GRUAN Manual Repository - General

(Last update: 11 February 2009)

Notes

This “Manual Repository -General” gives general information on material relevant for GRUAN. For specific instrument handbooks, see Manual Repository - Instruments.
In the section “List of documents”, documents are divided into WMO and non-WMO related programs/organisations and are listed under their respective program/organisation. Documents are named as obtained from downloading (except pdf versions of webpages). These names and the original titles given within the documents are listed side by side, to facilitate getting a glimpse of the contents.
For the sake of completeness, the online sources of the documents can be obtained from the third section (“List of Websites”, see below ). (The addresses in brackets redirect to the downloading sources of the respective files. The addresses without brackets redirect to the webpages that contain the links to the downloading sources.)
All files and internet addresses were last checked on 16 Sept 2008. (Except NIST “sp811.pdf”, “traceability_suppl.cfm.pdf”, and UK NPL “traceability_uncertainty_intro.pdf”, last checked on 23 Sept 2008 and WMO_306_Vol_1.2_part_I.pdf, (...)_part_II.pdf, and (...)part_III.pdf, last checked on 1 Oct 2008 and WCRP21_TD1274_BSRN.pdf, last checked on 11 Feb 2009)

List of documents

WMO-related

CIMO (Commission on Instruments and Methods of Observation)

CIMO_Guide-7th_Edition-2008.pdf: WMO No. 8, “Guide to Meteorological Instruments and Methods of Observation”, 7th edition (with Part II sections 6, 7, 8 as per 6th edition)

CIMO_IOM (Commission on Instruments and Methods of Observation / Instruments and Observing Methods)

IOM-86_Training-Metrology_ENG.pdf: WMO/TD-No. 1306, “Training Material on Metrology and Calibration”
Tracing-improv_last-decades.pdf: WMO/TDNo. 1433, “Global Criteria for Tracing the Improvements of Radiosondes over the Last Decades”

GAW (Global Atmosphere Watch)

gaw143.pdf: WMO/TD No. 1073, “Global Atmosphere Watch Measurements Guide”
gaw150.pdf: WMO/TD No. 1149, “Updated Guidelines for Atmospheric Trace Gas Data Management”
gaw153.pdf: WMO/TD No. 1178, “Aerosol Measurement Procedures Guidelines and Recommendations”
QC-Related Terminology.pdf: “WMO/GAW Glossary of QA/QC-Related Terminology” (pdf version of webpage http://www.empa.ch/gaw/glossary.html, as of 09 Sept 2008)

GCOS (Global Climate Observing System)

gcos-144.pdf: WMO/TD No. 1558, “Guide to the GCOS Surface and Upper-Air Networks: GSN and GUAN”

GDPFS (Global Data-Processing and Forecasting System)

WMO_485_Vol_I.pdf: WMO No. 485 “Manual on the Global Data-Processing and Forecasting System – Vol. I – Global Aspects”
WMO 485 Vol II.pdf: WMO No. 485 “Manual on the Global Data-Processing and Forecasting System – Vol. II – Regional Aspects”

GOS (Global Observing System)

WMO 488_GOS Guide_2010.pdf: WMO No. 488 “Guide to the Global Observing System”
WMO 544_GOS Manual _Vol_I_2010.pdf: WMO No. 544 “Manual on the Global Observing System, Volume I - Global Aspects”
WMO 544_GOS Manual _Vol_II_2010.pdf: WMO No. 544 “Manual on the Global Observing System, Volume II - Regional Aspects”

WCP_CCl (World Climate Programme, Commission for Climatology)

guide_third_edition_draft_may2007.pdf: WMO No. 100 “Guide to Climatological Practices” (third edition, draft)
WMOno100.pdf: WMO No. 100 “Guide to Climatological Practices” (second edition, in effect)
XML_Guidelines_for_climate_Jul05.pdf: “Extensible Markup Language (XML): Essentials for Climatologists” from OPAG 1 (Open Programme Area Group 1)

WCP_WCDMP (WCP, World Climate Data and Monitoring Programme)

