Climate Watch: Remote Automated Weather Stations in Southwest Alaska HD

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Kenai Fjords National Park: Remote Automated Weather Stations (RAWS) are set up in isolated areas of Alaska to collect information on weather conditions. The video includes the benefits of these devices, their function, their components, and challenges that arise in data collection.

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Galleries

Field Notes from Kenai Fjords, Alaska, Environmental Monitoring, Climate Change

Keywords

alaska, climate, data collection, field notes, kenai fjords, national park, raws, remote automated weather stations, research, science, weather

Date of Video

February 22, 2006

Video Location

Kenai Fjords National Park, Seward, AK

GPS

59°55'4"N × 149°59'15"W

Credit

Courtesy of the National Park Service. For a large collection of audio and video podcast episodes on many classroom topics, visit the National Park Service on iTunes U.

Movie Number

2677