I recently gave the following recent invited talk at the 2008 American Association of Wind Engineering meeting;
Pielke Sr., R.A., 2008: Human Impacts on Weather and Climate - Recent Research Results Require That We Adopt A Broader Assessment. AAWE Keynote Lecture, August 21, 2008, Vail, CO.
Included in the talk were examples of climate data which should be routinely monitored in order to accurately communicate climate variability and trends.