Representativeness
1 Definition
Quality or characteristic of a measurement or Observation to accurately represent a specific geographic location, time Period, or environmental condition.
Notes
- WIGOS metadata standard defines representativeness as the extent of the region around the Observation of which it is representative.
Examples
Sources
- KCEO
2 Definition
The extent to which a set of measurements taken in a given space-time domain reflect the actual conditions in the same or different space-time domain taken on a scale appropriate for a specific application
Notes
Examples
Sources
- Nappo [RD14]
- RD14: Nappo, C.J., Caneill J.Y., Furman R.W., Gifford F.A., Kaimal J.C., Kramer M.L., Lockhart T.J., Pendergast M.M, Pielke R.A., Randerson D., Shreffler J.H., and Wyngaard J.C., The Workshop on the Representativeness of Meteorological Observations, June 1981, Boulder, CO, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 63, 761-764, 1982.
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