The Climate Reference Network (CRN) Ad Hoc Science Working Group (SWG) is tasked with reviewing the CRN program for adherence to the ten Climate Monitoring Principles as articulated in the 1999 National Research Council report Adequacy of Climate Observing Systems.

The group will meet approximately annually to review the CRN program. The group provides individual recommendations regarding the science goals and activities of the program. The SWG venue for review includes, but is not limited to, station siting requirements, instrumentation, observational methodologies, quality control methods, interactions with other observing networks, metadata, and archiving and dissemination of the data.

Furthermore, the SWG examines the CRN as its activities relate to other observing networks, both within and outside of NOAA, to help ensure the full and efficient integration of the CRN with other candidate networks such as the Modernized Cooperative Network.

John Christy
University of Alabama, Huntsville


Nolan Doeskin
Colorado State University


Claude Duchon
University of Oklahoma


Yves Durocher
Meteorological Services Canada


Chris Fiebrich
Oklahoma Mesonet


Greg Johnson
US Department of Agriculture National Water and Climate Center


Kenneth Kunkel
Illinois State Water Survey


David Robinson
Rutgers University