Definition

The extent to which a set of measurements taken in a given space-time domain reflect the actual conditions in the same or different space-time domain taken on a scale appropriate for a specific application

Source

Nappo [RD14]

RD14: Nappo, C.J., Caneill J.Y., Furman R.W., Gifford F.A., Kaimal J.C., Kramer M.L., Lockhart T.J., Pendergast M.M, Pielke R.A., Randerson D., Shreffler J.H., and Wyngaard J.C., The Workshop on the Representativeness of Meteorological Observations, June 1981, Boulder, CO, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 63, 761-764, 1982. 

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