Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS) (RAWS)

Time frame

Status

Ongoing

Project time span

1970 -

Data collection

1970 -

Data processing

1970 -

Data reporting

1970 -

Contact information

Contact person

- -

Address

Herb Arnold, Bureau of Land Management

Email

vog.mlb@dlonrA_breH

Parameters and Media

Geography

Regions studied

Alaska

Data availability

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?

No

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.

Wind speed, wind direction, peak wind speed, peak wind direction, precipitation, air temperature, relative humidity, solar radiation.

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?

No

Other institutes involved in the project

Natural Resources Conservation Service, US Dept of Agriculture (NRCS), US Forest Service (USFS), US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), US National Park Service (USNPS), US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), US National Association of State Foresters (NASF), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?

With NOAA for access to Geostationary Operations Environmental Satellite (GOES) data. Networks:

Indigenous AND traditional knowledge used in this project

Involves US Federal, State and local stakeholders in wildland fire management.