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Median Last 32 Degree Fahrenheit Temperature in Spring, Arizona, 1961-1990
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Identification Information
- Citation
- Title
- Median Last 32 Degree Fahrenheit Temperature in Spring, Arizona, 1961-1990
- Originator
- National Climatic Data Center (U.S.)
- Publisher
- National Climatic Data Center (U.S.)
- Publication Date
- 1995-01-01T:00:00:00
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- mapDigital
- Abstract
- This element was computed using data from the National Climatic Data Center's Cooperative Summary of the Day (TD-3200) database (NCDC, 1995). The original data is in whole degrees Fahrenheit. This element is given as a date range. The date of occurrence of the last 32 degree Fahrenheit temperature observation in spring was based on the median, mean, and extreme dates of such occurrence from 30 years of daily minimum temperature values, respectively. If at least one 32 degree Fahrenheit temperature was observed in the first six months of the calendar year, but a 32 degree Fahrenheit temperature did not occur in at least one-half of the years of available data, then the station was designated "RARE FREEZE." If no 32 degree Fahrenheit temperatures were observed in the first six months of the calendar year, then the station was designated "NO FREEZE." Daily minimum temperatures were the lowest observed temperatures for the 24-hour period ending at the time of observation for a given station. Data 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
- 31.183413
- ISO Topic Category
- climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
- Theme Keyword
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climatologyMeterologyAtmosphere
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- ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme Keyword
-
Last 32 degree temperature
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- Place Keyword
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State of Arizona
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- 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
- 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 TEMP05A.shp to Arizona_MedianLast32DegFTempSpring_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.
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Distribution Information
- Distributor
- University of Arizona Library
- Online Access
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- Name
Spatial Representation Information
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- Topology Level
- Vector Object Type
- complex
- Vector Object Count
- 0
Metadata Reference Information
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- Metadata File Identifier
- Dataset URI
- http://dx.doi.org/10.2458/azu_geo_arizona_medianlast32degftempspring_1961to1990
- Metadata Date Stamp
- 2017-08-16T16:32:40
- Metadata Standard Name
- ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
- Metadata Standard Version
- 2007