Session 2 |
| | Climate Observing Systems II |
| | Chair: C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
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| 10:30 AM | 2.1 | Data collection and quality assurance of the Kentucky Mesonet 
Megan M. Ferris, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY; and S. A. Foster, R. Mahmood, D. Grabowski, S. Struebig, Z. G. Brown, and M. Grogan |
| 10:45 AM | 2.2 | Assessment of Recent Climate Changes in Nebraska and Kansas in 1985-2007
X. Lin, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and K. G. Hubbard and R. A. Pielke |
| 11:00 AM | 2.3 | CoCoRaHS: A national climate observing system of volunteer observers providing a “gauge-full” of data for climate applications 
Henry Reges, CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. J. Doesken, R. C. Cifelli, J. Turner, and Z. Schwalbe |
| 11:15 AM | 2.4 | The New Jersey Weather and Climate Network: a dense, multipurpose network of networks
David A. Robinson, Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ; and C. Shmukler, D. P. Fittante, M. Gerbush, and J. Read |
| 11:30 AM | 2.5 | Integration of automated climate networks to develop quality control procedures
Ted W. Sammis, New Mexico State University, Plant and Environmental Sciences., 88003 Las Cruces, NM; and S. Engle |
| 11:45 AM | 2.6 | The United States Historical Climatology Network monthly temperature data – version 2
Matthew J. Menne, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and C. N. Williams and R. S. Vose |