Concept information
Preferred term
WEATHER STATIONS
Definition
- Weather Stations are facilities or locations where meteorological data are gathered, recorded, and released. Such stations are of the first order when they make observations of all the important elements either hourly or by self-registering instruments; of the second order when only important observations are taken; of the third order when simpler work is done, as to record rainfall and maximum and minimum temperatures. (en)
Broader concept
- Permanent Land Sites (en)
Change note
- 2021-07-23 17:24:24.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: WEATHER STATIONS language code: en);
- 2021-11-18 08:28:09.0 [tstevens] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (WEATHER STATIONS [1551f765-cbb8-479f-a796-87c61868c509,825997] - Permanent Land Sites [0ec10fd9-492c-498a-b6d8-e2840cc3643b,835887]);
- 2022-02-08 13:19:51.0 [tstevens] update Definition (Weather Stations are facilities or locations where meteorological data are gathered, recorded, and released. Such stations are of the first order when they make observations of all the important elements either hourly or by self-registering instruments; of the second order when only important observations are taken; of the third order when simpler work is done, as to record rainfall and maximum and minimum temperatures.); update Definition (Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary,1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc);
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/1551f765-cbb8-479f-a796-87c61868c509
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