edu.ucar.opensky::articles:21241 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-25T16:09:50.979063 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7222xc9 Toward an integrated set of surface meteorological observations for climate science and applications 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7222xc9 https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0165.1 Thorne, P. W. author Allan, R. J. author Ashcroft, L. author Brohan, P. author Dunn, R. J. H. author Menne, M. J. author Pearce, P. R. author Picas, J. author Willett, K. M. author Benoy, M. author Bronnimann, S. author Canziani, P. O. author Coll, J. author Crouthamel, R. author Compo, G. P. author Cuppett, D. author Curley, M. author Duffy, C. author Gillespie, I. author Guijarro, J. author Jourdain, S. author Kent, E. C. author Kubota, H. author Legg, T. P. author Li, Q. author Matsumoto, J. author Murphy, C. author Rayner, N. A. author Rennie, J. J. author Rustemeier, E. author Slivinski, L. C. author Slonosky, V. author Squintu, A. author Tinz, B. author Valente, M. A. author Walsh, S. author Wang, X. L. author Westcott, N. author Wood, K. author Woodruff, S. D. author Worley, Steven J. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher Observations are the foundation for understanding the climate system. Yet, currently available land meteorological data are highly fractured into various global, regional, and national holdings for different variables and time scales, from a variety of sources, and in a mixture of formats. Added to this, many data are still inaccessible for analysis and usage. To meet modern scientific and societal demands as well as emerging needs such as the provision of climate services, it is essential that we improve the management and curation of available land-based meteorological holdings. We need a comprehensive global set of data holdings, of known provenance, that is truly integrated both across essential climate variables (ECVs) and across time scales to meet the broad range of stakeholder needs. These holdings must be easily discoverable, made available in accessible formats, and backed up by multitiered user support. The present paper provides a high-level overview, based upon broad community input, of the steps that are required to bring about this integration. The significant challenge is to find a sustained means to realize this vision. This requires a long-term international program. The database that results will transform our collective ability to provide societally relevant research, analysis, and predictions in many weather- and climate-related application areas across much of the globe. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Copyright 2017 American Meteorological Society (AMS). None eng geoscientificInformation