Kosrae Weather Stations

Type  Shapefile

Tags

Summary

To show the locations of the active weather observation sites on Kosrae.

Description

This dataset shows the location of the active weather observation sites on Kosrae. It was created by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) (2019) using location information obtained from the U.S. National Weather Service office in Guam.

Credits

Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) based on information provided by National Weather Service office, Guam.

Use limitations

There are no expressed warranties associated with the release of these databases. Specifically, no warranty is made that the GIS data or any subsequent updates will be error free and no warranty is made regarding the positional or thematic accuracy of the GIS data. The GIS data and any features it depicts do not represent or confer any legal rights, privileges, benefits, boundaries or claims of any kind.

Extent

Scale Range

Topics and Keywords 

Theme keywords weather station, climate, rainfall

Place keywords Kosrae, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI), Caroline Islands, Micronesia, Northwestern Pacific, Pacific Ocean

Citation 

Title Kosrae Weather Stations
Publication date 2020-08

Presentation formats digital map
FGDC geospatial presentation format vector digital data

Citation Contacts 

Responsible party - originator
Organization's name Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)

Resource Details 

Dataset languages English (UNITED STATES)

Status completed
Spatial representation type vector

Supplemental information
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).

Processing environment  Esri ArcGIS 10.6

Credits
Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) based on information provided by National Weather Service office, Guam.

Extents 

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
West longitude 162.956259
East longitude 163.019399
South latitude 5.341539
North latitude 5.352937

Extent
Description
Date of reference imagery used for digitization.

Temporal extent
Date and time 2016-11-11

Resource Points of Contact 

Point of contact - point of contact
Individual's name Danko Taborosi
Organization's name Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)
Contact's position Director

Contact information 
Address
Type postal
e-mail addresstaborosi@islandresearch.org

Resource Maintenance 

Resource maintenance
Update frequency as needed

Resource Constraints 

Constraints
Limitations of use

There are no expressed warranties associated with the release of these databases. Specifically, no warranty is made that the GIS data or any subsequent updates will be error free and no warranty is made regarding the positional or thematic accuracy of the GIS data. The GIS data and any features it depicts do not represent or confer any legal rights, privileges, benefits, boundaries or claims of any kind.


Spatial Reference 

Reference system identifier
Value 32658
Codespace EPSG
Version 8.2.6


Spatial Data Properties 

Vector 
Level of topology for this dataset geometry only

Geometric objects
Object type point
Object count 2

Data Quality 

Scope of quality information 
Resource level dataset

Data quality report - Completeness omission 
Data quality measure reference
Measure description
The dataset is believed to be complete at the time of creation. However, offices (especially smaller organizations) do move and locations may have to be updated.

Data quality report - Quantitative attribute accuracy 
Data quality measure reference
Measure description
The attributes are believed to be accurate. However, it is possible that buildings might have been mis-identified in the imagery.

Quality evaluation procedure
Evaluation method
Field verification of buildings using hard copy map.

Data quality report - Absolute external positional accuracy 
dimension horizontal

Data quality measure reference
Measure description
No absolute accuracy is not known but is assumed to be within few meters.

Quality evaluation procedure
Evaluation method
Visual comparison with WorldView-3 satellite imagery.

Lineage 

Process step 
When the process occurred 2017-01-17 00:00:00
Description
1. Created files based on information from Chip Guard; 
2. Formatted attribute table.

Process contact - processor
Individual's name Maria Kottermair
Contact's position GIS Specialist

Contact information 
Address
e-mail addressmariakottermair@gmail.com
Source data 
Description
The imagery was provided courtesy of Tony Kimmet (USDA-NRCS-National Geospatial Center of Excellence). 

Source medium name online link

Source citation 
Title Kosrae Multi-Spectral Bands Orthoimagery Mosaic
Alternate titles WorldView-2 Satellite Imagery
Publication date 2017-01-17

Source data 
Description
Location and attribute information provided by Chip Guard.

Source medium name online link

Source citation 
Title Kosrae Weather Stations
Creation date 2017-04-13 00:00:00

Responsible party - point of contact
Individual's name Charles “Chip” Guard
Organization's name National Weather Service on Guam
Contact's position Warning Coordination Meteorologist

Contact information 
Address
Type
Country GU
e-mail addressirei@islandresearch.org

Distribution 

Distributor 
Contact information - distributor
Organization's name Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)

Contact information 
Address
Type postal
Delivery point P.O. Box PS 303
City Palikir
Administrative area Pohnpei
Postal code 96941
Country FM
e-mail addressirei@islandresearch.org
Online resource
Online location (URL) www.islandresearch.org

Distribution format
Name Shapefile

Transfer options
Transfer size 0.010

Online source
Online location (URL)http://islandatlas.org
Name Digital Atlas of Micronesia – module Kosrae

Fields 

Details for object kos_weather_stations 
Field Latitude 
Field description
In WGS84

Field Name 
Field description
Name of office

Field Type 
Field description
Organization/ institution building is part of

Field Source 
Field description
Source of original dataset.

Field Status 

Field FID 
Field description
Internal feature number.

Description source
Esri

Description of values
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Field Longitude 
Field description
In WGS84

Field Shape 
Field description
Feature geometry.

Description source
ESRI

Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.

Metadata Details 

Metadata language English (UNITED STATES)
Metadata character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format

Scope of the data described by the metadata dataset
Scope name dataset

Last update 2020-08-28 

ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ESRI-ISO

Metadata Contacts 

Metadata contact - point of contact
Organization's name Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi)
Contact's position GIS Specialist
Individual's name Maria Kottermair

Contact information 
Address
Type
e-mail addressmariakottermair@gmail.com