The MeteoMet project - metrology for meteorology: challenges and results
Journal article, 2015
The study describes significant outcomes of the Metrology for Meteorology' project, MeteoMet, which is an attempt to bridge the meteorological and metrological communities. The concept of traceability, an idea used in both fields but with a subtle difference in meaning, is at the heart of the project. For meteorology, a traceable measurement is the one that can be traced back to a particular instrument, time and location. From a metrological perspective, traceability further implies that the measurement can be traced back to a primary realization of the quantity being measured in terms of the base units of the International System of Units, the SI. These two perspectives reflect long-standing differences in culture and practice and this project - and this study - represents only the first step towards better communication between the two communities. The 3 year MeteoMet project was funded by the European Metrology Research Program (EMRP) and involved 18 European National Metrological Institutes, 3 universities and 35 collaborating stakeholders including national meteorology organizations, research institutes, universities, associations and instrument companies. The project brought a metrological perspective to several long-standing measurement problems in meteorology and climatology, varying from conventional ground-based measurements to those made in the upper atmosphere. It included development and testing of novel instrumentation as well as improved calibration procedures and facilities, instrument intercomparison under realistic conditions and best practice dissemination. Additionally, the validation of historical temperature data series with respect to measurement uncertainties and a methodology for recalculation of the values were included.
Earth surface observations
joint research
ground-based gps
absolute
metrology
validation
tdlas
water
historical temperature data series
pressure
line-strength
2.7 mu-m
calibration
Author
A. Merlone
Istituto nazionale di ricerca metrologica (INRiM)
G. Lopardo
Istituto nazionale di ricerca metrologica (INRiM)
F. Sanna
Consiglo Nazionale Delle Richerche
S. Bell
National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
R. Benyon
Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial
R. A. Bergerud
F. Bertiglia
Istituto nazionale di ricerca metrologica (INRiM)
J. Bojkovski
UL-FE/LMK Univerza v Ljubjani
N. Bose
M. Brunet
Rovira i Virgili University
A. Cappella
Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers
G. Coppa
Istituto nazionale di ricerca metrologica (INRiM)
D. del Campo
Centro Espanol de Metrologia
M. Dobre
Middenstand en Energie
J. Drnovsek
UL-FE/LMK Univerza v Ljubjani
V. Ebert
Ragne Emardson
V. Fernicola
Istituto nazionale di ricerca metrologica (INRiM)
K. Flakiewicz
MG/GUM
T. Gardiner
National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
C. Garcia-Izquierdo
Centro Espanol de Metrologia
E. Georgin
Laboratoire National De Metrologie Et D'essais (LNE)
A. Gilabert
Rovira i Virgili University
A. Grykalowska
Polish Academy of Sciences
E. Grudniewicz
MG/GUM
M. Heinonen
M. Holmsten
D. Hudoklin
UL-FE/LMK Univerza v Ljubjani
Jan Johansson
Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Space Geodesy and Geodynamics
H. Kajastie
H. Kaykisizli
Temperature Metrology Division
P. Klason
L. Knazovicka
Cesky Metrologicky Institut Brno
A. Lakka
A. Kowal
Polish Academy of Sciences
H. Muller
C. Musacchio
Istituto nazionale di ricerca metrologica (INRiM)
J. Nwaboh
P. Pavlasek
Temperature Metrology Department
A. Piccato
Istituto nazionale di ricerca metrologica (INRiM)
L. Pitre
Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers
M. de Podesta
National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
M. K. Rasmussen
Danish Technological Institute
H. Sairanen
D. Smorgon
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
F. Sparasci
Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers
R. Strnad
Cesky Metrologicky Institut Brno
A. Szmyrka- Grzebyk
Polish Academy of Sciences
R. Underwood
National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
Meteorological Applications
1350-4827 (ISSN) 1469-8080 (eISSN)
Vol. 22 820-829Subject Categories
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
Infrastructure
Onsala Space Observatory
DOI
10.1002/met.1528