{"status": "Complete", "organizations": [{"category": "Academic", "logo_name": "09_20_38_65_EPSCoR_300x300.png", "name": "EPSCoR - Alaska Adapting to Changing Environments", "description": "Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research - A nationwide research funding program administered by the National Science Foundation.    http://www.alaska.edu/epscor/"}, {"category": "Federal", "logo_name": "6jc8g1ukz3_NSF.png", "name": "National Science Foundation", "description": "The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 \"to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense\u2026\""}], "links": [{"url": "http://www.19thnrb.com/docs/19thNRB_Proceedings_Web2013-9-19.pdf", "category": "Website", "display_text": "Publisher's website"}], "collections": [], "description": "This paper combines precipitation and temperature data from weather stations located throughout\r\nthe Kenai Peninsula region of Alaska with trend testing to determine if there are significant\r\nvariations of these climate indicators with time. More precisely, these indicators are the mean\r\nannual temperature (MAT), total annual precipitation, precipitation annual maximum, and\r\nfrequency of occurrence in heavy precipitation events. In order to determine what constitutes a\r\nsignificant trend, statistical hypothesis testing with the Mann-Kendall trend test was used.\r\nOverall, the tests showed increases in MAT, decreases in total precipitation, and no trend in\r\nprecipitation annual maximum or in frequency of heavy precipitation events. However, a\r\nseasonal shift in these events from late summer to mid-autumn is present. The combination of\r\nincreasing temperatures and decreasing total precipitation may point towards the drying of\r\necosystems, such as wetlands. This study provides background information for the further\r\nanalysis of social and environmental changes on the Kenai Peninsula within the framework of\r\nthe Alaska ACE (Alaska Adapting to Changing Environments) project. \r\n\r\n Bauret, S., & Stuefer, S.L. (2013). Kenai Peninsula precipitation and air temperature trend analysis. Proceedings of the 19th International Northern Research Basins Symposium and Workshop, Southcentral Alaska, August 11-17, 2013, ppg. 35-44.", "end_date": null, "title": "Kenai Peninsula Precipitation and Air Temperature Trend Analysis", "other_contacts": [], "iso_topics": ["004"], "tags": ["air temperature", "ltmst:climate precipitation", "Kenai Peninsula", "Mann-Kendall trend test"], "bounds": [{"geom": "{\"type\":\"Polygon\",\"coordinates\":[[[-152.02815435155105,59.12078320368477],[-148.95469268506864,59.12078320368477],[-148.95469268506864,61.04146010118934],[-152.02815435155105,61.04146010118934],[-152.02815435155105,59.12078320368477]]]}", "type": "Attachment"}], "start_date": null, "regions": ["Alaska", "Kenai Peninsula"], "other_agencies": "National Science Foundation", "data_types": [{"name": "Report", "description": null}], "archived_at": null, "primary_contacts": [{"phone": null, "name": "Jamie  Trammell", "email": "ejtrammell@uaa.alaska.edu "}], "type": {"color": "#c09853", "name": "Project", "description": "catalog record for projects with no associated data/observation files"}, "slug": "kenai-peninsula-precipitation-and-air-temperature-trend-analysis", "attachments": [{"category": "Geojson", "file_name": "imported_locations", "description": "gLynx locations", "file_size": 677}]}