HR: 16:45h
AN: SF34A-04    [Abstracts]
TI: CalClim: An accessible data archive to monitor California climate
AU: * Edwards, L M
EM: laura.edwards@dri.edu
AF: Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512 United States
AU: Cayan, D R
EM: dcayan@ucsd.edu
AF: California Climate Change Center, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, Department 0224, La Jolla, CA 92093-0224 United States
AU: Redmond, K T
EM: kelly.redmond@dri.edu
AF: Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512 United States
AU: McCurdy, G D
EM: gmwrcc@dri.edu
AF: Western Regional Climate Center, Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno, NV 89512 United States
AU: Riddle, L
EM: lriddle@ucsd.edu
AF: California Climate Change Center, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, Department 0224, La Jolla, CA 92093-0224 United States
AU: Tyree, M M
EM: mtyree@ucsd.edu
AF: California Climate Change Center, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, Department 0224, La Jolla, CA 92093-0224 United States
AB: Climate data for the state of California has historically been provided by several independent sources, requiring time-consuming searches to find the appropriate information. The CalClim California Climate Data Archive (CCDA) provides centralized climate data access to assist those interested in monitoring California climate variability and change. The CalClim website (http://www.calclim.dri.edu) is a gateway to a number of climate observation networks that operate in California, including NWS Cooperative Network, SNOTEL, Remote Automated Weather Station (RAWS), and other statewide and regional networks. This archive enables scientists, state agencies and others with California interests to retrieve climate data at their convenience, for periods from days to years, and from one or multiple networks. Software on the website can also produce summaries of data, and graphs of daily or monthly data with options such as running means. Currently a limited selection of data is available, but additional datasets will be added over the next several months to one year. A coastal-focused climate data archive is anticipated to be added in early 2005. Both graphical and text interfaces are used to select networks and/or individual stations. Other products available at the website include the monthly California Climate Watch online newsletter and recent climate maps for periods ranging from the last week to 3 years, updated daily. A climate metadata inventory for the state is being assembled in conjunction with this project, and will be made available online at its completion. An additional aspect in development involves support of an enhanced California climate monitoring network.
UR: http://www.calclim.dri.edu
DE: 9810 New fields (not classifiable under other headings)
DE: 9820 Techniques applicable in three or more fields
SC: Special Focus: Advances in Data Acquisition, Management, Analysis and Display [SF]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting