Transition to Automatic Stations in the OSCAR System

Transition to Automatic Stations in the OSCAR System

بواسطة - Gohar Gevorgyan
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Dear Colleagues 

In Armenia, we have installed automatic weather stations parallel to our existing manual meteorological stations, which will gradually replace them. During the period of parallel operation, we have verified the accuracy of the data received, and since it meets the required standards, we plan to close some of the manual stations in two months, keeping only the automatic ones. Among these stations, there are some that participate in global/regional exchanges.

I would appreciate your guidance on the next steps. Specifically, can we close the existing stations in the OSCAR system, register the automatic stations, and assign them the same indexes as they currently have, given that they are located at the same coordinates?

Additionally, how should we manage the parallel stations during this transition period?


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Re: Transition to Automatic Stations in the OSCAR System

بواسطة - Karl Monnik
How to deal with transitioning to AWS from manual is a tricky process to make sure that the metadata is retained.
This is one suggestion that we have used in Australia.
If the existing manual station is still in the 20000 series, e.g. 0-200000-X-12345
You can then enter a new station in Oscar/Surface 0-ABC-X-12345, where ABC is the country identifier, which you do not tick "Intended for international exchange"
Once you have confirmed that the new station (AWS) is accurate, you then tick the box "Intended for international exchange".
For the original manual station, you untick the box "Intended for international exchange".
This way the data in the TAC code still gets reported against the same 12345 number, but it is linked to the new WSI which point to an AWS in OSCAR/Surface.