Weather and climate inventory, National Park Service, Chihuahuan Desert Network.
Davey CA, Redmond KT, Simeral DB. 2007. Weather and climate inventory, National Park Service, Chihuahuan Desert Network.. Natural Resource Technical Report. NPS/CHDN/NRTR—2007/034. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado
Climate change is an issue of much concern for the CHDN. Of all the possible effects of future climate changes across the CHDN, global warming in particular is viewed as a likely future threat to the integrity of park ecosystems. Such changes may affect vegetation at the individual, population, or community level and precipitate changes in ecosystem function and structure, with corresponding management concerns. Because of its influence on the ecology of CHDN park units and the surrounding areas, climate was identified as a high-priority vital sign for CHDN and is one of the 12 basic inventories to be completed for all National Park Service (NPS) Inventory and Monitoring Program (I&M) networks. This project was initiated to inventory past and present climate monitoring efforts in the CHDN. In this report, we provide the following information: Overview of broad-scale climatic factors and zones important to CHDN park units. Inventory of weather and climate station locations in and near CHDN park units relevant to the NPS I&M Program. Results of an inventory of metadata on each weather station, including affiliations for weather-monitoring networks, types of measurements recorded at these stations, and information about the actual measurements (length of record, etc.). Initial evaluation of the adequacy of coverage for existing weather stations and recommendations for improvements in monitoring weather and climate.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Davey, C; Redmond, K; Simeral, D
- Date of Issue
- 2007
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- AMIS , BIBE , CAVE , CHDN , CLI , FODA , GUMO , NRSS , RIGR , WHSA
- Keywords
- Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Inventory, Management, Weather, WRCC-Report