Climate Monitoring in the Arctic Network of National Parklands

Sousanes P, Hill K, Lawler JP, Wald E. Climate Monitoring in the Arctic Network of National Parklands. 2010. National Park Service

The mission of the Arctic Network Inventory and Monitoring Program (ARCN) is to collect, compile and synthesize scientific information about the arctic network of parks in order to manage park resources "unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations". The Inventory and Monitoring Program is a major component of the National Park Service’s strategy to improve park management through greater reliance on scientific information. In an attempt to better understand climate variation as well as long-term changes in park ecosystems, several new long-term climate monitoring stations are being proposed in the Arctic parks. The objective of the climate monitoring program is to monitor and record weather conditions at representative locations in order to identify long and short-term trends, provide reliable climate data to other researchers, and to participate in larger scale climate monitoring and modeling efforts beyond park boundaries.

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Project
Authors
Sousanes, Pamela; Hill, Ken; Lawler, James; Wald, Eric
Publisher
National Park Service
Units
ARCN , BELA , CAKR , GAAR , KOVA , NOAT
Keywords
Alaska, Climate, Monitoring, Precipitation, Temperature, Trend, Weather, Wind
Subjects
Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Weather and Climate | Weather and Climate

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