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Old February 25th 16, 11:14 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
Desperate Dan Desperate Dan is offline
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Default How are the mighty fallen!

The MetO fully intend to make use of WOW
information in model analyses and a whole host of other data types.

This s symptomatic of what I said in an earlier post re senior managers not understanding the importance of standards. All Met O AWSs are inspected annually and sensors are standardised and calibrated every six-months. There are ongoing QC checks on all data, which allows sensor errors to be picked up quickly. There's a Metadata database for all official sites. WOW data is interesting but not reliable enough. No sensor checks, no exposure checks beyond self certification. GIGO!