Session: Climate Observing Systems II (13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology/17th Conference on Applied Climatology (11

Monday, 11 August 2008: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM

Harmony AB (Telus Whistler Conference Centre)

Host: 17th Conference on Applied Climatology

Chair:

C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Scientific Services Division, Asheville, NC

Papers:

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

Recorded Presentation

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 Sr.

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

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (336.8 kB)

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

Recorded Presentation

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

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

2.6

The United States Historical Climatology Network monthly temperature data – version 2

Matthew J. Menne, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI, Asheville, NC; and C. N. Williams Jr. and R. S. Vose

Recorded Presentation

Presentation PDF (469.3 kB)