Weather stations

Project Details

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• Project ID:

  1662

• Nickname/Abbreviation:

  Weather stations

• Parent Project:

  Alaska Climate and Cryosphere Hazards Program

• Status:

  Active

• Description:

  The Climate and Cryosphere Hazards Program (CCHP) has installed multiple high-elevation weather stations to collect critical meteorological information for early warning systems for landslides and avalanches. With the help of GIC staff, the weather data from these stations are made available in real-time on our website.

• Project Date(s):

  2014 - present

• Primary Contact:

  Wolken, Gabriel J.

• DGGS section:

  Geologic Hazards

• Alternate Url:

  Find out more...

• Project Participants:

  Gabriel J. Wolken, Ronnie P. Daanen, Katreen M. Wikstrom Jones

Publications

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DDS 25

Wolken, G.J., Herstand, M.R., Daanen, R.P., and DGGS Staff, 2025, Alaska Weather Observation Network: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Digital Data Series 25, https://dggs.alaska.gov/weatherstations/#8. https://doi.org/10.14509/31686

Posters and Presentations

Wikstrom Jones, Katreen and others, 2026

Wikstrom Jones, Katreen, Wolken, G.J., and Janes, M., 2026, From point to slope: Assessing weather station snow depth representativeness using lidar and geostatistics (poster): International Snow Science Workshop in Whistler on September 28-Oct 2, 2026: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/32166