Weather and Climate Inventory, National Park Service, Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network
Davey CA, Redmond KT, Simeral DB. 2006. Weather and Climate Inventory, National Park Service, Eastern Rivers and Mountains Network. Natural Resource Technical Report. NPS/ERMN/NRTR—2006/006. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
Climate is a dominant factor driving the physical and ecologic processes affecting the nine park units that comprise the Eastern Rivers and Mountains Inventory and Monitoring Network (ERMN). Climate variations are responsible for short- and longterm changes in ecosystem fluxes of energy and matter and have profound effects on underlying geomorphic and biogeochemical processes. The ERMN contains significant water resources and one of the largest remaining undisturbed tracts of mixed mesophytic forests in North America. A long history of human influences in ERMN has introduced stresses on the region’s natural systems, including invasive plant species, atmospheric pollutant deposition, and habitat fragmentation. Because of its influence on the ecology of ERMN park units and the surrounding areas, climate was identified as a high-priority, vital sign for ERMN, and climate is one of the 12 basic inventories to be completed for all National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring Program (I&M) networks.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Davey, C; Redmond, K; Simeral, D
- Date of Issue
- 2006
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- ALPO , BLUE , CLI , DEWA , ERMN , FONE , FRHI , GARI , JOFL , NERI , NRSS , UPDE
- Keywords
- Aesthetics, Climate change detection, Climate Monitoring, Inventory, Parameter regression on independent slopes model (PRISM), Precipitation, Spatial variability, Temperature, Temporal variability, Weather, WRCC-Report
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Air and Climate | Weather and Climate | Weather and Climate