New Website Available
Alaska Geospatial Climate Animations of Monthly Temperature and
Precipitation
The website is available at:
http://instaar.colorado.edu/QGISL/AGCA/
Recent advances in spatial climate modeling make it possible to view
animated monthly maps of Alaska's temperature and precipitation. Monthly
weather station data and other point measurements (1961-1990 Normals)
were spatially distributed across Alaska with the PRISM model, developed
at the Spatial Climate Analysis Service, Oregon State University.
The maps presented on the website were made from the previously created
PRISM grids using a Geographic Information System (GIS). Separate
animations are available for temperature and precipitation. The
animations reveal patterns in both time and space related to the
seasons, latitude, elevation, coastal effects, rain shadows, and other
environmental parameters in a region of climatic extremes.
The website and animations are based in part on work supported by the
National Science Foundation, Office of Polar Programs, Arctic System
Science Program (Grant No. OPP-0100120).
The website is available at:
http://instaar.colorado.edu/QGISL/AGCA/