Our Mission
Products
Our products include real-time forecasts of smoke and aerosol concentrations, a map of current wildfires in Alaska, up-to-date sea ice information, archives of digital climate records, climate statistics and weather summaries for publication in newspapers around Alaska.
Services
The Center provides services within a three-tiered system (state, regional, and federal). Most of the climatological data available for Alaska have been accumulated at the Alaska Climate Research Center and by the combined Alaska State Climate Center.
Research
We conduct research on a number of high-latitude meteorological and climatological topics. The Center’s tasks are to improve regional climate information and foster better use of the information in decision-making.
FAQ
Check out our frequently asked questions here, covering topics on where to locate data on our page and how to find out more information on what weather to expect in Alaska during your visit.
Who We Are
The Alaska Climate Research Center (ACRC) and the Alaska State Climate Center (ASCC) have been established within the University of Alaska System three decades ago. Both centers, the ACRC and the ASCC have been merged as one combined service center within the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) in 2018. The administration and management of the center is under the direction of the state climatologist, Dr. Martin Stuefer.
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