report provides the following information: • Overview of broad-scale climatic factors and zones important to CAKN park units. • Inventory of weather and climate station locations in and near CAKN park units relevant to the NPS I&M Program. • Results of an inventory of metadata on each weather station, including affiliations for weather-monitoring networks, types of measurements recorded at these stations, and information about the actual measurements (length of record, etc.). • Initial evaluation of the adequacy of coverage for existing weather stations and recommendations for improvements in monitoring weather and climate.

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