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Met Éireann near real-time AWS observations

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Met Éireann near real-time AWS observations

Met Éireann's near real-time observations from its automatic weather station (AWS) network, served as a free keyless directory listing at opendata2.met.ie/obs_public. The data.gov.ie dataset page says: "Presented here is observational data from our network of automatic weather stations, known as TUCSON stations, across the country. This data is 'raw' data in that it comes directly from the AWS and has not be fully quality controlled."

Required Attribution:

Required: five statements per Met Éireann's Attribution Licence Notice — (1) Copyright statement: Copyright Met Éireann; (2) Source www.met.ie; (3) Licence Statement: "This data is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)." https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; (4) Disclaimer: "Met Éireann does not accept any liability whatsoever for any error or omission in the data, their availability, or for any loss or damage arising from their use."; (5) an indication where the material has been modified. The notice also states: "Users must remove attribution if requested by Met Éireann."

Coverage

Observations are collected on the half hour for the previous observation hour, per the data.gov.ie dataset page. data.gov.ie: "Licensed under: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0".

Verdict

A free, keyless near real-time feed of raw Irish AWS weather-station observations, not fully quality controlled per the provider. Met Éireann's Creative Commons Attribution Licence Notice says: "This data is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)." The same notice requires five specific attribution statements (copyright, source, licence statement, disclaimer, and a note on any modification) and states: "Users must remove attribution if requested by Met Éireann." Signal Lab links only.

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