Weather and Climate Inventory National Park Service Southern Colorado Plateau Network

ISBN-13: 9781492316701 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 132 str.

Christopher a. Christopher a. Davey; Kelly T. Redmond; David B. Simeral

Opis

Climate drives many of the environmental processes in the Southern Colorado Plateau Inventory and Monitoring Network (SCPN). In this report, the authors provide the following information: Overview of broad-scale climatic factors and zones important to SCPN park units; Inventory of weather and climate station locations in and near SCPN park units relevant to the National Park Service (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.); and Initial evaluation of the adequacy of coverage for existing weather stations and recommendations for improvements in monitoring weather and climate."