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An Introduction to Atmospheric and Oceanographic Datasets
12. SUMMARY
A brief tour of data commonly used
for research in the atmospheric and oceanographic
sciences has been provided. The manner in which
data area stored and accessed are described including
how to determine where desired data are located.
General sources of error for each data source have been outlined.
Several rules researchers should apply
when using any dataset include:
- Determine the strong and weak points of the dataset.
- What problems may be encountered and how can they be handled?
- Given the accuracy of the measurements what conclusions
can be substantiated?
- What impacts have changes in instrumentation,
observing practices, algorithms and/or methodologies
had on the data?
In summary: "Know thy data!"
An Introduction to Atmospheric and Oceanographic Datasets