1 Definition
Weather Data is a set of data that includes measures of:
- Temperature
- Humidity
- Air Pressure
- Ice
- Wind
- Condensed water in various states:
- gaseous: fog
- liquid: rain
- frozen: snow, sleet, hail
2 Functional Requirements
- Temperature measured in degrees °C.
- Ice measured as Ice Conditions expressed as yes/no.
- Wind measured as Wind Conditions expressed by Orientation and velocity measured in m/s.
- Density of fog measured in meters of clear visibility.
- Amount of rain measured in mm/h.
- Hail measured in mm of hailstone size.
- Snow measured mm/h.
- Sleet measured in meters of clear visibility.
3 Syntax
https://schemas.mpai.community/CAV2/V1.0/data/WeatherData.json
4 Semantics
| Label | Description |
| Header | Weather Data Header |
| – Standard-WeatherData | The characters “CAV-WDT-V” |
| – Version | Major version – 1 or 2 Bytes |
| – Dot-separator | The character “.” |
| – Subversion | Minor version – 1 or 2 Bytes |
| WeatherDataID |
Identifier of this instance of Weather Data |
| WeatherData | Weather Data Types that can be included in Weather Data. |
| – Temperature | Measured in °C with Accuracy in °C |
| – RelativeHumidity | Measured in % with Accuracy in integer. |
| – Air pressure | Measured in millibars with Accuracy in millibar |
| – Ice | yes/no with Confidence as real between 0 and 1. |
| – WindConditions | Azimuth and Elevation in degrees and velocity in m/s. Accuracies in degrees and velocity in m/s. |
| – Fog | Measured in meters of clear visibility. Accuracy in m/s. |
| – Rain | Measured in mm/h. Accuracy in mm/h. |
| – Hail | Measured in mm size of hail. Accuracy in mm. |
| – Snow | Measured in mm/hour. Accuracy in mm/hour. |
| – Sleet | Measured in metres of clear visibility. Accuracy in metres. |
| DescrMetadata | Descriptive Metadata |