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World Surface Runoff (polygon), 1996
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
- Publication Date
- 1996
- Title
- World Surface Runoff (polygon), 1996
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- ArcAtlas
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, Calif.
- Publisher
- ESRI
- Online Linkage
- https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/esri_1996_world_runoffpoly.zip
- Abstract
- World Surface Runoff (polygon), 1996 is a polygon theme representing levels of water surface runoff worldwide.
- Purpose
- For educational, non-commercial purposes. This dataset is appropriate for use in a GIS.
- Supplemental Information
- Surface runoff is the process whereby water from rain, melted snow and ice, and surface drainage flows into channels, depressions, and the world's oceans. Its amount and regime depend on the balance of precipitation and evaporation in river basins, relief, geological structure, soil, and vegetation. Runoff causes erosion, natural drainage and dryness, and the transfer and accumulation of denudation matter. Surface runoff is distinguished from groundwater discharge, which is water that flows within the earth's crust. The volume of water discharged by a particular river constitutes the total runoff of the watershed above that location. Because surface runoff is highly variable in time as well as space, it is recorded over many years. It can be expressed using different indexes. One of the most common indexes, and the one used in this atlas, expresses runoff as a layer of water evenly covering the land. It is calculated using the mean annual runoff in millimeters at an observation point. The maps show watersheds as areas upstream from runoff observation stations. The runoff value for a watershed is assigned to a central point inside it rather than at the observation station. Knowledge of runoff varies for different continents and regions. Reliable observations of runoff are available for as many as 100 to 150 years for Europe, but they average fewer years for the rest of the world. There are more than 60,000 hydrological observation stations around the world at the present time. Their density is highest in Europe and North America.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 1996
- Bounding Box
- West
- -180
- East
- 180
- North
- 85
- South
- -85
- Theme Keyword
- geoscientificinformation
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Theme Keyword
- Surface Runoff
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Place Keyword
- Earth
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 1996
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- For current Columbia affiliates only.
- Use Restrictions
- For educational, non-commercial use only.
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- None planned
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- ESRI
- Delivery Point
- 380 New York Street
- City
- Redlands
- State
- California
- Postal Code
- 92373-8100
- Country
- USA
- Contact Telephone
- 909-793-2853
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 909-793-5953
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- info@esri.com
- Hours of Service
- 7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday-Friday
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850
- Data Quality Information
- Lineage
- Source
- Publication Date
- 1974
- Title
- Atlas mirovogo vodnogo balansa -- prilozhenie k monografii Mirovoy vodnyj balans i vodnye resursy Zemli
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- atlas
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Leningrad
- Publisher
- Gidrometeoizdat
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source
- Originator
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Publication Date
- 1892-1960
- Title
- Compilation of records of surface waters of the United States.
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, D.C.
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source
- Originator
- Dreyer, N.N.
- Publication Date
- 1969
- Title
- Karta polnogo rechnogo stoka SSSR.
- Series Information
- Series Name
- ser. geograficheskaja
- Issue Identification
- vol. 6. pp. 69-73.
- Publication Information
- Publisher
- Izvestija AN SSSR,
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source
- Originator
- Dreyer, N.N.
- Publication Date
- 1978
- Title
- Vodnyj balans Severnoy Ameriki.
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Moscow
- Publisher
- Nauka
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source
- Originator
- Gerdghty, J.J., D.W. Miller, F. van der Leeden, and F.L. Troise
- Publication Date
- 1973
- Title
- Water Atlas of the United States
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- atlas
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- New York
- Publisher
- Water Information Center
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source
- Publication Date
- 1974-1979
- Title
- Gidrologicheskie ezhegodniki, 1936-1977.
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Moscow and Leningrad
- Publisher
- Gidrometeoizdat
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source
- Originator
- Fisheries and environment Canada
- Publication Date
- 1978
- Title
- Hydrological Atlas of Canada
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- atlas
- Publication Information
- Publisher
- Ministry of supply and Services
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source
- Originator
- Ignatiev, G.M.
- Publication Date
- 1965
- Title
- Severnaya Amerika: Fizicheskaja geografija
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Moscow
- Publisher
- Prosveshhenie
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source
- Originator
- Kuzin, P.S.
- Publication Date
- 1970
- Title
- Tsiklicheskie kolebanija stoka rek Severnogo polusharija
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Leningrad
- Publisher
- Gidrometeoizdat
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source
- Publication Date
- 1974
- Title
- Mirovoy vodnyj balans i vodnye resursy Zemli
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Leningrad
- Publisher
- Gidrometeoizdat
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source
- Originator
- Nikolaeva, G.M. and G.M. Chernogaeva
- Publication Date
- 1974
- Title
- Karty elementov vodnogo balansa Azii
- Series Information
- Series Name
- ser. geograficheskaja
- Issue Identification
- VOl.2 pp. 89-97
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source
- Publication Date
- 1992
- Title
- Programma i metodicheskie osnovy sostavlenija Atlasa snezhno- ledovykh resursov mira.
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- atlas
- Publication Information
- Publisher
- MGI
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source
- Publication Date
- 1966-1973
- Title
- Resursy poverkhnostnykh vod SSSR
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Moscow and Leningrad
- Publisher
- Gidrometeoizdat
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source
- Publication Date
- 1938-1963
- Title
- Surface water supply of Canada
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- Water Resources Paper
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source
- Originator
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Publication Date
- 1896-1970
- Title
- Surface water supply of the United States.
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, D.C.
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source
- Originator
- U.S. Department of the Interior
- Publication Date
- 1970
- Title
- The National Atlas of the United States of America
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- atlas
- Publication Information
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior: Geological Survey
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- G-polygon
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 3134
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 0.000000
- Longitude Resolution
- 0.000000
- Geographic Coordinate Units
- Decimal degrees
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- D_Clarke_1866
- Ellipsoid Name
- Clarke 1866
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378206.400000
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 294.978698
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- surf_run_poly
- Attributes
- FID
- Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- Shape
- Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- AREA
- Area
- PERIMETER
- Perimeter
- SAROFFDD_
- South America
- SAROFFDD_I
- South America ID
- LOW_R
- the lowest total runoff in mm/year
- HIGH_R
- the highest total runoff in mm/year
- NAROFFDD_
- North America
- NAROFFDD_I
- North America ID
- EUROFFDD_
- Europe
- EUROFFDD_I
- Europe ID
- AUROFFDD_
- Australia
- AUROFFDD_I
- Australia
- ASROFFDD_
- Asia
- ASROFFDD_I
- Asia ID
- AFROFFDD_
- Africa
- AFROFFDD_I
- Africa ID
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- geopackage
- Distributor
- ESRI; ESRI International Distributors
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20090616
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- Research Data Services (RDS), 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
- data@library.columbia.edu
- Hours of Service
- 7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday-Friday
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
