@article{e7c6bd4d2d454ec7aed9c5a019a12af5,
title = "Empirical test of the ClimateWNA model for local accuracy in the kluane lake area of the southern yukon, Canada",
abstract = "Ecological studies related to climate typically require data on temperature and rainfall. If local climate data are not available, the only recourse is to rely on data from the closest meteorological station or interpolated data from regional models of climate. In the southwestern Yukon, we have for the past 25 yr gathered ecological information such as counts of cones on white spruce trees and attempted to relate these biological variables to weather variables, thus requiring accurate climate information. From 2001 to 2014, we measured local summer temperature and rainfall during the growing season at 7 local sites along 250 km of the Alaska Highway and tested the accuracy of the ClimateWNA model estimates for these 7 sites as well as for the Haines Junction Environment Canada meteorological station. Monthly summer temperatures were reasonably well correlated with the predicted ClimateWNA values (r = 0.90, n = 299 mo), but summer rainfall was not (r = 0.37, n = 218 mo). We repeated this analysis with the Daymet climate model and got similar results. We caution the use of ClimateWNA or Daymet rainfall estimates for local areas in this part of the southwestern Yukon for the prediction of ecological measurements.",
keywords = "Accuracy, ClimateWNA, Daymet, Kluane, Rainfall, Temperature, Yukon",
author = "Krebs, {Charles J.} and Henry, {J. David} and Kenney, {Alice J.} and Hofer, {Elizabeth J.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Richard Greer and all our summer assistants who have worked over the years to capture these weather measurements. We thank 2 referees for critical reviews of the manuscript. Research funding was provided by Parks Canada and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The facilities of the Kluane Lake Research Station of the Arctic Institute of North America were essential to this long-term research program, and we thank Andy and Carole Williams, Lance Goodwin, and Sian Williams for their assistance. Funding Information: Acknowledgements. We thank Richard Greer and all our summer assistants who have worked over the years to capture these weather measurements. We thank 2 referees for critical reviews of the manuscript. Research funding was provided by Parks Canada and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The facilities of the Kluane Lake Research Station of the Arctic Institute of North America were essential to this long-term research program, and we thank Andy and Carole Williams, Lance Goodwin, and Sian Williams for their assistance. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Inter-Research 2018.",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.3354/cr01511",
language = "English",
volume = "75",
pages = "111--115",
journal = "Climate Research",
issn = "0936-577X",
publisher = "Inter-Research",
number = "2",
}