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Surface Air Temperature (ACORN-SAT) version 2
Blair Trewin
October 2018
Bureau Research Report - 032
THE AUSTRALIAN CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS REFERENCE NETWORK 每 SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE (ACORN-SAT) VERSION 2
THE AUSTRALIAN CLIMATE OBSERVATIONS REFERENCE NETWORK 每 SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE (ACORN-SAT) VERSION 2
The Australian Climate Observations Reference
Network 每 Surface Air Temperature (ACORN-SAT)
version 2
Blair Trewin
Bureau Research Report No. 032
October 2018
National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry
Author: Blair Trewin
Title: The Australian Climate Observations Reference Network 每 Surface Air Temperature (ACORNSAT) version 2
ISBN: XXX-X-XXX-XXXXX-X
Series: Bureau Research Report 每 BRR032
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Enquiries should be addressed to:
Blair Trewin:
Bureau of Meteorology
GPO Box 1289, Melbourne
Victoria 3001, Australia
b.trewin@.au:
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Contents
Preface ........................................................................................................................... 1
1.
2.
Introduction .......................................................................................................... 1
Data and metadata ............................................................................................... 3
2.1
2.2
3.
Data .......................................................................................................................... 3
Metadata ................................................................................................................... 5
Homogenisation methods ................................................................................... 5
3.1
3.2
Detection of inhomogeneities - use of multiple detection methods in parallel.......... 5
The adjustment procedure in ACORN-SAT.............................................................. 7
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
3.2.4
3.2.5
3.2.6
3.2.7
3.3
Adjustment methodological changes in ACORN-SAT version 2 ............................ 16
3.3.1
3.3.2
3.3.3
3.3.4
4.
Removal of rounding biases ............................................................................... 16
Detection of date shifts ....................................................................................... 16
Adjustment of negative diurnal ranges ................................................................ 17
Transition from large to small thermometer screens ........................................... 17
Evaluation of other potential systematic issues ............................................ 19
4.1
4.2
5.
The percentile-matching (PM) algorithm 每 overlap case ....................................... 8
The percentile-matching algorithm 每 non-overlap case ...................................... 10
Monthly adjustments ........................................................................................... 13
'Spike' adjustments ............................................................................................. 13
Overall summary of adjustments......................................................................... 14
Second round of homogenisation ....................................................................... 14
Observation time adjustments............................................................................. 15
The transition to automatic weather stations .......................................................... 19
Potential changes in response times with changes in automatic weather station
probes ..................................................................................................................... 21
Sensitivity and uncertainty testing .................................................................. 22
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
Parallel station sets used in uncertainty testing ..................................................... 22
Sensitivity of adjustments to choice of reference stations ...................................... 23
Sensitivity of adjustment to number of reference stations used ............................. 24
Sensitivity of adjustment to choice of reference period .......................................... 25
Comparison of daily and monthly adjustments ....................................................... 27
6.
Magnitude of adjustments ................................................................................ 27
7.
Comparison of version 1, version 2 and AWAP.............................................. 29
8.
Case studies ....................................................................................................... 33
8.1
8.2
Unrepresentativeness of overlap periods ............................................................... 33
Variable inter-site relationships during high-rainfall periods in arid regions ........... 34
9.
Conclusion ......................................................................................................... 35
10.
References ......................................................................................................... 36
Appendix 1 ...................................................................................................................38
Appendix 2. ..................................................................................................................45
Appendix 3 ...................................................................................................................57
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