A Framework for Climate Analysis and Reporting for Greater Yellowstone (GRYN) and Rocky Mountain (ROMN) Networks
Kittel T, Ostermann-Kelm S, Frakes B, Tercek M, Gray S, Daly C. 2010. A Framework for Climate Analysis and Reporting for Greater Yellowstone (GRYN) and Rocky Mountain (ROMN) Networks. Rocky Mountain Climate Monitoring Work Group
A framework for the study of climate within the Greater Yellowstone and Rocky Mountain Networks. Includes information about methods, criteria for success, status, and trends. Crucial to the Park Service’s mission is understanding climate status, variability, and trends given that climate is a key driver of variability in other vital signs and of changes in park natural resources.Accordingly, goals of the Greater Yellowstone (GRYN) and Rocky Mountain (ROMN) Inventory and Monitoring networks are (1) to evaluate variations and change in key climate parameters and (2)to provide climate data for analyses of other vital signs. GRYN and ROMN are coordinating development of climate monitoring procedures to achieve these goals. To facilitate this, the GRYN hosted a Climate Data Analysis Workshop in Bozeman, MT in April 2009, with participants from NPS and the climate science community. The aim of the workshop was to outline details of data requirements, data cleanup, analysis methods, and reporting timeframes for meeting GRYN/ROMN climate monitoring objectives. This report presents this framework. While laid out specifically for these two networks, the framework can serve as a template for other networks whose protocols are under development.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Kittel, Timothy; Ostermann-Kelm, Stacey; Frakes, Brent; Tercek, Mike; Gray, Stephen; Daly, Christopher
- Date of Issue
- 2010-02-17
- Publisher
- Rocky Mountain Climate Monitoring Work Group
- Units
- GRYN , ROMN
- Keywords
- climate status, climate trend, climate variability