<ul><li>A climate <font color="#2f8cff">researcher</font> publishes a paper citing that last year was the hottest on record</li><br /></p><p></ul><br /></p><p><ul><li>The paper contains a reference to the data that was used in the analysis</li><br /></p><p></ul><br /></p><p><ul><li>A <font color="#2f8cff">reviewer</font> is able to find which gridded data, derived observations data, ‘raw’ observations data and associated <b>observations metadata</b> were used by the researcher by reviewing data lineage and provenance records</li><br /></p><p></ul><br /></p><p><ul><li>The <font color="#2f8cff">reviewer</font> is able to download all relevant data that is conformant with WMO formal encodings for:</li><br /></p><p><li>METCE</li><br /></p><p><li>WIGOS </li><br /></p><p><li>CDMS</li><br /></p><p></ul><br /></p><p><ul><li>The <font color="#2f8cff">reviewer</font> is able to undertake their own review to assess the validity of the <font color="#2f8cff">researcher’s</font> claim</li><br /></p><p></ul><br /></p>