Monthly PRISM Precipitation (July/1943)

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Identification Information

Citation
Citation Information
Originator The PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University.
Publication Date 2013-02-27
Publication Time 14:46:50
Title Monthly PRISM Precipitation (July/1943)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form remote-sensing image
Publication Information
Publication Place Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Publisher The PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University.
Other Citation Details
Online Linkage https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/elseweb/datasets/1574d3a6-223a-4d0c-a077-5fda5f15592a/services/ogc/wms?SERVICE=wms&REQUEST=GetCapabilities&VERSION=1.1.1
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Online Linkage https://gstore.unm.edu/apps/elseweb/datasets/1574d3a6-223a-4d0c-a077-5fda5f15592a/us_ppt_1943_07.original.tif
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Larger Work Citation
Description
Abstract Spatially distributed monthly and annual precipitation. Each file represents 1 month of 1 year for the period 1895-1997. Distribution of the point measurements to a spatial grid was accomplished using the PRISM model, developed by Christopher Daly, Director, The PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University. Care should be taken in estimating precipitation values at any single point on the map. Precipitation estimated for each grid cell is an average over the entire area of that cell; thus, point precipitation can be estimated at a spatial precision no better than half the resolution of a cell. For example, the precipitation data were distributed at a resolution of approximately 4km. Therefore, point precipitation can be estimated at a spatial precision no better than 2km. However, the overall distribution of precipitation features is thought to be accurate. For further information, the online PRISM homepage can be found at URL:http://prism.oregonstate.edu. Further information on the current state of this project can be found at URL:ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/prism100
Purpose Display and/or analyses requiring spatially distributed monthly or annual precipitation for the period 1895-1997.
Supplemental Information There are many methods of interpolating precipitation from monitoring stations to grid points. Some provide estimates of acceptable accuracy in flat terrain, but few have been able to adequately explain the extreme, complex variations in precipitation that occur in mountainous regions. Significant progress in this area has been achieved through the development of PRISM (Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model). PRISM is an analytical model that uses point data and a digital elevation model (DEM) to generate gridded estimates of monthly and annual precipitation (as well as other climatic parameters). PRISM is well suited to regions with mountainous terrain, because it incorporates a conceptual framework that addresses the spatial scale and pattern of orographic precipitation.
Time Period of Content
Range of Dates/Times
Beginning Date 1943-07-01
Beginning Time 00:00:00
Ending Date 1943-07-31
Currentness Reference Climatological period from which the point observations were taken.
Status
Progress Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency As needed
Spatial Domain
Bounding Coordinates
West Bounding Coordinate -125.020833333333
East Bounding Coordinate -66.47916757
North Bounding Coordinate 49.9375
South Bounding Coordinate 24.0625
Keywords
Theme
Thesaurus CF
Keyword precipitation_amount
Theme
Thesaurus None
Keyword Prism
Keyword precipitation
Theme
Thesaurus ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Keyword climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Place
Thesaurus None
Keyword United States
Access Constraints Gridded and polygon data, tabular and graphical data retrieved from the map server, and all other data on this web site may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-commercial purposes. When referring to the data, the source must be clearly and prominently stated, and include at a minimum, our name, URL, and data of data creation, for example: PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, http://prism.oregonstate.edu, created 4 Feb 2004. Sale or other commercial use of the data must be arranged by contacting the PRISM Climate Group.
Use Constraints Acknowledgement of the following agencies in products derived from these data: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) , National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), PRISM Model, the The PRISM Climate Group and the Oregon Climate Service at Oregon State University.
Point of Contact
Contact Information
Contact Person Primary
Contact Person Christopher Daly
Contact Organization
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Contact Person
Contact Position
Contact Address
Address Type mailing address
Address The PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, 2001 Kelley Engineering Center
City Corvallis
State or Province Oregon
Postal Code 97331-2209
Country USA
Contact Voice Telephone (541) 737-2531
Contact Facsimile Telephone
Contact Electronic Mail Address daly@nacse.org
Hours of Service
Contact Instructions
Native Data Set Environment Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000
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Data Quality Information

