Appendix F Guidelines and Principles for Climate Monitoring
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Assess the impact of new systems or changes to existing systems prior to implementation.
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Require a suitable period of overlap for new and old observing systems.
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Treat the results of calibration, validation, algorithm changes, and data homogeneity assessments with the same care as the data.
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Ensure a capability for routine assessments of quality and homogeneity, including high resolution data for extreme events.
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Integrate assessments, like the International Panel on Climate Change, into global observing priorities.
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Maintain long-term stations.
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Put a high priority on increasing observations in datapoor regions and regions sensitive to change.
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Provide network operators, designers, and instrument engineers with long-term requirements at the outset of the design and implementation phases of new systems.
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Think through the transition from research observing systems to long-term operations carefully.
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Focus on data management systems that facilitate access, use, and interpretation of weather data.
Reference
Karl, T. 1997. Briefing to the NRC/NWSMC Panel on Climate Record: Modernization of the Cooperative Network. Asheville, North Carolina, June 16, 1997
