, p. 1030-1035
Keywords [en]
air humidity, air pressure, air speed and direction, air temperature, historical temperature data series, meteorological instruments calibration, traceable climate measurements
National Category
Engineering and Technology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-48589DOI: 10.1063/1.4821419Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84885011227ISBN: 9780735411784 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-48589DiVA, id: diva2:1474228
Conference
9th International Temperature Symposium on Temperature: Its Measurement and Control in Science and Industry, ITS 2012, 19 March 2012 through 23 March 2012, Los Angeles, CA
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