92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012)

Joint Session 2: The Climate Reference Network: A Decade Later


Chair:  Bruce B. Baker, NOAA/Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division
Papers:
 
An Overview of the U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN) System
Howard J. Diamond, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Silver Spring, MD

Manuscript (50.2 kB)
 
An Overview of the US Regional Climate Reference Network
David R. Easterling, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and C. Ward, J. H. Lawrimore, and M. Palecki

 
US Climate Reference Network Temperature Record: An Initial Examination
Michael Palecki, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Manuscript (116.5 kB)
 
Solid Precipitation Testbed Plans, Activities and Results to Date
Tilden P. Meyers, NOAA, Oak Ridge, TN; and B. B. Baker, R. M. Rasmussen, and R. Nitu

 
Calibrating GOES-Based Insolation Products for Climatological Analyses of Evapotranspiration Over the U.S
Martha C. Anderson, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, MD; and G. Diak, J. R. Mecikalski, and C. Hain

 
Characterization of the Spatial Variability of Land Surface Temperature Around NOAA CRN Sites Using Airborne and Satellite Measurements
Praveena Krishnan, NOAA, Oak Ridge, TN; and J. Kochendorfer, B. B. Baker, E. J. Dumas Jr., T. P. Meyers, P. C. Guillevic, S. Corda, J. F. Muratore, and B. Martos

 
US Climate Reference Network Soil Moisture/Temperature Monitoring
Jesse Eugene Bell, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites/North Caroline State University, Asheville, NC; and M. Palecki

Manuscript (1.2 MB)
 
Precipitation Quality Assurance Methods for Weighing Bucket Precipitation Gauges Having Three Redundant Measurements
Ronald D. Leeper, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites, Asheville, NC; and E. Davis and M. Palecki

Manuscript (151.5 kB)