Control of rainfall data and agricultural meteorological data in Vietnam

Control of rainfall data and agricultural meteorological data in Vietnam  (Illustration)

Article 7 of the Regulation on economic-technical norms for meteorological and hydrological data work issued together with Circular 39/2013/TT-BTNMT stipulates the control of rainfall data in Vietnam as follows:

- Monitor the physical condition of the data;

- Monitor the implementation of procedures and standards;

- Monitor various reports;

- Monitor the rationality between weather phenomena and types and amounts of precipitation;

- Monitor the steps in calculating and selecting extreme values in reports;

- Compare with 1 (or 2) copies of the data reports;

- Annually (early in the year), collect and monitor the original records (SKT5) of the previous year according to the above process.

Furthermore, Article 8 also stipulates the control of agricultural meteorological data in Vietnam as follows:

- Monitor the physical condition of the data;

- Monitor the implementation of procedures and standards;

- Monitor various original records;

- Monitor various reports;

- Monitor fieldwork corresponding to the development stages of crops;

- Monitor data consistency;

- Monitor the rationality between weather phenomena and the state of the underlying surface;

- Monitor the consistency between original records and reports;

- Monitor and compare meteorological data of similar items with the BKT1 table at the same station;

- Monitor the rationality of phenological data through different stages of development of plants and animals;

- Monitor the steps in calculating on reports;

- Compare with 1 (or 2) copies of the data reports.

More details can be found in Circular 39/2013/TT-BTNMT, which comes into effect in Vietnam from December 15, 2013.

Le Vy

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