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Climatic information is essential to every citizen of Idaho. To
help people obtain the climatic and water data and information
necessary to planning and every day work, the State
Climatologist Program strives to "...acquire, archive, process
and disseminate, in the most cost effect manner possible, all
climate and weather information which is or could be of value to
policy and decision makers in the state" and to provide climatic
services which are important to the people of Idaho.
The functions of the State Climatologist and State Climate
Services are to:
-act as liaison between Idaho weather information users and the
National Climatic Data Center
-maintain a data bank of climatological and hydrological data
and information supply data in a form useful to users
-refer requests for complex analyses to the appropriate person,
agency or consulting firm
-maintain contact with users of climatic and hydrological data
in order to ascertain their needs for data and analyses
-maintain a bibliography of publication pertinent to Idaho and
Pacific Northwest climate
In May, 1978, an agreement was concluded among the National
Climatic Data Center, the National Weather Service and the
University of Idaho to provide climate services which had been
provided by a former National Weather Service program.
The State Climate Services program is housed in the Agricultural
Engineering Department and is headed by the State Climatologist
for Idaho. It is supported by the Idaho Agricultural Experiment
Station and the Idaho Cooperative Extension System in
cooperation with the Idaho Water Resources Research Institute
Website: "http://snow.ag.uidaho.edu/index.html"
[Summary provided by Idaho State Climate Services]
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