Weather and Climate Inventory, Klamath Network, National Park Service, 2007
1.0. Introduction
1.1. Network Terminology
Before proceeding, it is important to stress that this report discusses the idea of “networks” in two different ways. Modifiers are used to distinguish between NPS I&M networks and weather/climate station networks. See Appendix A for a full definition of these terms.
1.1.1. Weather/Climate Station Networks
Most weather and climate measurements are made not from isolated stations but from stations that are part of a network operated in support of a particular mission. The limiting case is a network of one station, where measurements are made by an interested observer or group. Larger networks usually have additional inventory data and station-tracking procedures. Some national weather/climate networks are associated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), including the National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative Observer Program (COOP). Other national networks include the interagency Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS) network and the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA/NRCS) Snowfall Telemetry (SNOTEL) and snowcourse networks. Usually a single agency, but sometimes a consortium of interested parties, will jointly support a particular weather/climate network.
1.1.2. NPS I&M Networks
Within the NPS, the system for monitoring various attributes in the participating park units (about 270–280 in total) is divided into 32 NPS I&M networks. These networks are collections of park units grouped together around a common theme, typically geographical.
Other pages in this section
- 01 Weather and Climate Cover
- Final 2001 Air Emissions Inventory, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, PDF, October 2003
- 02 Acronyms
- Final Report: Status of Air Quality and Effects of Atmospheric Pollutants on Ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest PDF 1994
- 03 Executive Summary
- Crater Lake National Park Air Quality Information Overview
- 04 Acknowledgements
- 05 1.0. Introduction
- 07 1.2. Weather versus Climate Definitions
- 08 1.3. Purpose of Measurements
- 09 1.4. Design of Climate-Monitoring Programs
- 10 2.0. Climate Background
- 11 2.1. Climate and the KLMN Environment
- 12 2.2. Spatial Variability
- 13 2.3. Temporal Variability
- 14 2.4. Parameter Regression on Independent Slopes Model (PRISM)
- 15 3.0. Methods
- 16 3.1. Metadata Retrieval
- 17 3.2. Criteria for Locating Stations
- 18 4.0. Station Inventory
- 19 4.1. Climate and Weather Networks
- 20 4.2. Station Locations
- 21 5.0. Conclusions and Recommendations
- 22 5.1. Klamath Inventory and Monitoring Network
- 23 5.2. Spatial Variations in Mean Climate
- 24 5.3. Climate Change Detection
- 25 5.4. Aesthetics
- 26 5.5. Information Access
- 27 5.6. Summarized Conclusions and Recommendations
- 28 6.0 Literature Cited
- 29 Appendix A. Glossary
- 30 Appendix B. Climate-monitoring principles
- 31 Appendix C. Factors in operating a weather/climate network
- 32 Appendix D. General design considerations for weather/climate-monitoring programs
- 33 Appendix E. Master metadata field list
- 34 Appendix F. Electronic supplements
- 35 Appendix G. Descriptions of weather/climate monitoring networks
