Type Shapefile
Display and/or analyses requiring spatially distributed monthly or annual precipitation for the climatological period 1971-2000.
This data set contains spatially gridded average monthly and annual precipitation for the climatological period 1971-2000. Distribution of the point measurements to a spatial grid was accomplished using the PRISM model, developed by Chris Daly of the PRISM Group, OSU.
PRISM Group Formatted by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)
Acknowledgement of the following agencies in products derived from these data: The PRISM Group at Oregon State University and the National Park Service.
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The dataset is included in the Digital Atlas of Micronesia, module Kosrae, by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) in collaboration with Water and Environmental Research Institute of the Western Pacific (WERI) at the University of Guam and funding from United States Geological Survey (USGS) under WRRI 104-B Program and FSM Department of Environment, Climate Change & Emergency Management (DECEM).
PRISM Group Formatted by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)
Climatological period from which the point observations were taken.
This digital data set publication was prepared by the PRISM Group. Neither the PRISM Group nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or misuse of the data, or for damage, transmission of viruses or computer contamination through the distribution of these data sets or for the usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the PRISM Group or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the PRISM Group or any agency thereof.
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Acknowledgement of the following agencies in products derived from these data: The PRISM Group at Oregon State University and the National Park Service.
All data were based on the same averaging period (1971-2000). Similar quality assurance procedures were used with all input data sets.
Point estimates of precipitation originated from some or all of the following sources: 1) National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative (COOP) stations, 2) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) SNOTEL, 3) United States Forest Service (USFS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) RAWS Stations, 4) Bureau of Reclemation (AGRIMET) stations, 5) California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) stations, 6) Storage guages, 7) NRCS Snowcourse stations, 8) Other State and local station networks, 9) Estimated station data, 10) Canadian stations, 11) Upper air stations, and 12) NWS/Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Automated surface observation stations (ASOS). All COOP station data were subjected to quality control checks by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). All COOP, SNOTEL and other data were subjected to further quality control checks by the PRISM Group.
Grid converted to shapefile. Rainfall original grid integer values were converted from millimeters to inches by the formula: millimeters / 100 * 0.03937
Added source information and upgraded metadata.
Location and values of known average monthly and annual precipitation
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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Coordinates defining the features.