PrecipZones1981_2010

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Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: 
Publication Date: 20120710
Publication Time: unknown
Title: PrecipZones1981_2010
Edition: 2012
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Publication Information:
Publication Place: 
Publisher: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Geospatial Management Center
Description:
Abstract: PRISM is an analytical model that uses point data and an underlying grid such as a digital elevation model (DEM) or a 30 yr climatological average (e.g. 1981- 2010 average) to generate gridded estimates of monthly and annual precipitation and temperature (as well as other climatic parameters). 800m spacing
Purpose: Vector dataset provides derived average annual precipitation in inches according to a model using point precipitation data for the 30-year period of 1981-2010.
Supplemental Information: There are many methods of interpolating climate 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 climate 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 an underlying grid such as a digital elevation model (DEM) or a 30 yr climatological average (e.g. 1981- 2010 average) to generate gridded estimates of monthly and annual precipitation and temperature (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 processes. Grids were modeled on a monthly basis. Annual grids of temperature are produced by averaging the monthly grids, and summing for precipitation.
Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Single Date/Time:
Calendar Date: 20120813
Currentness Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: Irregular
Spatial Domain:
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinate: -118.412174
East Bounding Coordinate: -117.373009
North Bounding Coordinate: 49.023706
South Bounding Coordinate: 47.776334
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None
Theme Keyword: 800m, precipitation, annual precipitation, climate, PRISM
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus: None
Place Keyword: United States of America, USA
Access Constraints: None
Use Constraints: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Service Center Agencies should be acknowledged as the data source in products derived from these data. This data set is not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting or citing decisions, but may be used as a reference source. This is public information and may be interpreted by organizations, agencies, units of government, or others based on needs; however, they are responsible for the appropriate application. Federal, State, or local regulatory bodies are not to reassign to the Service Center Agencies any authority for the decisions that they make. The Service Center Agencies will not perform any evaluations of these data for purposes related solely to State or local regulatory programs. Photographic or digital enlargement of these data to scales greater than at which they were originally mapped can cause misinterpretation of the data. Digital data files are periodically updated, and users are responsible for obtaining the latest version of the data.
Point of Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Geospatial Management Center
Contact Person: Ken Becker
Contact Position: Authoritative Data Team Leader
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: Federal Center, 501 W. Felix St., Bldg. 23
City: Fort Worth
State or Province: Texas
Postal Code: 76115
Country: US
Contact Voice Telephone: 817-509-3394
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 817-509-3469
Contact Electronic Mail Address: kenneth.becker@ftw.usda.gov
Hours of Service: 7:00 am - 3:30 pm, Central Time
Contact Instructions: E-mail contact is preferred.
Data Set Credit: The PRISM Group at Oregon State University
Security Information:
Security Classification System: unclassified
Security Classification: Unclassified
Security Handling Description: no restrictions
Native Data Set Environment:  Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.7.1.11595
Data Quality Information:
Attribute Accuracy:
Attribute Accuracy Report: Accurate against Federal information Processing Standards (FIPS),FIPS Publication 6-4, and FIPS-55 at the 100% level for the codes and base names. The remaining attribute information has been examined but has not been fully tested for accuracy.
Logical Consistency Report: All ArcSDE vector files are validated by visual inspection and topology checks
Completeness Report: complete
Positional Accuracy:
Horizontal Positional Accuracy:
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report: From PRISM Group: 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 m with 90% probability.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation: The broad DMA production objective for 1-degree DEM's.
