Western Regional Climate Center [WRCC] - Weather Monitoring

Science activity #50179, updated 29 April 2022

Western Regional Climate Center [WRCC] - Weather Monitoring

Description / purpose

THE WESTERN REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER (WRCC) is one of six National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Regional Climate Centers across the nation. The WRCC has been housed within DRI's Division of Atmospheric Science since its inauguration in 1986. WRCC acts as a repository for high-quality historical climate data and information for the western U.S., a region covering the eleven westernmost states, including Alaska, Hawaii, and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands. WRCC offers value-added tools and maintains climate services staff to support the analysis and interpretation of climate data in support of decision-making. WRCC also helps to coordinate climate-related activities at local, state, regional, and national scales. Federal partners such as the National Integrated Drought Information System, the National Centers for Environmental Information, the Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, and the California Nevada Applications Program support some of WRCC's major activities. In addition to climate services, WRCC staff engage in applied research on a variety of weather and climate topics.

Linked science activities

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Collaborators

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Activity status

1 Awarded / Initiating (1992)
2 In progress / Ongoing (1992 - 2019)
3 Complete

Funding summary

Total allocated funding: $0

Location

Subbasins

Delta regions

Geographic tags

ATLAS TRACT , BACON ISLAND , BETHEL ISLAND , BIG BREAK , BISHOP TRACT/DLIS-14 , BIXLER TRACT , BOULDIN ISLAND , BRACK TRACT , BRADFORD ISLAND , BRANNAN-ANDRUS , BROWNS ISLAND , BYRON TRACT , CACHE HAAS AREA , CANAL RANCH TRACT , CENTRAL STOCKTON , CHIPPS ISLAND , CLIFTON COURT FOREBAY , CONEY ISLAND , DEAD HORSE ISLAND , DECKER ISLAND , DLIS-01 [PITTSBURG AREA] , DLIS-02 [ANTIOCH AREA] , DLIS-03 [LOWER SHERMAN ISLAND] , DLIS-04 [WEST ISLAND] , DLIS-05 [DONLON ISLAND] , DLIS-06 [OAKLEY AREA] , DLIS-07 [KNIGHTSEN AREA] , DLIS-08 [DISCOVERY BAY AREA] , DLIS-09 [BYRON AREA] , DLIS-10 , DLIS-12 [PARADISE CUT] , DLIS-18 , DLIS-19 [GRIZZLY SLOUGH AREA] , DLIS-20 [YOLO BYPASS] , DLIS-21 , DLIS-22 [RIO VISTA] , DLIS-23 [GEORGIANA OXBOW] , DLIS-37 [CHADBOURNE AREA] , DLIS-41 [JOICE ISLAND AREA] , DLIS-42 [PEYTONIA ECO PRSRV] , DLIS-44 [HILL SLOUGH UNIT] , DLIS-62 , DLIS-63 [GRIZZLY ISLAND AREA] , DLIS-64 , DLIS 15-17 Lodi , DLIS 25-27 [Morrow Island] , DLIS 28-36 , DLIS 38-40 , DLIS 43,45 [Potrero Hills Area] , DLIS 46-61 , DREXLER POCKET , DREXLER TRACT , DUTCH SLOUGH , EGBERT TRACT , EHRHEARDT CLUB , EMPIRE TRACT , FABIAN TRACT , FAY ISLAND , GLANVILLE , GLIDE DISTRICT , GRAND ISLAND , HASTINGS TRACT , HOLLAND TRACT , HOLT STATION , HONKER BAY , HONKER LAKE TRACT , HOTCHKISS TRACT , IDA ISLAND , JERSEY ISLAND , JONES TRACT [LOWER AND UPPER] , KASSON DISTRICT , KING ISLAND , KINGS ISLAND , LIBBY MCNEIL , LIBERTY ISLAND , LISBON DISTRICT , LITTLE EGBERT TRACT , FRANKS TRACT , LITTLE MANDEVILLE ISLAND , LONG ISLAND , LOWER ROBERTS ISLAND , MAINTENANCE AREA 9 NORTH , MAINTENANCE AREA 9 SOUTH , MANDEVILLE ISLAND , MCCORMACK-WILLIAMSON TRACT , MCDONALD ISLAND , MCMULLIN RANCH , MEDFORD ISLAND , MEIN'S LANDING , MERRITT ISLAND , MIDDLE & UPPER ROBERTS ISLAND , MILDRED ISLAND , MOSSDALE ISLAND , NETHERLANDS , NEW HOPE TRACT , NORTH STOCKTON , PALM-ORWOOD , PARADISE JUNCTION , PEARSON DISTRICT , PESCADERO DISTRICT , PETERS POCKET , PICO-NAGLEE , PROSPECT ISLAND , QUIMBY ISLAND , RANDALL ISLAND , RECLAMATION DISTRICT 17 , RINDGE TRACT , RIO BLANCO TRACT , RIVER JUNCTION , ROUGH AND READY ISLAND , RYER ISLAND , SHERMAN ISLAND , SHIMA TRACT , SHIN KEE TRACT , STARK TRACT , STATEN ISLAND , STEWART TRACT , SUNRISE CLUB , SUTTER ISLAND , TERMINOUS TRACT , TWITCHELL ISLAND , TYLER ISLAND , UNION ISLAND EAST , UNION ISLAND WEST , UPPER ANDRUS ISLAND , VEALE TRACT , VENICE ISLAND , VICTORIA ISLAND , WALNUT GROVE , WALTHALL , WEBB TRACT , WEST SACRAMENTO , WETHERBEE LAKE , WINTER ISLAND , WOODWARD ISLAND , WRIGHT-ELMWOOD TRACT , YOLANO

Products and outputs

Type	Title	Description	Views
	Western Regional Climate Center (WRCC) website	This site provides climate data and resources for	13
	Monitoring locations for WRCC	This website lists and links the site locations fo	7

Type and context

Science action area

Unspecified

Management themes

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Science themes

Environmental conditions , Habitat changes

Types

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Science functions

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Management actions

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Science Topics

Air temperature , Precipitation , Wind , Solar irradiance , Extreme heat , Extreme storms , Non-forested vegetation , Evaporation / evapotranspiration

Lead implementing organization

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA]

Partner implementing organizations

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA] , Desert Research Institute [DRI]

Funding organizations

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Funding programs

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Funding sources

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