Status of QA/QC Methodology and Work-Flows at WMO/GAW World Data Centers (WDCs) and Contributing Network’s Data Centers (CDCs)

Authors: WDCs, CDCs Editor: Claudia Volosciuk, WMO

The following is the intended outline of the report

Motivation and Background

Generic work-flow for QA/QC of atmospheric observations

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• Formal validation
• Screening of Submitted Station Data for Quality Control
• In-depth Assessment of Data Quality
• Statistical tests
• Versioning of data sets incl. potential reprocessing

Training material

Recommendations

To be developed once the other chapters are more mature:

• To data submitters
• To data users

Future activities

• Future activities of the DCs to improve their contribution to the value chain