CLIMDB: Guidelines Table of Contents

LTER CLIMATE DATABASE GUIDELINES

1.0. Introduction

1.1. ClimDB Overview

1.2. Requirements for Site Participation

1.3. Disclaimer and Caveats

2.0. Climate Database Exchange Format

2.1. Exchange Format Specification

2.2. Data Quality Flags

2.3. Brief Example of Exchange Format

2.4. Data Aggregation Rules

2.5. Guidelines For Units Of Measurement And Precision For Each Variable

2.6. Implementation

2.7. Detailed Notes and Examples of the Exchange Format

2.7.1. Exchange Format Header Line

2.7.2. Exchange Data Format

2.7.3. Missing Data

2.7.4. Other Processing Rules

3.0. Quality Assurance

3.1. Guidelines for Site Level QA

3.2. Guidelines for QA at Network Level

3.3. Implementation of QA Guidelines with ClimDB

3.3.1. Site Level

3.3.2. Network Level

3.3.3. QA Warnings Using Data Quality Flags

4.0. Meteorological Metadata Database

4.1. Metadata Variable Names and Descriptions

4.1.1. LTER Site Level

4.1.2. Weather Station Level

4.1.3. Measurement Level

5.0. Variable Naming Conventions for ClimDB

6.0. Literature Cited