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The Alaska Climate Research Center

The Alaska Climate Research Center. STAFF Dr. Gerd Wendler - Professor Emeritus Dr. Martha Shulski - Climatologist and Webmaster Blake Moore - Systems Analyst Peter Bieniek - M.S. student WEBSITE http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/ 19,000 hits daily (2006) GOALS

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The Alaska Climate Research Center

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  1. The Alaska Climate Research Center • STAFF • Dr. Gerd Wendler - Professor EmeritusDr. Martha Shulski - Climatologist and Webmaster • Blake Moore - Systems Analyst • Peter Bieniek - M.S. student • WEBSITE • http://climate.gi.alaska.edu/ • 19,000 hits daily (2006) • GOALS • Service the public (State and Fed Agencies, University, Corporations, and private citizens) with climate data and information provided free of charge. • Carry out research on high latitudinal climate and weather topics with special emphasis on Alaska. • Participate in educational outreach activities. Geophysical InstituteUniversity of Alaska

  2. History of the Center • Until 1973, the position of State Climatologist was a federal job attached to the National Weather Service (H. Searby), but the Federal program was discontinued. • The State continued operation and H. Searby became a state employee attached to Dave Hickok’s AEIDC (Alaska Environmental Information and Data Center) in Anchorage at UAA. In 1976 H. Searby retired and J. Wise took over the position. • In the early eighties, it was decided to move this position to Fairbanks, as at UAF had the only atmospheric science program in the U of A. • After some protests, both Anchorage and Fairbanks were State funded at the identical level. • While Anchorage has a great selection of early meteorological data (hard copy), Fairbanks concentrated on data in digital format. Originally stored on 9 track tapes, now most data are transferred via the net. • After the retirement of Jim Wise in 1993, Dwight Pollard, took over. He passed away, and recently Peter Olsson was appointed State Climatologist (now part of ENRI). • The relationship between the two centers has been cordial and mutually supportive.

  3. Recent Publications Dissing, D., and G. Wendler 1998: Solar radiation climatology of Alaska. Theor. Appl. Clim., 61, 161-175. Curtis, J., G. Wendler, R. Stone and E. Dutton 1998: Precipitation decrease in the Western Arctic, with special emphasis on Barrow and Barter Island, Alaska. Intl. J. Clim., 18, 1687-1707 Magee, N., J. Curtis and G. Wendler 1999: The urban heat island effect at Fairbanks, Alaska. Theor. Appl. Clim., 64, 39-47 Stafford, J., G. Wendler and J. Curtis 2000: Temperature and precipitation of Alaska: 50 year trend analyses. Theor. Appl. Clim., 67, 33-44 Nakanishi, S., J. Curtis and G. Wendler 2001: The influence of increased jet airline traffic on the amount of high cloudiness in Alaska. Theor. Appl. Clim., 68, 197-205 Curtis, J., B. Hartmann and G. Wendler 2003: Climate variability for Artic Alaska. AMS proceedings Wendler, G., B. Moore, J. Curtis and M. Stuefer 2002: Beaufort Sea ice concentration and the climate of the Alaskan North Slope. Proceedings of the 16th IAHR International Symposium on Ice Shulski, M., G. Wendler and B. Hartmann 2003: Climate trends and variability in Alaska since 1950. AMS proceedings Hartmann, B. and G. Wendler 2003: Manifestation of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation shift of 1976 in Alaskan climatology. AMS proceedings Wendler, G., M. Shulski and B. Hartmann 2004: Potential climatic effects of cirrus contrails for the subarctic setting of Fairbanks, Alaska, submitted: Theor. Appl. Clim. Hartmann, B. and G. Wendler 2005: On the significance of the 1976 Pacific climate shift in the climatology of Alaska. J. Clim.

  4. New Book! > General climate reference guide for Alaska > University of Alaska Press 218 pp. > On the bookshelves next month

  5. ACRC Website: • Climate data and information • Climate summaries • Current conditions and weatherforecasts • Weather and climate links • Daily weather email service • Weblog

  6. Climate Summaries City Summariesstatewide newspapers State-wide Summary (Fairbanks WFO) Weatherwise Magazine

  7. RCCs Western High Plains Midwest Northeast Southeast Southern State Climate Offices 3-Tiered System of Climate Services National Climatic Data Center ALASKA

  8. 3-Tiered System of Climate Services Cornell DRI UNL ISWS UNC LSU

  9. Regional Climate Centers Backbone: Quality-controlled climate database Mission: Online data services and products Applied research, regionally specific Data collection Education and outreach Staff: 8 - 12 (researchers, data specialists,computing, admin) Base funding: NOAA (~150k)*Supplemental Grant funding*

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