The Observatory’s observing station becomes the world’s first accredited centennial upper air observing station
The Observatory’s observing station becomes the world’s first accredited centennial upper air observing station
Lam Hok-yin
The centennial observing station accreditation certificate awarded by the World Meteorological Organization to the upper air observing station of the Hong Kong Observatory
The upper air observing station of the Hong Kong Observatory has become the world’s first centennial upper air observing station accredited by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The Observatory has set up a webpage to introduce the work of the upper air observing station and its important milestones.
In 2017, the WMO began using an accreditation mechanism to commend meteorological stations around the world that maintain high-quality meteorological measurements and properly archive long-term observation data. Long-term meteorological observations are crucial for documenting and analysing climate change. So far, about 300 observing stations with 100 years of history or more have been accredited. In 2017, the surface observing station at the Observatory’s Headquarters was accredited by the WMO among the first batch of centennial observing stations.
