How good are citizen weather stations? Addressing a biased opinion

摘要: The UK is home to a dense network of Citizen Weather Stations (CWS) primarily set up by members the public. majority these stations record air temperature, relative humidity and precipitation, amongst other variables, at sub-hourly intervals. This high resolution could have benefits in many applications, but only if data quality well characterised. Here we present results from an intercomparison field study, which popular CWS models were tested against Met Office standard equipment. study identifies some common instrumental biases their dependencies, will help us quantify correct such network.