[WeatherObserved] windDirection attribute in Data model, schema doesn't match definition

[Rui-Magalhaes-APD]

The definition of the windDirection states: "The wind direction expressed in decimal degrees compared to geographic North (measured clockwise), encoded as a Number." This definition implies that North is the 0º and that would make the measure range between 0º and 360º. But the json schema is coded to check for ranges between -180º and 180º.

The suggestion would be to correct the json schema to check for the range [0º ; 360º[. In fact, this range is the most used. A lot of sites use this range (e.g. windfinder.com) and this range is also mentioned in literature about measuring, as shown in "Handbook of Measurement in Science and Engineering." by John Wiley & Sons.

This issue also applies to WeatherForecast

[albertoabellagarcia]

I am Alberto Abella, currently starting to curate data models. Rui, you are definitely right, and this change will be implemented as you suggest. Not seeing other similar issues on weather forecast

[Rui-Magalhaes-APD]

Thanks for the correction. The Weather forecast, for the wind measurements, has the same source, so it should be corrected to. I have seen the change on the json schema. But the example still has a negative value ("-45"). It should be changed too, to avoid confusion for others