Standardized precipitation index consensus forecast April - October 2011 (based on five 7-mo weather forecasts)
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Resource Abstract:
The MAPSS team together with long-time collaborator Chris Daly of the Spatial Climate Analysis Service is using Daly's PRISM
model to produce high-resolution data grids of observed fire weather. The PRISM model produces interpolations of weather station
data that are sensitive to topography, which is especially important in the complex, fire-prone terrain of the mountainous
West. Input station data are gathered primarily from the National Weather Service (NWS) Cooperative Observer Program (COOP)
and U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) SNOTEL networks. For mapped examples
of the PRISM-generated historical weather data grids see the Spatial Climate Analysis Service's Web site ( <a href="http://www.ocs.orst.edu/prism">www.ocs.orst.edu/prism</a>
).
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Title Standardized precipitation index consensus forecast April - October 2011 (based on five 7-mo weather forecasts)