Workshop on the representativeness of meteorological observations, June 1981, Boulder, Colo

Abstract

A workshop was convened to establish definitions and suggest possible ways of making quantitative determinations of representativeness. A general definition of representativeness is presented. Types of representativeness are discussed, including measurement, point-to-point, point-to-volume and temporal representativeness. Measures of representativeness are also discussed. Among these are representativeness based on residuals, autocorrelation and structure functions and frequency distributions. Examples of application of these concepts are wind measurements, air quality measurements, and precipitation measurements. 9 references.