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Short Citation:
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, 2024: U.S.V.I. Mean Annual Precipitation (mm) Derived from Climate Data Collected from 1990-2000, https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/39599.

Item Identification

Title: U.S.V.I. Mean Annual Precipitation (mm) Derived from Climate Data Collected from 1990-2000
Short Name: usvi_matprec_metadata
Status: Completed
Publication Date: 2005-10
Abstract:

U.S.V.I. mean annual precipitation

Purpose:

This dataset describes the mean annual precipitation (mm) for the USVI, derived from climate data collected at weather stations from 1990-2000

Notes:

831

Other Citation Details:

NOAA Summit-to-Sea Project

Keywords

Theme Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
ISO 19115 Topic Category
environment
UNCONTROLLED
None CLIMATE
None Environmental Monitoring
None EROSION
None PRECIPITATION
None RAINFALL
None WEATHER STATIONS

Spatial Keywords

Thesaurus Keyword
UNCONTROLLED
None SAINT CROIX
None SAINT JOHN
None SAINT THOMAS
None USVI

Physical Location

Organization: National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
City: Silver Spring
State/Province: MD

Data Set Information

Data Set Scope Code: Data Set
Maintenance Frequency: None Planned
Data Presentation Form: raster digital data
Distribution Liability:

These data were prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference therein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. Any views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. Although all data have been used by NOAA, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by NOAA as to the accuracy of the data and/or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by NOAA in the use of these data or related materials.

Data Set Credit: NOAA Summit-to-Sea Project, World Resources Institute (WRI)

Support Roles

Data Steward

CC ID: 476480
Date Effective From: 2005-10
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Distributor

CC ID: 476482
Date Effective From: 2005-10
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Metadata Contact

CC ID: 476483
Date Effective From: 2005-10
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Point of Contact

CC ID: 476481
Date Effective From: 2005-10
Date Effective To:
Contact (Position): NCCOS Scientific Data Coordinator
Email Address: NCCOS.data@noaa.gov

Principal Investigator

CC ID: 476484
Date Effective From: 2005-10
Date Effective To:
Contact (Person): Battista, Tim
Email Address: tim.battista@noaa.gov

Extents

Currentness Reference: Ground Condition

Extent Group 1

Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1

CC ID: 476487
W° Bound: -65.15353
E° Bound: -64.183369
N° Bound: 18.884011
S° Bound: 17.594527

Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1

CC ID: 476486
Time Frame Type: Range
Start: 1990-01-01
End: 2001-01-01

Spatial Information

Spatial Representation

Representations Used

Grid: Yes

Grid Representation 1

CC ID: 586007
Dimension Count: 3
Cell Geometry: Point
Transformation Parameters Available?: No

Axis Dimension 1

Dimension Type: Row
Size: 4727

Axis Dimension 2

Dimension Type: Column
Size: 3377

Axis Dimension 3

Dimension Type: Vertical
Size: 1

Access Information

Security Class: Unclassified
Data Access Constraints:

None

Data Use Constraints:

please credit the Summit-to-Sea project wherever possible.

Distribution Information

Distribution 1

CC ID: 476488
Download URL: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/summit_sea/summit2seaUSVI.zip
Distributor:
Description:

Downloadable Data

File Type (Deprecated): raster

URLs

URL 1

CC ID: 476476
URL: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/summit_sea/summit2seaUSVI.zip
URL Type:
Online Resource

URL 2

CC ID: 476477
URL: http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/summit_sea/
URL Type:
Online Resource

URL 3

CC ID: 476478
URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/climatedata.html
URL Type:
Online Resource

Activity Log

Activity Log 1

CC ID: 476501
Activity Date/Time: 2013-07-03
Description:

Date that the source FGDC record was last modified.

Activity Log 2

CC ID: 476500
Activity Date/Time: 2017-04-05
Description:

Converted from FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (version FGDC-STD-001-1998) using 'fgdc_to_inport_xml.pl' script. Contact Tyler Christensen (NOS) for details.

Activity Log 3

CC ID: 586005
Activity Date/Time: 2017-09-13
Description:

Partial upload of Spatial Info section only.

Technical Environment

Description:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722

Data Quality

Completeness Report:

N/A

Conceptual Consistency:

N/A

Lineage

Process Steps

Process Step 1

CC ID: 476474
Description:

The monthly precipitation (mm) for all available weather stations in Saint Thomas, Saint John and Saint Croix were downloaded from NOAA National Climate Data Center (NCDC) (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/climatedata.html). An annual mean was derived for each station. Using the X,Y position of the station, a raster files was created, and the mean precipitation for the USVI was estimated by spatial interpolation in ArcGIS, using a regularized spline interpolation method with a weight of 0.1, using the 6 nearest points.

Process Date/Time: 2005-01-01 00:00:00

Catalog Details

Catalog Item ID: 39599
GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:39599
Metadata Record Created By: Tyler Christensen
Metadata Record Created: 2017-04-05 12:53+0000
Metadata Record Last Modified By: SysAdmin InPortAdmin
Metadata Record Last Modified: 2023-05-30 18:09+0000
Metadata Record Published: 2017-09-13
Owner Org: NCCOS
Metadata Publication Status: Published Externally
Do Not Publish?: N
Metadata Last Review Date: 2017-09-13
Metadata Review Frequency: 1 Year
Metadata Next Review Date: 2018-09-13