Data provenance refers to the origin and history of data. It describes where the data came from, how it was created or obtained, and any changes made to it along the way. It helps in understanding the reliability, trustworthiness, and quality of the data.
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«data»
«provenance»
Sentences with «data provenance»
- There's a major difference in data provenance in 2006: GISS only uses USHCN data up to March 2006 in their US numbers; they have a population of non-USHCN sites: primarily airports (which dominate the current data in all the indices). (climateaudit.org)
- If you're talking about climate science, I agree that the lack of documentation of data provenance, be it in Nature, Science, GRL, is shameful and I've done what I can to draw attention to the problem. (climateaudit.org)
- A source hierarchy has been established which prioritizes datasets that have better data provenance, extensive metadata, and long, consistent periods of record. (realclimate.org)
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