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.
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
-115.484635
East
-108.4506
North
37.40196
South
31.183413
ISO Topic Category
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Theme Keyword
climatologyMeterologyAtmosphere
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme Keyword
Total snowfall
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 SNOW1413.shp to Arizona_AnnualMeanTotalSnowfall_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.
