R-Factor for the Island of Kauai

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Resource Abstract:
The rainfall-runoff erosivity factor (R-Factor) quantifies the effects of raindrop impacts and reflects the amount and rate of runoff associated with the rain. The R-factor is one of the parameters used by the Revised Unified Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) to estimate annual rates of erosion. This product is a raster representation of R-Factor derived from isoerodent maps published in the Agriculture Handbook Number 703 (Renard et al.,1997). Lines connecting points of equal rainfall ersoivity are called isoerodents. The iserodents plotted on a map of the Island of Kauai were digitized, then values between these lines were obtained by linear interpolation. The final R-Factor data are in raster GeoTiff format at 30 meter resolution in UTM, Zone 4, GRS80, NAD83.
Citation
Title R-Factor for the Island of Kauai
alternateTitle  R-Factor_metadata_for_Island_of_Kauai
publication  Date   2013-12-26
presentationForm  mapDigital
other Citation Details  Renard, K.G., Foster, C.R., Weesies, G.A., McCool, D.K., Yoder, D.C., (1997). Predicting Soil Erosion by Water: A Guide to Conservation Planning with the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE). US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook Number 703, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, p.47-51.
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Topic Category:  climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Keywords:
Theme keywords (theme):
Environmental Monitoring
Erosion
R-Factor
Rainfall-Runoff Erosivity
Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation
RUSLE
RUSLE2
Theme keywords (theme):
Earth Science > Agriculture > Soils > Soil Erosion
Earth Science > Land Surface > Erosion/Sedimentation > Erosion
Earth Science > Terrestrial Hydrosphere > Surface Water > Surface Water Processes/Measurements > Runoff
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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords
Location keywords:
Coastal zone
Hawaii
Kauai
Kaunakakai
Kilauea
Lihue
Mana
Waimea Canyon
Location keywords:
Continent > North America > United States Of America > Hawaii
Ocean > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Kauai
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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords
dataCenter Keywords
DOC/NOAA/NOS/OCM > Office of Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Title Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
publication  Date   2017-04-24
Edition 8.5
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OpenNSPECT
purpose:
These data are represented in raster format for use with the Open source Nonpoint Source Pollution and Erosion Comparison Tool (OpenNSPECT).
Resource language:  eng; US
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  notPlanned
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Access Constraints: None | Use Constraints: None | Distribution Liability: Any conclusions drawn from the analysis of this information are not the responsibility of NOAA, the Office for Coastal Management or its partners.
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Handling Description 
Spatial representation type code:  grid
Processing environment:  MapWindow GIS 8.x
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -158.287559
eastBoundLongitude  -157.624997
northBoundLatitude  21.714257
southBoundLatitude  21.243777
Temporal Extent
| Currentness: Ground Condition 1975 1997
Additional information on resource:
These data are derived from isoerodent maps published in the Agriculture Handbook number 703 (Renard et al., 1997). Renard, K.G., Foster, C.R., Weesies, G.A., McCool, D.K., Yoder, D.C., (1997). Predicting Soil Erosion by Water: A Guide to Conservation Planning with the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE). US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Handbook Number 703, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, p. 47-51.
Credits:
Acknowledgement of the NOAA Office for Coastal Management and Renard et al. (1997) would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
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2234 South Hobson Ave, Charleston, SC, 29405-2413 Country 
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catalog language  eng
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Compliance Code  false
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scope level  dataset
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Processing Step
date and time 2013-01-01T00:00:00
description The rainfall-funoff erosivity factor was estimated from the R-Factor maps for the Hawaiian Islands. given in the Agriculture Handbook number 703. A line shapefile approximation of the printed map was generated via "heads-up" digitizing. The final raster map was produced using the Topo to Raster command in ESRI ArcGIS 10.x.
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source description  Source Contribution: Derived from isoerodent maps (Renard et al., 1997) | Source Geospatial Form: raster digital data | Type of Source Media: disc
representative resolution scale:
Scale denominator: 100000
source citation
Title R-Factor for the Island of Kauai
Resource extent
Temporal Extent
1975 1997
QuantitativeAttributeAccuracy
name Of Measure Accuracy
evaluation Method Description  The cell values in this product represent R-Factor which is an erosivity index for rainfall and runoff. The units are (hundreds ft-tonf-in)/(ac-h-yr).
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Horizontal Positional Accuracy
evaluation Method Description  This map is an approximation of spatial rainfall-runoff values
AbsoluteExternalPositionalAccuracy
name Of Measure Vertical Positional Accuracy
evaluation Method Description  None
Completeness Commission
name Of Measure Completeness Measure
evaluation Method Description  Cloud Cover: 0
Completeness Commission
name Of Measure Completeness Report
evaluation Method Description  All pixels within the Island of Kauai boundary contain R-Factor values.
ConceptualConsistency
name Of Measure Conceptual Consistency
evaluation Method Description  Tests for logical consistency indicate that all row and column positions in the selected latitude/longitude window contain data. Conversion and integration with vector files indicates that all positions are consistent with earth coordinates covering the same area.

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individual Name Coastal Management, NOAA Office for
organisation Name  Office for Coastal Management
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Voice (843) 740-1202
Fax 
Address
2234 South Hobson Ave, Charleston, SC, 29405-2413 Country 
electronic Mail Address coastal.info@noaa.gov
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Metadata data stamp:  2018-02-08T16:14:40
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Use Constraints: Disclaimer - While every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the limits of the current state of the art, NOAA cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty.
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organisation Name  Office for Coastal Management
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2234 South Hobson Avenue, Charleston, SC, 29405-2413
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individual Name Coastal Management, NOAA Office for
organisation Name  Office for Coastal Management
Contact information
Telephone
Voice (843) 740-1202
Fax 
Address
2234 South Hobson Ave, Charleston, SC, 29405-2413 Country 
electronic Mail Address coastal.info@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
name Website
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Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata language  eng
Metadata character set encoding:   UTF8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata Part 2 Extensions for imagery and gridded data
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009(E)
Metadata record identifier:  gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:48226

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