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Average Monthly Precipitation, WI 1981-2010
- Identification Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Data Quality Information
- Distribution Information
- Spatial Representation Information
- Metadata Reference Information
Identification Information
- Citation
- Title
- Average Monthly Precipitation, WI 1981-2010
- Originator
- U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Publication Date
- 2020-04-06
- Edition
- 1981-2010
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- mapDigital
- Collection Title
- Statewide
- Abstract
- This data represents average monthly precipitation for Wisconsin in 1981-2010.[Vector dataset provides derived average monthly precipitation according to a model using point precipitation and elevation data for the 30-year period of 1981-2010.]
- Purpose
- This data is intended for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data.
- Supplemental Information
- Archived dataset at UW-Madison. For the most recent verison of this data please visit: https://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/
- Temporal Extent
- Time Instant
- 1981-01-01T00:00:00
- Bounding Box
- West
- -92.889425
- East
- -86.753928
- North
- 47.112557
- South
- 42.491712
- ISO Topic Category
- climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
- Place Keyword
-
Wisconsin
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Theme Keyword
-
Precipitation
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- Resource Constraints
- Use Limitation
- Although this data is being distributed by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials.
- Resource Constraints
- Use Limitation
- [The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Service Center Agencies should be acknowledged as the data source in products derived from these data. This data set is not designed for use as a primary regulatory tool in permitting or citing decisions, but may be used as a reference source. This information may be interpreted by organizations, agencies, units of government, or others based on needs; however, they are responsible for the appropriate application. Federal, State, or local regulatory bodies are not to reassign to the Service Center Agencies any authority for the decisions that they make. The Service Center Agencies will not perform any evaluations of these data for purposes related solely to State or local regulatory programs. Photographic or digital enlargement of these data to scales greater than at which they were originally mapped can cause misinterpretation of the data. Digital data files are periodically updated, and users are responsible for obtaining the latest version of the data.]
- Status
- completed
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- unknown
- Language
- eng
- Credit
- U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Point of Contact
- Contact
- U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service
Spatial Reference Information
- Reference System Identifier
- Code
- 4269
- Code Space
- EPSG
- Version
- 9.7
Data Quality Information
- Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Report
- Lineage
- Process Step
- Description
- [Process_Description: File geodatabase Feature Classes were generated from PRISM rasters for each state and merged into a feature class.. Attribute data was cleaned up and a State FIPS field was added. The merged file was loaded into an SDE database. See the PRISM web site for more information on the original files http://www.ocs.orst.edu/prism.]
- Process Date
- 2012-09-01T00:00:00
Distribution Information
- Format Name
- File Geodatabase Feature Dataset
- Format Version
- 10.5
- Distributor
- U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Distributor
- UW-Madison
- Online Access
- https://gisdata.wisc.edu/public/WI_MonthlyPrecip_1981_2010.zip
- Protocol
- WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download
- Name
- GeoData@Wisconsin
- Function
- download
Spatial Representation Information
- Vector
- Topology Level
- geometryOnly
- Vector Object Type
- composite
- Vector Object Count
- 2
Metadata Reference Information
- Hierarchy Level
- dataset
- Metadata File Identifier
- 7D1B5AF5-1E73-4055-8233-ED10088B80FE
- Metadata Point of Contact
- Name
- U.S. Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Metadata Date Stamp
- 2020-04-06
- Metadata Standard Name
- ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
- Metadata Standard Version
- 2007
- Character Set
- utf8