WRCC NPS Climate Inventory Project Kelly T. Redmond Western Regional Climate Center Desert Research Institute

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WRCC – NPS Climate Inventory Project Kelly T. Redmond Western Regional Climate Center Desert Research Institute Reno Nevada National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring Workshop San Diego, California 2006 February 7-10

A bustling site … around 127,000 gets to every day in January 2006, and 1.55 Gb/day of information/items. Driven to a great extent by client demands.

Some Prehistory Long contribution with western asset administration offices Climate Reference Network Project. Gone to 35-40 western parks. A few littler ventures Crater Lake water spending plan and atmosphere studies since 1986 (NPS) Channel Islands (NPS/USGS) Southwest Alaska Network (NPS) Central Alaska Network (NPS) Yosemite Hydroclimate (NSF and CEC) Aligns with countless exercises of WRCC Aligns intimately with key mission of WRCC Much cover with numerous progressing ventures Many of the important instruments are set up or well into improvement Have great interior access to principle national information authentic/live information

WRCC-NPS Climate Inventory Project Goals Complete the climate/atmosphere stock of each of the 32 I&M Networks (a sum of around 285 stop units) Produce and aid creation of system particular reports Develop and populate a database recording climate stations in and close I&M Parks Evaluate ampleness of scope and recognize real data holes Begin assessment of existing climate and atmosphere observing conventions Produce formats for checking conventions that can be embraced and individualized by different parks Begin advancement of system and stop particular site pages to get to, show, control and condense information Finish this by Autumn 2006 !

Current Status of Inventories 32 Networks At slightest half should be created about starting with no outside help (15-17 ?) Remaining half are in various phases of readiness Some are basically "done" ? Some are "close" ? Some are "amassing" ? Some are "early" ? Some current reports address a few stages on the double Inventories Design Protocols Some include contractual workers, most are in-house (suggestion to meet 5:30) Effort will include through and through generation sometimes, help and exhortation and recommendations in different cases

Facets of this venture It's confused ! Loads of individuals and systems, with exercises at various stages Will attempt to utilize web to help with coordination, correspondence, status www.wrcc.dri.edu/nps Much material can be found on web. Construct get to techniques to: Basic foundation atmosphere, checking, transfer/download Prototypes and introductory endeavors: CAKN and NCPN Mostly inventories. Some convention & plan, site pages, information get to. Regular circumstance: metadata not attached to information. Terminology At WRCC we call this: NPS Climate Inventory Project Climate systems versus NPS I&M systems Metadata (information about information) versus information (barometrical estimations) Station inventories versus information inventories (the greater part of concentrate is on previous)

Report Template (first will be CAKN, then NCPN) Would like comparative configuration for all reports "Climate and Climate Inventory: NPS XXXX Network" 0. Official rundown Intro, reason and objectives. Why doing this? General foundation. Which parks, fundamental atmosphere, spatial and fleeting variables. Maps, tables, figures as required. Philosophy used to get material. Atmosphere systems (national, provincial, nearby), metadata tables, station area maps, information areas if known. Proposals, recommendations, rules. General contemplations that apply to all locales. Particular contemplations that apply to this system. Crevices in scope. Duplications. Organization and utilizing openings. References, sites, contacts. Informative supplement: Descriptions or pointers to more itemized portrayals of significant national, local, or authoritative watching systems. Reference section if necessary: Additional maps. Electronic addendums or accompanyment: outline, area tables

Current Status Have employed a post-doc to supervise the day by day subtle elements of the venture. Christopher Davey, CSU (Ecology and Atmospheric Science) Strong enthusiasm for station siting Personnel at WRCC Kelly Redmond – Overall venture oversight and coordination Christopher Davey – Inventory arrangement, point by point extend mgmt Grant Kelly – Access to metadata, web improvement, shapes for entering metadata Greg McCurdy – Computer administrator, applications, information bolsters, web, conventions, field Dave Simeral – GIS, field support, frosty and wind and rain work Web pages a work in progress Planning on a technique for remote metadata section through web. Counting photographs. A few visits, WRCC with Fort Collins, local gatherings, national meeting First report will be CAKN, then NCPN. Speculative calendar arranged. Presently permitting around a month and a half for every Network, covering. Drawing altogether on past reports. Loads of cover in numerous subjects. Will probably post for audit for a brief span.

In draft shape As of 06 Feb 2006

Tentative request reports (for arranging … not cut in stone)

A bustling site … around 127,000 gets to every day in January 2005, and 1.55 Gb/day of information/items. Driven generally by client demands.

Available soon …

www.calclim.dri.edu Southern California

(Note: Needs username & get to code)

Select subdirectory Upload New subdirectory Rename Delete (Backed up every day)

NPS I&M Climate and Weather Project website pages Reachable through a connection from www.wrcc.dri.edu/nps

Courtesy of Mike Dettinger, USGS/Scripps. Dettinger MD. 2005. From environmental change spaghetti to environmental change disseminations for 21st Century California. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. Vol. 3, Issue 1, (March 2005), Article 4. http://repositories.cdlib.org/jmie/sfews/vol3/iss1/art4

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Courtesy of Mike Dettinger, USGS/Scripps. Dettinger MD. 2005. From environmental change spaghetti to environmental change appropriations for 21st Century California. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. Vol. 3, Issue 1, (March 2005), Article 4. http://repositories.cdlib.org/jmie/sfews/vol3/iss1/art4

Last six years Sep-Aug Temperature As takeoff (F) from 1961-1990 1971-2000 1950-1995 1895-2000

One of numerous inspirations for better atmosphere information.

What's going on with NOAA obs programs? Agreeable program NERON – National Environmental Real-time Observational Network

WRCC Personnel Kelly Redmond 775-674-7011 kelly.Redmond@dri.edu Greg McCurdy 775-674-7165 greg.mccurdy@dri.edu Dave Simeral 775-674-7132 dave.simeral@dri.edu Grant Kelly 775-674-7164 grant.kelly@dri.edu Christopher Davey 775-674-xxxx davey@cira.colostate.edu Heather Kemp 775-674-7165 heather.kemp@dri.edu Fax machine 775-674-7016 NPS Fort Collins Personnel John Gross 970-267-2111 john_gross@nps.gov Margaret Beer 970-267-2168 margaret_beer@nps.gov Danelle Malget 970-267-xxxx danelle.malget@nps.gov Fax machine 970-225-3597 Fort Collins NPS Elsewhere Pam Sousanes 907-683-9573 pam_sousanes@nps.gov Steve Garman 435-719-2356 steven_garman@nps.gov John Ray 303-969-2820 john_d_ray@nps.gov Mailing addresses: Inventory and Monitoring Program National Park Service 1201 Oakridge Drive, Suite 150 Ft Collins, CO 80525 Western Regional Climate Center Desert Research Institute 2215 Raggio Parkway Reno, Nevada 89512-1095 WRCC primary phone number: 775-674-7010 WRCC web address: www.wrcc.dri.edu And … You !

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Photographic Documentation of Long-Term Climate Stations Kelly T. Redmond Regional Climatologist Western Regional Climate Center Desert Research Institute Reno Nevada 89512-1095 775-674-7011 voice 775-674-7016 fax kelly.redmond@dri.edu Version 20040815