Annual Mean Total Heating Degree Days, Arizona, 1961-1990
Originator
National Climatic Data Center (U.S.)
Publisher
National Climatic Data Center (U.S.)
Publication Date
1994-01-01T:00:00:00
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
mapDigital
Abstract
This element was computed using data from the National Climatic Data Center's U.S. National 1961-1990 Climate Normals (NOAA, 1994b). The original data is in whole degrees Fahrenheit. This element is given to whole degree days. Heating degree day values were derived from a base of 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Simple arithmetic procedures were not applied to obtain the heating degree day values. Instead, the rational conversion formulae developed by Thom (1954, 1966) were used. These formulae allow the adjusted mean temperature normals and their standard deviations to be converted to degree day normals with uniform consistency. In some cases this procedure will yield a small number of degree days for months when degree days may not otherwise be expected. This results from statistical considerations of the formulae. The annual degree day normals were calculated by adding the corresponding monthly degree day normals. Extracted for Arizona and 25 mile buffer.
Purpose
The Climate Atlas will serve the interests of commercial, industrial, agricultural, research, and educational institutions, as well as those from the general public. Its primary purpose is to show the normal spatial patterns for a variety of temperature, precipitation, snow, and other parameters. (stated on CD ROM) This datasets is made available to interested persons through the University of Arizona's instance of Open Geoportal. It has been provided to assist educators, students, researchers, and policy makers in mapping and/or analysis applications.
Temporal Extent
Time Period
Begin
1961-01-01T00:00:00
End
1990-12-31T00:00:00
Bounding Box
West
-115.484557
East
-108.4506
North
37.40196
South
31.191245
ISO Topic Category
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Theme Keyword
climatologyMeterologyAtmosphere
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme Keyword
Heating degree days
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
Place Keyword
State of Arizona
Place Keyword Thesaurus
GNIS
Status
completed
Maintenance and Update Frequency
unknown
Language
eng
Point of Contact
Contact
National Climatic Data Center
Delivery Point
151 Patton Avenue
City
Asheville
Administrative Area
NC
Postal Code
28801-5001
Email
questions@ncdc.noaa.gov
Phone
828-271-4800
Spatial Reference Information
Reference System Identifier
Code
NAD83 (EPSG:4269)
Code Space
EPSG
Version
7.9
Data Quality Information
Lineage
Process Step
Description
Dataset renamed from HDD0813.shp to Arizona_AnnMeanTotalHeatingDegreeDays_1961to1990.shp by Ben Hickson with the University of Arizona Library. Metadata fields corresponding the Open Geoportal Working Group Best Practices Guide (http://opengeoportal.org/working-groups/metadata/) were also updated.
