Overview

Climate is a dominant factor driving the physical and ecologic processes affecting the Central Alaska Inventory and Monitoring Network (CAKN). This report provides the following information: - Overview of broad-scale climatic factors and zones important to CAKN park units. - Inventory of weather and climate station locations in and near CAKN park units relevant to the NPS I&M Program. - Results of an inventory of metadata on each weather station, including affiliations for weather-monitoring networks, types of measurements recorded at these stations, and information about the actual measurements (length of record, etc.). - Initial evaluation of the adequacy of coverage for existing weather stations and recommendations for improvements in monitoring weather and climate.