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
Report Accuracy of this data set is based on the original specification of the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) 1 degree digital elevation models (DEM). The stated accuracy of the original DEMs are 130 m circular error with 90% probability.
Quantitative Horizontal Positional Accuracy Assessment
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value 130
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation The broad DMA production objective for 1-degree DEM's.
Logical Consistency Report National Weather Service Cooperative (COOP) TD3200 daily data were passed through QA/QC procedures developed at the National Climatic Data Center prior to creation of the TD3220 monthly precipitation data. For further information, see URL:http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov
Completeness Report Point estimates of monthly precipitation originated from the following sources: National Weather Service Cooperative (COOP) stations, 2) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) SNOTEL, 3) local networks, and 4) statistically in-filled missing monthly data to produce a serially complete station data set, generated by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
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Source Information
Source Citation
Citation Information
Originator National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
Publication Date 1997
Publication Time
Title TD3220 Summary of the Month Cooperative (SOM) Data Set.
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
Publication Information
Publication Place Asheville, NC, USA
Publisher National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
Other Citation Details
Source Scale Denominator
Type of Source Media digital files
Source Time Period of Content
Source Currentness Reference ground condition
Source Citation Abbreviation Summary of the Month
Source Contribution Location and values of known average monthly and annual precipitation
Source Information
Source Citation
Citation Information
Originator Natural Resources Conservation Service
Publication Date 1997
Publication Time
Title Cooperative Snow Survey Data of Federal -State - Private Cooperative Snow Surveys
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
Publication Information
Publication Place Portland, OR, USA
Publisher Natural Resources Conservation Service, Water and Climate Center
Other Citation Details
Source Scale Denominator
Type of Source Media digital files, paper reports, online
Source Time Period of Content
Source Currentness Reference ground condition
Source Citation Abbreviation SNOTEL (SNOwpack TELemetry)
Source Contribution Location and values of known average monthly and annual precipitation
Source Information
Source Citation
Citation Information
Originator Natural Resources Conservation Service, Water and Climate Center
Publication Date Unpublished
Publication Time
Title Local Precipitation monitoring networks
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
Publication Information
Publication Place
Publisher
Other Citation Details
Source Scale Denominator
Type of Source Media digital files
Source Time Period of Content
Source Currentness Reference ground condition
Source Citation Abbreviation LOCAL
Source Contribution Location and values of known average monthly and annual precipitation
Source Information
Source Citation
Citation Information
Originator Defense Mapping Agency
Publication Date 1985
Publication Time
Title 1:250,000-scale Digital Elevation Models (DEM) also known as 1-Degree DEM's
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
Publication Information
Publication Place Washington, DC
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Other Citation Details
Online Linkage http://edc.usgs.gov/geodata
Source Scale Denominator
Type of Source Media digital files
Source Time Period of Content
Source Currentness Reference Publication Date
Source Citation Abbreviation DEM
Source Contribution Terrain surface input to PRISM model for estimation of precipitation between known points.
Source Information
Source Citation
Citation Information
Originator National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Publication Date Unknown
Publication Time
Title Serially complete station data set for 1895-1997
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
Publication Information
Publication Place
Publisher
Other Citation Details
Source Scale Denominator
Type of Source Media digital files
Source Time Period of Content
Source Currentness Reference Publication Date
Source Citation Abbreviation serially in-filled data
Source Contribution Serially in-filled data set in which missing monthly values are replaced with reasonable values generated by a statistical process (kriging).
Process Step
Process Description It is beyond the scope of this metadata to document the processes involved in generating spatially gridded precipitation using the PRISM model. However, the processes are documented in numerous conference proceedings and journal articles. The references can be found online at URL:http://prism.oregonstate.edu/prism_new.html.
Process Date 2013-04-19
Process Time
Process Contact
Process Step
Process Description Files were downloaded from the National Climatic Data Center in their native ascii format and reprojected to a byte type geotiff in WGS84. The GDAL (Geospatial Data Abstraction Library) gdalwarp utility was used for both reprojection and file format transformation.
Process Date 2013-04-19
Process Time
Process Contact
Contact Information
Contact Person Primary
Contact Person
Contact Organization
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization Earth Data Analysis Center
Contact Person
Contact Position Clearinghouse Manager
Contact Address
Address Type mailing and physical
Address MSC01 1110, Bandelier West Room 118
Address 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
State or Province NM
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country US
Contact Voice Telephone 505-277-3622 ext. 230
Contact Facsimile Telephone 505-277-3614
Contact Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
Hours of Service 8:00 am - 5:00 pm MT, M-F
Contact Instructions
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Spatial Data Organization Information

Indirect Spatial Reference Method United States
Direct Spatial Reference Method Raster
Raster Object Information
Raster Object Type Pixel
Row Count 621
Column Count 1405
Vertical Count 1
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Spatial Reference Information

Spatial Reference
Name D_WGS_1984
Code EPSG:4326
URL http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
Spatial Reference
Name WGS_1984
Code EPSG:4326
URL http://www.epsg-registry.org/export.htm?gml=urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326
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Entity and Attribute Information

Detailed Description
Entity Type
Entity Type Label precipitation grid cell value
Entity Type Definition ASCII values
Entity Type Definition Source Self-evident
Attribute
Attribute Label precipitation grid cell value
Attribute Definition spatially gridded precipitation
Attribute Definition Source Daly, C., R.P. Neilson, and D.L. Phillips, 1994: A Statistical-Topographic Model for Mapping Climatological Precipitation over Mountainous Terrain. J. Appl. Meteor., 33,140-158.
Attribute Domain Values
Range Domain
Range Domain Minimum Unknown
Range Domain Maximum Unknown
Attribute Units of Measure Unknown
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Transfer Size 2
Digital Transfer Option
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Computer Contact Information
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Contact Person
Contact Organization
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization Earth Data Analysis Center
Contact Person
Contact Position Clearinghouse Manager
Contact Address
Address Type mailing and physical address
Address MSC01 1110
Address 1 University of New Mexico
City Albuquerque
State or Province NM
Postal Code 87131-0001
Country USA
Contact Voice Telephone 505-277-3622 ext. 230
Contact Facsimile Telephone 505-277-3614
Contact Electronic Mail Address clearinghouse@edac.unm.edu
Hours of Service 0800 - 1700 MT, M-F -7 hours GMT
Contact Instructions
Metadata Standard Name FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version FGDC-STD-001-1998
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