Good read on the ABC today about Australia's declining weather observation stations - and the important work that historical climatologists like Linden Ashcroft do, unearthing old records of weather obs.
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@david very odd, as I think the network includes ~5000 volunteer weather observers. Maybe they have enough of a density of observations where you live? It's a shame though, more data is more data!
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@SeaFury sending you the best vibes for the End of (PhD) Times
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@david the BOM data infrastructure is an asbolute nightmare
I don't know anyone to contact, @ibk or @adamhsparks might have some idea about how to get the obs to them
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...in these cases I always wonder "what was the disagreement with ACCESS or ECMWF?"
sending PhD finishing strength!
...and yes, especially in [expensive/difficult] to sample climate systems its already happened that we get "...but your observation is wrong the model says..."
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Unfortunately I don't think this is the answer. Relying on corporations to provide a service isn't a robust solution. If this data was contributed to the BOM, that would be amazing though!
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We just need the BOM to modernise (slim chances of that haha)
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@dharmadan @michcampbell @SeaFury unfortunately, I’d not use the words BOM and “open source” together
Edit, hah! Saw the reference to {bomrang}
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@david the BOM data infrastructure is an asbolute nightmare
I don't know anyone to contact, @ibk or @adamhsparks might have some idea about how to get the obs to them
@michcampbell @david @ibk no idea.
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@pewnack oh I love that!
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I heard a rumour once that the Tully LPO fudged the numbers to steal the 'wettest town in Aus' crown from Babinda - rumour was once the posty retired there was a step change in the precip
No idea if true, but I badly want it to be!
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Good read on the ABC today about Australia's declining weather observation stations - and the important work that historical climatologists like Linden Ashcroft do, unearthing old records of weather obs.
As a kid, my family kept daily rainfall observations - it was always fascinating looking at the old records.
The quiet disappearance of Australia's rainfall observation network
For more than 60 years, Frank Pritchard has diligently checked the weather, adding to a record that stretches back more than a century. But he's part of a quietly shrinking network of observers around Australia. Without it, scientists say we risk missing out on important information that could help improve weather forecast models and climate projections.
(www.abc.net.au)
@michcampbell for us peeps, there’s network here to share rain gauge measurements
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