HR: 0800h
AN: ED31C-1220    [Abstracts]
TI: CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network) -- Sharing Precipitation Data and Climate Research Results
AU: * Reges, H W
EM: hreges@atmos.colostate.edu
AF: CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., 1371 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80526 United States
AU: Doesken, N J
EM: nolan@atmos.colostate.edu
AF: CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., 1371 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80526 United States
AU: Cifelli, R C
EM: rob@atmos.colostate.edu
AF: CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., 1371 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80526 United States
AU: Turner, J S
EM: julian@lamar.colostate.edu
AF: CoCoRaHS/Colorado State Univ., 1371 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80526 United States
AB: CoCoRaHS is an informal science education project supported by NSF where volunteers of all ages and varied backgrounds measure and report rain, hail and snowfall on a daily basis. The network is currently operating in six states with several others hoping to join soon. The data collected support many research and resource-monitoring activities and are used by many scientists, resource managers and businesses. But the success of the volunteer program hinges on keeping volunteers interested and engaged. Portraying precipitation data in spatial and temporal ways so that volunteers learn along with scientists about storm patterns, variability and impacts is the goal of the program. Examples of how CoCoRaHS precipitation data are collected, verified, archived, analyzed, and displayed will be presented and ideas for future display and communication will be described. There are many possibilities for improving data and analyses to help volunteers better comprehend the significance and applications of the research results they are contributing to. CoCoRaHS makes use of descriptive monthly e-mail updates to keep all participants informed about recent findings as well as an interactive Web page: www.cocorahs.org.
UR: http://www.cocorahs.org
DE: 0815 Informal education
DE: 1833 Hydroclimatology
DE: 1840 Hydrometeorology
DE: 1884 Water supply
DE: 1895 Instruments and techniques: monitoring
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005