{
  "title": "Accuracy",
  "slug": "accuracy",
  "url": "https://ceos-org.github.io/eo-glossary/terms/accuracy",
  "description": "Closeness of agreement between a measured quantity value and a true quantity value of a measurand.",
  "tags": [
    "core",
    "to be approved",
    "calval ingest",
    "WGCV",
    "WGISS"
  ],
  "definitions": [
    {
      "definition": "Closeness of agreement between a measured quantity value and a true quantity value of a measurand.",
      "notes": "- In essence, Accuracy reflects how close measurements are to the accepted Value, while precision gauges the reliability and consistency of those measurements.",
      "examples": "",
      "sources": "- BS ISO 5725-1\n\n___"
    },
    {
      "definition": "Closeness of agreement between a measured quantity value and a true quantity value of a measurand.",
      "notes": "",
      "examples": "",
      "sources": "- VIM [ [RD18](https://www.bipm.org/en/publications/guides/vim.html) ], GUM [ [RD4](https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/documents/jcgm/JCGM_100_2008_E.pdf) ]\n- Definitions used in other communities\n- ACIX community\n- [Community, not standard, definition]\n- Used in the atmospheric correction community to represent the average difference between the modelled and measured quantities"
    }
  ]
}