Weather and Climate Inventory, National Park Service, Northeast Temperate Network
Davey CA, Redmond KT, Simeral DB. 2006. Weather and Climate Inventory, National Park Service, Northeast Temperate Network. Natural Resource Technical Report. NPS/NETN/NRTR—2006/011. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
Climate is a dominant factor driving the physical and ecologic processes affecting the Northeast Temperate Inventory and Monitoring Network (NETN). Climate variations are responsible for short- and long-term changes in ecosystem fluxes of energy and matter and have profound effects on underlying geomorphic and biogeochemical processes. The temperate deciduous forest biome, common to the NETN, is one of the biomes most impacted worldwide by human stresses. These stresses influence directly the local and regional climate characteristics in the NETN and contribute significantly to climate changes in the area. Extreme storm events such as ice storms, nor’easters, and tropical systems are known to impact NETN ecosystems. The ice storm of January 1998 was one of the most damaging ice storms on record, significantly disturbing the temperate forests of the NETN. Because of its influence on the ecology of NETN park units and the surrounding areas, climate was identified as a high-priority, vital sign for NETN, 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
- ACAD , APPA , BOHA , CLI , MABI , MIMA , MORR , NETN , NRSS , ROVA , SAGA , SAIR , SAMA , SARA , WEFA
- Keywords
- Aesthetics, Climate change detection, Climate Monitoring, Parameter regression on independent slopes model, Precipitation, Snowfall, Spatial variability, Temperature, Temporal variability, Weather, WRCC-Report