Climate Station Analysis and Fitness for Purpose Assessment of 3053600 Kananaskis,Alberta |
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| Authors: | Paul H Whitfield |
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| Institution: | 1. Emeritus Scientist, Environment Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada;2. Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;3. Department of Earth Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Kananaskis climate station 3053600 provides a climate record from 1939 to the present. The operational history of the station and the changes in its location are reviewed. Since 1939, the station has been operated by several different organizations and located at three different sites compromising the use of the data. Further, the metadata for this station is both inaccurate and incomplete. The fitness of this data for trend and other applications is assessed. The differences in the series between locations suggest that studies should be confined to using the data from a single location, and users of the data should be aware of the ongoing changes in the physical situation at the present location. |
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| Keywords: | fitness for purpose station analysis Rocky Mountains applied climatology |
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