Classification of meteorological data

Climatic data: usually refers to all kinds of original data observed by conventional meteorological instruments and professional meteorological equipment and the collection of all kinds of data formed after processing, sorting and reorganization. However, with the development of modern climate, the content of climate research is constantly expanding and deepening, and the concept and connotation of climate data are further extended, generally referring to the collection of relevant original data and processed products of the whole climate system.

Weather data: Weather data is a kind of real-time meteorological data used for weather analysis and forecast.

The main differences between weather data and climate data are: weather data is transformed into climate data with the passage of time; The content of climate data is much wider than that of weather data; Climate data is a long time series, while weather data is a short time series.