WCDMP-52_000.pdf: WMO/TD No. 1185, “Guidelines on Climate Observation Networks and Systems”
WCDMP-53.pdf: WMO/TD No. 1186, “Guidelines on Climate Metadata and Homogenization”
WCDMP-55.pdf: WMO/TD No. 1210, “Guidelines on Climate Data Rescue”
WCDMP_Spain_case_study-cor_ver6March.pdf: “A Case Study/Guidance on the Development of Long-term Daily Adjusted Temperature Datasets”
WCDMPNo60.pdf: WMO/TD No. 1376, “Guidelines on Climate Data Management”
WCDMPNo62.pdf: WMO/TD No. 1378, “Guidelines for Managing Changes in Climate Observation Programms”

WCRP (World Climate Research Programme)

WCRP21_TD1274_BSRN.pdf: WCRP-121, WMO/TD-No. 1274 “Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) – Operations Manual” (Version 2.1)

WWW_Data_Management (World Weather Watch, Data Management)

BufrCommon-11-2007.pdf: “Common Code Tables to Binary and Alphanumeric Codes (BUFR Tables Version July 2008)”
WMO_306_vol I.1_en.pdf: WMO No. 306, “Manual on Codes – International Codes – Volume I.1 – Part A – Alphanumeric Codes”.
WMO No. 306, “Manual on Codes – International Codes – Volume I.2 – Part B – Binary Codes & Part C – Common Features to Binary and Alphanumeric Codes” is devided into three parts:
WMO_306_Vol_1.2_part_I.pdf
WMO_306_Vol_1.2_part_II.pdf
WMO_306_Vol_1.2_part_III.pdf
WMO306_Vol-II.pdf: WMO No. 306, “Manual on Codes – Volume II – Regional Codes and National Coding Practices”

WWW_GTS (World Weather Watch, Global Telecommunication System)

ManualOnTheGTS.pdf: WMO No. 386, “Manual on the Global Telecommunication System” (Volumes I and II)

not-WMO-related

ARM (Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Programme of the US Department of Energy)

doe-sc-arm-tr-082.pdf: “Quality Assurance of ARM Program Climate Research Facility Data”

ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts)

bufr_reference_manual.pdf: “BUFR Reference Manual”
bufr_user_guide.pdf: “BUFR User’s Guide”
crex_user_guide.pdf: “CREX User’s Guide and Reference Manual”

NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)

ehb-chapters-1-8.pdf refers to the NIST “Engineering Statistics Handbook”, an encyclopaedic statistical compendium. It’s online version is regularly updated and the pdf version accessible here was last updated on 1 May 2006. (For comparison of html (online) and pdf versions, see
http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/toolaids/pff/index.htm (as of 9 Sept 2008)
and click on “change log”.)
sp811.pdf: NIST “Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI)”
tn1297s.pdf: “Guidelines for Evaluating and Expressing the Uncertainty of NIST Measurement Results”
traceability_suppl.cfm.pdf: pdf-version of the NIST webpage on supplementary material on traceability. FAQ and examples on traceability.

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

00-entire-FMH3.pdf: Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorological Services and Supporting Research (OFCM) “Federal Meteorological Handbook No. 3 – Rawinsonde and Pibal Observations”
Observer Data Quality Control.pdf: “Observer Quality Control of NWS Upper-air Soundings”, pdf version of the same named doc-file in this folder.
reliability.pdf: “NWS Upper-air Observation Reliability Score”, pdf version of the same named htm-file in this folder.
stn-rank.pdf: “National Upper-air Station Performance Scores”, pdf version of the same named htm-file in this folder.

UK_NPL (UK National Physics Laboratory)

mgpg8.pdf: “Measurement Good Practice Guide No. 8 – Human Factors in Measurement and Calibration”
mgpg11.pdf: “Measurement Good Practice Guide No. 11 – A Beginner’s Guide to Uncertainty of Measurement”
mgpg73.pdf: “A National Measurement Good Practice Guide No. 73 – Calibration and Use of Antennas, Focusing on EMC applications”
ssfmbpg1.pdf: “Software Support for Metrology Best Practice Guide No. 1 – Measurement System Validation: Validation of Measurement Software”
ssfmbpg4.pdf: “Software Support for Metrology Best Practice Guide No. 4 – Discrete Modelling”
ssfmbpg6.pdf: “Software Support for Metrology Best Practice Guide No. 4 – Uncertainty and Statistical Modelling”
ssfmbpg10.pdf: “Software Support for Metrology Best Practice Guide No. 4 – Discrete Model Validation”
traceability_uncertainty_intro.pdf: pdf-verion of the UK NPL education webpage on traceability and uncertainty. Basic information.