Session 4 |
| | U. S. Climate Reference network |
| | Organizer: Timothy W. Owen, NOAA/NCDC, Asheville, NC
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| 3:30 PM | 4.1 | Evaluation of the U.S. climate reference network as an operational example of climate monitoring principles
Michael R. Helfert, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and C. B. Baker, D. S. Braun, R. Buckner, M. Changery, F. Evans, G. M. Goodge, M. Phillips, N. Rowan, and B. Sun |
| 3:45 PM | 4.2 | Overview of the USCRN research program
C. Bruce Baker, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and T. P. Meyers, M. D. Gifford, and R. P. Hosker |
| 4:00 PM | 4.3 | The new precipitation algorithm for the three-wire Geonor gauge of the U.S. Climate Reference Network – objectives, description and performance  
William G. Collins, Short and Associates, Queenstown, MD; and C. B. Baker, T. B. Wilson, R. Buckner, and M. Phillips |
| 4:15 PM | 4.4 | Operational Testing of Various Precipitation Sensors in Support of the United States Climate Reference Network (USCRN)
Lee W. Larson, Short and Associates, Prairie Village, KS; and C. B. Baker, E. L. May, and H. Bogin |
| 4:30 PM | 4.5 | Evaluation of a double-Alter wind shield using sonic anemometers
Tilden Meyers, NOAA/ARL, Oak Ridge, TN; and E. J. Dumas, M. E. Heuer, C. B. Baker, M. Hall, and W. Tim |