Climate station normals
NIWA generates ‘Normals’ from Climate Station Observations collected as part of our Climate Station Network. These are long term (30-year) statistics (averages or totals) of climatologic parameters for a large range of station locations, calculated both on an annual and monthly level.
Data Quality
| Parameter | Score | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Accessible (AC) | Good | Data are accessible from a public facing server |
| Common Format (CF) | Good | Data are available in a commonly used format (syntax) |
| Data Lineage Statement (DL) | Medium | Data are inadequately described in terms of their origins, modifications and processing history |
| Data Quality Statement (DQ) | Medium | Data are not well established in terms of their content quality, completeness and consistency |
| Governance (GO) | Good | The contributing organisation (CRI) has ownership or recognised stewardship of the data |
| Identifiers (ID) | Poor | Neither the metadata nor the data are described with a unique identifier |
| Terms of use (TU) | Good | A data licence is easily accessible and understandable |
| Last Updated (LU) | Good | A last updated statement is available |