Lineage:
Source Information:
Source Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: 
Publication Date: 20120716
Publication Time: unknown
Title: United States Average or Annual Precipitation, 1981-2010
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
Source Scale Denominator: 250000
Type of Source Media: None
Source Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Single Date/Time:
Calendar Date: 20120716
Time of Day: unknown
Source Currentness Reference:
publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation: PRISM1
Source Contribution: http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/
Process Step:
Process Description: The desired ASCII raster grids were downloaded from the Oregon Climate Service PRISM web page http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/. 800m Normals (1981-2010). Switch to Gridded Data. Download the applicable ASCII file. These files are compressed using gzip. The files have the following naming convention: <state, region>_<variable>.<month>. (e.g. us_ppt.01). The file numbers refer to the months, for instance us_ppt.03.gz is mean monthly precipitation for MARCH; 14 refers to the annual file. Once the raster file is on a local drive, unzip the file. Rename the ACSII file with an .asc extension. The data have no defined projection – use ArcCatalog Data Management Tools/ Projections and Transformations/ Define Projection to assign projection GCS_NAD_1983. The PRISM data is in mm for precipitation. A model named PrecipRasterProcessing was used: the input is the downloaded raster. The output is a raster in inches and a vector of contours. Along the Atlantic, Gulf, Pacific and Great Lakes coasts, some of the contours will need to be extended - snapped to or beyond the buffered state outline. Use the Extend tool and/or manually edit the contours. They must extend to the buffered boundary line in order for the polygons to be created correctly. Next a model called PrecipLayerProcessing was used. Inputs are state boundary, vector contours and raster. Output is vector polygons with one inch intervals. The model is run for 48 states and DC. All states are then merged, projected to WGS84 and loaded into an SDE database.See the PRISM web site for more information on the original files. http://www.ocs.oregonstate.edu/prism
Source Used Citation Abbreviation: PRISM1
Process Date: 20120716
Source Produced Citation Abbreviation:
PRISM2
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Geospatial Management Center
Contact Person: Ken Becker
Contact Position: Authoritative Data Team Leader
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: 501 W. Felix Street, Bldg 23
City: Fort Worth
State or Province: Texas
Postal Code: 76115
Contact Voice Telephone: 817-509-3394
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 817-509-3469
Contact Electronic Mail Address: kenneth.becker@ftw.usda.gov
Hours of Service: 7:00 am - 3:30 pm, Central Time
Contact Instructions: Prefer contact by e-mail.
Spatial Data Organization Information:
Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector
Point and Vector Object Information:
SDTS Terms Description:
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
Point and Vector Object Count: 51
Entity and Attribute Information:
Detailed Description:
Entity Type:
Entity Type Label: PrecipZones1981_2010
Entity Type Definition: Feature geometry.
Entity Type Definition Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute Label: OBJECTID
Attribute Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute Definition Source: ESRI
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Shape
Attribute Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute Definition Source: ESRI
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: PrecipInches
Attribute Definition: Precipitation in inches. Examples: "0" is any amount greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1. (0.xxxx) "1" is any amount greater than or equal to1 and less than 2. (1.xxxx) "2" is any amount greater than or equal to 2 and less than 3. (2.xxxx)
Attribute Definition Source: PRISM
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 1
Range Domain Maximum: 261
Attribute:
Attribute Label: FIPS_S
Attribute Definition: State FIPS Code
Attribute Definition Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 01
Range Domain Maximum: 56
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Shape_Length
Attribute Definition: Length of feature in internal units.
Attribute Definition Source: Esri
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: Shape_Area
Attribute Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.
Attribute Definition Source: Esri
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Overview Description:
Entity and Attribute Overview: General information about entity and attributes is available from the PRISM website http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/
Entity and Attribute Detail Citation: See http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/
Distribution Information:
Distributor:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Geospatial Management Center
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: Federal Center, 501 W. Felix St., Bldg. 23
City: Fort Worth
State or Province: Texas
Postal Code: 76115
Country: US
Contact Voice Telephone: 817-509-3394
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 817-509-3469
Hours of Service: 7:00 am - 3:30 pm, Central Time
Distribution Liability: Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the Service Center Agencies regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will warrant the delivery of this product in computer readable format, and will offer appropriate adjustment of credit when the product is determined unreadable by correctly adjusted computer input peripherals, or when the physical medium is delivered in damaged condition. Request for adjustment of credit must be made within 90 days from the date of this shipment from the ordering site. Neither the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nor any of its agencies are liable for misuse of the data, for damage, for transmission of viruses, or for computer contamination through the distribution of these data sets. The U.S. Department of Agriculture prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.)
Standard Order Process:
Digital Form:
Digital Transfer Information:
Format name: shapefile or file geodatabase
Format Version Number: 2008
Format Specification: shapefile or file geodatabase
File Decompression Technique: WinZip
Fees: None
Ordering Instructions: Order from Data Gateway http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/
Turnaround: varies - usually within one hour or less
Metadata Reference Information:
Metadata Date: 20220203
Metadata Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Geospatial Management Center
Contact Person: Ken Becker
Contact Position: Authoritative Data Team Leader
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: 501 W. Felix Street, Building 23
City: Fort Worth
State or Province: Texas.
Postal Code: 76115
Country: U.S.
Contact Voice Telephone: 817-509-3394
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 817-509-3469
Contact Electronic Mail Address: kenneth.becker@ftw.usda.gov
Hours of Service: 7:00 am - 3:30 pm, Central Time
Contact Instructions: Prefer contact by e-mail.
Metadata Standard name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Time Convention: local time