Weather data inventory, Devils Postpile National Monument
Balmat J and Scott DK. 2010. Weather data inventory, Devils Postpile National Monument. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/SIEN/NRDS—2010/113. National Park Service, Natural Resource Program Center. Fort Collins, Colorado
The goal of this report is to document sources of weather data that are directly relevant to resource management and interpretation at Devils Postpile National Monument. A weather and climate inventory report for SIEN parks (Davey et al. 2007) presented a list of local weather station locations but did not provide specific descriptions or data evaluations of individual stations in the context of management utility. This report builds on that inventory report by describing individual datasets that are relevant to management, monitoring, research, and interpretation; by assessing the character and quality of these datasets; and by making recommendations for their use. The specific objectives of this report are as follows: • Summarize relevant weather data sources in and near DEPO, including their temporal extent, parameters, sampling interval, data quality and completeness, metadata, and data access. • Assess usefulness of each dataset and make recommendations for future analyses.• Provide long-term weather and climate monitoring recommendations and justification regarding specific datasets, monitoring, and additional watershed-wide instrumentation.This report is not an assessment of local or regional climate history, nor does it present new technical analyses of the weather data. This report can serve as a useful reference for these and other specific lines of investigation.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Balmat, Jeff; Scott, David
- Date of Issue
- 2010-11
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Natural Resource Program Center
- Units
- DEPO , NRSS , SIEN
- Keywords
- Climate Inventory, Weather. Inventory. Devils Postpile National Monument