Annual Mean Total Snowfall, Arizona, 1961-1990

Description:

The data set was computed using data from the National Climatic Data Center's United States Snow Climatology (TD-9641M) database (NCDC, 1999c). The original data and this element are measured to a tenth of an inch, with daily trace values designated as zero. The mean monthly values were computed by taking the 30-year mean of the sum of daily snowfall values for a given month. The mean annual value was computed by taking the 30-year mean of the yearly means. The yearly means were computed by averaging their 12 monthly mean values. Data was extracted for Arizon and 25 mile buffer.

Creator:

National Climatic Data Center (U.S.)

Publisher:

National Climatic Data Center (U.S.)

Provider:

UArizona

Collection:

General

Resource Class:

Datasets

Resource Type:

Polygon data

Subject:

Total snowfall, climatologyMeterologyAtmosphere, and climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Temporal Coverage:

1961

Date Issued:

1999-01-01T:00:00:00

Spatial Coverage:

State of Arizona

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Shapefile