Climate station maintenance in the Arctic Network: 2018 summary
Hill K and Sousanes P. 2021. Climate station maintenance in the Arctic Network: 2018 summary. Natural Resource Data Series. NPS/ARCN/NRDS—2021/1316. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
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 (I&M) Program is a major component of the National Park Service’s (NPS) 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, seventeen I&M climate stations have been installed in the five ARCN parks. The objective of the climate monitoring program is to monitor and record weather conditions at representative locations throughout ARCN in order to identify long and short-term trends, provide reliable climate data to other researchers, and to participate in large scale climate monitoring and modeling efforts beyond park boundaries. Seventeen I&M stations were maintained, five fire remote automated weather stations (RAWS) were maintained in cooperation with NPS staff in Anchorage, and the Kelly snow telemetry (SNOTEL) station was maintained by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) staff. This report summarizes the 2018 field season and includes current sensor metadata.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Hill, Ken; Sousanes, Pam
- Date of Issue
- 2021-03
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ARCN , BELA , CAKR , GAAR , KOVA , NOAT , NRSS
- Keywords
- Alaska, ARCN, Arctic, climate, maintenance, Weather
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Weather and Climate | Weather and Climate