Spatial Quality Control System for the SNOTEL System and Climate Maps for the United States

Project ID: 68-3A75-4-101-07

Federal Agency: Natural Resources Conservation Service

Partner Institution: Oregon State University

Fiscal Year: 2005

Initial Funding: $150,000

Total Funding: $280,000

Project Type: Research

Project Disciplines: Physical

Principal Investigator: Daly, Christopher

Agreement Technical Representative: Pasteris, Phil

Abstract: Project copmpletes the quality control of temperature data collected by the 700+ station SNOTEL network, addresses the quality control of precipitation collected by the SNOTEL network, and creates monthly and annual average maps of temperature and precipitation for the U.S. at 800-meter resolution for 1971-2000.