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World Weather Stations, 2012

Identification Information
Citation
Originator
National Climatic Data Center (U.S.)
Originator
United States. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
Originator
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Originator
Digital Social Science Centaer, Columbia University Libraries
Publication Date
2012
Title
World Weather Stations, 2012
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Publication Information
Publication Place
National Climatic Data Center
Publisher
Asheville, North Carloina
Online Linkage
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/gis/images/cul_us_2012_globalstations.zip
Abstract
World Weather Stations is a point theme representing weather stations worldwide.
Purpose
For educational, non-commercial purposes.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition
Time Instant
2007
Bounding Box
West
-179.98333
East
179.5
North
83.65
South
-90
Theme Keyword
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme Keyword
weather
weather stations
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
World
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
2012
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
None
Status
Complete
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
The National Climatic Data Center
Delivery Point
Room 120, 151 Patton Avenue
City
Asheville
State
NC
Postal Code
28801-5001
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
(828) 271-4800
Contact Facsimile Telephone
271-4876
Data Quality Information
Lineage
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Point
Point and Vector Object Count
11548
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid Name
WGS_1984
Semi-major Axis
6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257224
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
GlobalStations
Entity Type Definition
Weather Stations
Attributes
Block
Block
Station
Station
ICAO
ICAO
Name
Name
State
State
Country
Country
WMO
WMO Region
Lat_deg
Latitude Degrees
Lat_min
Latitude Minutes
Lat_sec
Latitude Seconds
Lat_hem
Latitude Hemisphere
Lon_deg
Longitude Degrees
Lon_min
Longitude Minutes
Lon_sec
Longitude Seconds
Lon_hem
Longitude Hemisphere
Lon
Longitude
UpperAirLat
Upper Air Latitude
UpperAirLon
Upper Air Longitude
StatEle
Station Elevation
UpperAirElev
Upper Air Elevation
RSBN
RBSN
Distribution Information
Format Name
geopackage
Distributor
The National Climatic Data Center
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
201301214
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Digital Social Science Center, Columbia University Libraries
Contact Person
GIS/Metadata Librarian
Contact Address
Address
420 W. 118th St. 215 IAB, MC 3301
City
New York
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
(212) 854-6012
Contact Electronic Mail Address
eds@columbia.edu
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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