Citizen Weather Observer Program: Difference between revisions

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==Description==

The Citizen Weather Observer Program is a program to collect [[surface weather observation]]s from thousands of privately operated weather stations, into the [http://www.findu.com FindU] database, and forward it to the Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System ([http://madis.noaa.gov/ MADIS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312040823/http://madis.noaa.gov/ |date=2009-03-12 }}), operated by the [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA).<ref>David Helms. [http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dshelms/cwop.html Citizen Weather Observer Program (CWOP) Information.] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20021205032930/http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dshelms/cwop.html |date=2002-12-05 }} Retrieved on 2008-01-12.</ref>

===FindU===

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===MADIS===

The Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System ([http://madis.noaa.gov/ MADIS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312040823/http://madis.noaa.gov/ |date=2009-03-12 }}) integrates weather observations from numerous different sources, including CWOP via FindU, and drives a number of different [[weather forecasting]] products. Incoming data are subjected to temporal and spatial consistency checks, and quality flags are stored with the data, to enable users to access the most trustworthy data possible. From MADIS, CWOP data is also re-distributed to other users such as [[Mesowest]].

===Ease of sending data===