In October 2011, a joint research project called “MeteoMet - Metrology for Meteorology” (www.meteomet.org) started, bringing together a wide consortium of partners: 18 national metrology institutes and 6 universities as partners plus 29 collaborators, including national meteorological organizations, research institutes associations and instruments companies. The project is aiming to respond to the needs for new stable and traceable measurement standards, protocols, sensors and calibration procedures, and uncertainty-evaluation methods, to enhance data reliability and reduce uncertainties in climate models. This project is part of the European Metrology Research Program (EMRP) coordinated by the European Association of National Metrology Institutes (EURAMET). The activities that are on their full way now, comprise of investigation of new humidity sensors for upper air measurements with setting up a traceability chain based on tuneable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS); development of novel methods and instruments for the measurement of temperature, humidity, and pressure in lower and upper atmosphere; development of traceable measurements methods and protocols for temperature, humidity, pressure and airspeed ground-based measurements needed for climate studies and meteorological long–term and wide scale observations; etc. Additionally, the project deals also with the construction of a facility for in-situ traceable calibration of weather stations. Three models of this facility have been developed for different uses, including extreme environmental conditions: one of those chambers will be transported and used at the Pyramid laboratory/observatory of Mount Everest, for the calibration of sensors positioned in the Himalayan area.
METEOMET: metrology for data quality in climate and meteorological observations
SANNA, FRANCESCA;
2013-01-01
Abstract
In October 2011, a joint research project called “MeteoMet - Metrology for Meteorology” (www.meteomet.org) started, bringing together a wide consortium of partners: 18 national metrology institutes and 6 universities as partners plus 29 collaborators, including national meteorological organizations, research institutes associations and instruments companies. The project is aiming to respond to the needs for new stable and traceable measurement standards, protocols, sensors and calibration procedures, and uncertainty-evaluation methods, to enhance data reliability and reduce uncertainties in climate models. This project is part of the European Metrology Research Program (EMRP) coordinated by the European Association of National Metrology Institutes (EURAMET). The activities that are on their full way now, comprise of investigation of new humidity sensors for upper air measurements with setting up a traceability chain based on tuneable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS); development of novel methods and instruments for the measurement of temperature, humidity, and pressure in lower and upper atmosphere; development of traceable measurements methods and protocols for temperature, humidity, pressure and airspeed ground-based measurements needed for climate studies and meteorological long–term and wide scale observations; etc. Additionally, the project deals also with the construction of a facility for in-situ traceable calibration of weather stations. Three models of this facility have been developed for different uses, including extreme environmental conditions: one of those chambers will be transported and used at the Pyramid laboratory/observatory of Mount Everest, for the calibration of sensors positioned in the Himalayan area.
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