A new network of stations called the U.S. Regional Climate Reference Network (USRCRN) is now being deployed by NOAA. These stations maintain the same level of climate science quality measurements as the national-scale U.S. Climate Reference Network (USCRN), but are spaced more closely, and focus solely on temperature and precipitation. (more...) Beginning with a pilot project in the Southwest, USRCRN stations will be deployed at a 130 km spatial resolution to provide for the detection of regional climate change signals. Following completion of the pilot project, the long-term vision is deployment in each of the nine NOAA climate regions of the United States at a 130 km spatial resolution that will allow the detection of regional climate change signals. As with the USCRN, USRCRN stations have triple redundancy and are placed in pristine environments. About 538 locations in the United States will have either a USRCRN or USCRN station at the end of deployment for this project. This project is managed by NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center in partnership with the Office of Science and Technology in NOAA's National Weather Service and NOAA's Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division.