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| Before setting up a monitoring network a decision has to be made on the type of network that is appropriate for the country or region at hand. This chapter outlines the practical steps to set up such a network given the choice made in the [[Chapter6|previous chapter]]. | Before setting up a monitoring network a decision has to be made on the type of network that is appropriate for the country or region at hand. This chapter outlines the practical steps to set up such a network given the choice made in the [[Chapter6|previous chapter]]. | ||
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| + | Before setting up a monitoring network a decision has to be made on the type of network that is appropriate for the country or region at hand. This chapter outlines the practical steps to set up such a network given the choice made in the [[previous chapter|Chapter6]]. | ||
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| + | The most important types of monitoring stations are : | ||
| + | Synoptic stations. These stations provide hourly data on a real-time basis. Usually these data are fed into the global GTS system of WMO. Most of these stations provide weather data that enable users to calculate the Penman-Monteith reference evaporation (ET<sub>0</sub>). A subset of these stations do upper-air observations, which is less interesting for agrometeorological purposes. | ||
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| + | Realtime Rainfall stations. These stations monitor rainfall and send in their data to the National meteorological office once a day. | ||
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| + | Off-line rainfall stations that send in their daily data once a month or even once a year. These stations are important for climatic studies and the provision of normal data. | ||
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| + | Following the availability of data from these stations a number of monitoring networks can be set up. Details and number of stations will differ from country to country. | ||
| + | ** Synoptic network | ||
| + | ** Rainfall network | ||
| + | ** Climatological network. | ||
Revision as of 11:04, 16 June 2006
Setting up the monitoring network
Before setting up a monitoring network a decision has to be made on the type of network that is appropriate for the country or region at hand. This chapter outlines the practical steps to set up such a network given the choice made in the previous chapter.
Setting up the monitoring network
Before setting up a monitoring network a decision has to be made on the type of network that is appropriate for the country or region at hand. This chapter outlines the practical steps to set up such a network given the choice made in the Chapter6.
The most important types of monitoring stations are : Synoptic stations. These stations provide hourly data on a real-time basis. Usually these data are fed into the global GTS system of WMO. Most of these stations provide weather data that enable users to calculate the Penman-Monteith reference evaporation (ET0). A subset of these stations do upper-air observations, which is less interesting for agrometeorological purposes.
Realtime Rainfall stations. These stations monitor rainfall and send in their data to the National meteorological office once a day.
Off-line rainfall stations that send in their daily data once a month or even once a year. These stations are important for climatic studies and the provision of normal data.
Following the availability of data from these stations a number of monitoring networks can be set up. Details and number of stations will differ from country to country.
- Synoptic network
- Rainfall network
- Climatological network.