HLSää
HLSää is a fictional international standard and platform for collecting, validating, and sharing local weather and climate data, conceived to illustrate how open data ecosystems might operate in meteorology. In the imagined scenario, HLSää combines sensor data from public networks, crowd-sourced observations, and model outputs into interoperable datasets with transparent quality indicators.
Purpose and scope: The system aims to support decision-making in urban planning, agriculture, disaster risk reduction,
Data model and technology: HLSää specifies a common data schema for weather observations, forecasts, and environmental
Governance and participation: A multi-stakeholder council oversees policy, licensing, and data stewardship. Participants include researchers, government
Adoption and impact: In the fictional world, HLSää has pilot deployments in several cities, supporting flood
Challenges and criticism: Critics point to data quality variation, potential privacy concerns, sustainability of funding, and
See also: Open data, Weather data standards, Citizen science, Data governance.