Snowpack Monitoring Protocol for the Central Alaska Network Denali National Park and Preserve, Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve-DRAFT
Sousanes PJ. 2004. Snowpack Monitoring Protocol for the Central Alaska Network Denali National Park and Preserve, Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, and Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve-DRAFT. National Park Service. Denali Park, Alaska
This document is the narrative for the Snowpack Monitoring Protocol for the Central Alaska Network (CAKN). The narrative explains the rationale for monitoring snowpack and sets forth the objectives. The narrative discusses how snowpack will be monitored, a history of protocol development,and the inherent tie of this protocol to the CAKN Climate Monitoring Protocol. The CAKN Snowpack Monitoring Protocol has been developed based on a partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) who have a well established network of snow monitoring sites around the state of Alaska.This narrative will describe the sampling techniques of the NRCS program that have been adopted by the CAKN program and provide an overview of the standard operating procedures required to implement snowpack monitoring and report findings.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Sousanes, Pamela
- Date of Issue
- 2004-12
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- CAKN , DENA , IMDP , WRST , YUCH
- Keywords
- Alaska, Denali National Park & Preserve, Snow, Snowpack, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Weather and Climate | Weather and Climate