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Rescue and Digitization of Climate Records of Cyprus. MEDARE Workshop, Tarragona, Spain. 28 – 30 November 2007. Stelios Pashiardis Meteorological Service of Cyprus Email: spashiardis@ms.moa.gov.cy. Contents . History of Meteorological Observations in Cyprus ENVIS Database System
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Rescue and Digitization of Climate Records of Cyprus MEDARE Workshop, Tarragona, Spain 28 – 30 November 2007 Stelios Pashiardis Meteorological Service of Cyprus Email: spashiardis@ms.moa.gov.cy
Contents • History of Meteorological Observations in Cyprus • ENVIS Database System • Key – Entry of Meteorological Observations • Temperature Records – Inventories • Digitization of Thermohydrographs • Inventories • Precipitation – Inventories • Hourly Precipitation and Inventories • Daily Precipitation • Quality Control Procedures • Metadata Info • Assistant Required
Meteorological Service History (a) • 1866-1870: First meteorological observations • 1878: British occupation • 1881: Climatilogical Stations in Lefkosia, Ammohostos, Larnaka, Pafos, Keryneia, Lemesos (1882)
Meteorological Service History (b) • 1900-1956: The department of Public Work had the responsibility of the meteorological observations • 1957: Establishment of Meteorological Service • 1967: A scientist (physicist) was employed • 1968: A specialist from WMO organizes the Meteorological Service
Meteorological Service History (c) • 1970: Decade of intensive development • 1976: Establishment of the Meteorological Office (synoptic unit) in Larnaka Airport • 1983: Establishment of the radiosonde unit in Athalassa
Meteorological Service History (d) • 1984: Establishment of the radiation center in Athalassa • 1986: Reception system of radar photos • 1990: Establishment of computerized system • 1994: Installation of theMeteorological Radar in Kykkos
Meteorological Service History (e) • 1997: Installation of an Automatic system forupper air observation measurements • 1998: New instruments of measurement for radiation in Athalassa • 2000: Establishment of a network of Automatic weather stations • 2003: • Development of a Climate Database system • Key-entry data of existing ASCII or EXCEL files and various meteorological forms.
History of Meteorological Observations Climatological and Rainfall Stations YEAR No of climat. stations No of rainfall stations • 5 5 • 6 6 • 9 17 • 9 36 • 10 55 • 7 60 • 21 61 • 28 90 • (a) 42 136 (b) 31 101 • 45 105 • 47 112 • 40 105 (a): before Turkish invasion (whole island) (b): after Turkish invasion (areas under government control)
Current Internal Processes and Information Systems INPUT DATA Meteorological Observations through the Network of meteorological stations METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE Climatology and Applied Meteorology OTHER ORGANIZATIONS Local Organizations 1. Rainfall Stations (105) 2. Climatological Stations (45) 3. Synoptic Stations (3) 4. Upper Air Observations (1) 5. Automatic Weather Stations(18) 6. Radiation Stations (1) 1. Station History Information 2. Meteorological & Climatological Data:(Hourly, Daily, Monthly,Yearly) 3. Statistical Analysis of Met. Data 4. Weather Reports and Studies (ten –days, monthly, yearly) 5. Extreme Events 6. Meteorological Maps 1. Departments of the ministry of Agriculture 2. Department of Civil Aviation 3. Department of Renewable Energy Resources 4. Cyprus Tourist Organizations 5. University of Cyprus
Data Entry • Key Entry • Digitization Procedure (Autographic Charts)
Temperature • Hourly temperatures • Daily Maximum and minimum Temperatures • Mean Daily Temperatures
Quality Control Air temperature Max 13:00 08:00 Min
Precipitation • Hourly Precipitation and Intensities • Daily Precipitation
Quality Control Precipitation • Rain Recorder Analysis, • Plot Daily Data on a Map • Draw contour lines
Metadata Info E.g. Kato Pyrgos P.S. 01/10/1916-31/03/1920 Actual No records 01/04/1920-30/04/1920 Estimation 01/05/1920-31/03/1956 Actual No records 01/04/1956-31/12/1956 Estimation 01/01/1957-31/05/1964 Actual No records 01/06/1964-31/10/1964 Estimation 01/11/1964-To date Actual
Assistant Required • Preparing a strategy plan to rescue the data • Employment of Key – Entry personnel • Key – Entry of upper air synoptic observations and daily observations of historical records • Implementation of metadata procedures • Upgrading Climate Database system • Installation of AWS Database System • Application of Homogenization methods to time – series data