U.S. Monthly Extremes

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
GIS U.S. Monthly Extremes is a web based product that is extracted from the U.S. COOP Summary of the Month dataset (DSI-3220). This is meteorological data from the U.S. Cooperative Observer Network (COOP), which consists of stations operated by state universities, state or federal agencies, and also private individuals whose stations are managed and maintained by the National Weather Service (NWS). The network includes regular NWS offices, and airports with weather stations operated by the NWS or the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The Network also includes U.S. military bases. There are typically about 8,000 stations operating in any one year. The earliest data is from 1886 and is organized by month. Attributes included for the GIS application are COOP ID, WBAN ID, Station Name, State, Year, Latitude, Longitude, Station Elevation, Precipitation and Temperature Extremes, and Snowfall/Snowdepth Extremes. Data is updated on a monthly basis.
Citation
Title U.S. Monthly Extremes
publication  Date  
presentationForm  tableDigital
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
position Name User Engagement and Services Branch
Contact information
Telephone
Voice +1 (828) 271-4800
Fax +1 (828) 271-4876
Address
151 Patton AvenueVeach-Baley Federal Building, Room 468, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
electronic Mail Address ncdc.orders@noaa.gov
hoursOfService 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern
contact Instructions
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/contact
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
position Name User Engagement and Services Branch
Contact information
Telephone
Voice +1 828-271-4800
Fax +1 828-271-4876
Address
Federal Building, Room 468151 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
electronic Mail Address ncdc.orders@noaa.gov
Linkage for online resource
name Extremes Monthly Description
URL: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datasets
protocol HTTP
link function information
Description Compiled extremes statistics for U.S. stations using monthly summaries for three weather elements: Temperature, Precipitation, and Snowfall. For temperature and precipitation, statistics include daily extreme maximum and minimum by month, extreme above and below departures from normal by month, and number of days with selected extreme values.
target application profile  Description
hoursOfService 8:00 - 5:00 Eastern
Topic Category:  climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Keywords:
Theme keywords (theme):
Atmosphere > Altitude > Station Height
Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Amount
Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Anomalies
Atmosphere > Precipitation > Rain
Atmosphere > Precipitation > Snow
Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Air Temperature
Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Maximum/Minimum Temperature
Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Temperature Anomalies
thesaurus name >
Title NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords, Version 6.0
Location keywords:
Continent > North America > United States Of America
thesaurus name >
Title NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords, Version 6.0
Stratum keywords:
Vertical Location > Land Surface
thesaurus name >
Title NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords, Version 6.0
dataCenter Keywords
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
thesaurus name >
Title NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords
cited responsible party - custodian
organisation Name  NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GCMD > Global Change Master Directory, Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Theme keywords (theme):
Continent
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Geosphere
publication  Date   2016-11-11
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Fri Nov 11 11:30:23 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
NOAA
thesaurus name >
Title Organization > GOVERNMENT AGENCIES-U.S. FEDERAL AGENCIES
publication  Date   2016-11-11
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Fri Nov 11 11:30:23 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
Precipitation
Snow
Rain
thesaurus name >
Title Process > Atmospheric Process
publication  Date   2016-11-11
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Fri Nov 11 11:30:23 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
Land Surface
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Earth Surface
publication  Date   2016-11-11
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Fri Nov 11 11:30:23 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
Temperature
Height
Air Temperature
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2016-11-11
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Fri Nov 11 11:30:23 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
Meteorology
thesaurus name >
Title Science Domain > Atmospheric Sciences
publication  Date   2016-11-11
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Fri Nov 11 11:30:23 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
Base
thesaurus name >
Title Material > Chemical
publication  Date   2016-11-11
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Fri Nov 11 11:30:23 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
National Climatic Data Center
thesaurus name >
Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
publication  Date   2016-11-11
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Fri Nov 11 11:30:23 UTC 2016
Theme keywords (theme):
Elevation
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Physiographic Feature
publication  Date   2016-11-11
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced at Fri Nov 11 11:30:23 UTC 2016
purpose:
The U.S. Monthly Extremes provides a long-term climate dataset from land-basaed in situ observations.
Browse image (thumbnail):
thumbnail file name:  ...
file type: PNG
thumbnail file description:  Monthly Extremes GIS Image
Resource language:  eng; USA
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  monthly
Constraints on resource usage:
Constraints
Use limitation statement:
NCDC 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. NCDC makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NCDC can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCDC archives.
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Use Constraints: None
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints: None
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -125.0
eastBoundLongitude  -66.0
northBoundLatitude  50.0
southBoundLatitude  24.0
Temporal Extent
1831-01-01
point of contact - pointOfContact
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
position Name User Engagement and Services Branch
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 828-271-4800
Fax 828-271-4876
Address
151 Patton AvenueVeach-Baley Federal Building, Room 468, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
electronic Mail Address ncdc.orders@noaa.gov
hoursOfService 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern
contact Instructions
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/about/ncdcordering.html
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Scope of quality information
scope level  dataset
Resource lineage description
Lineage statement
This product was derived from U.S. COOP Summary of the Month (DSI-3220) (C00504).
source
source description  Source dataset
source citation
Title U.S. COOP Summary of the Month
publication  Date  
cited responsible party - originator
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
cited responsible party -
organisation Name  
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name U.S. COOP Summary of the Month Landing Page
URL: http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/all-records/catalog/search/resource/details.page?id=gov.noaa.ncdc:C00504
protocol HTTP
link function information
Description Landing page for the U.S. COOP Summary of the Month Dataset, including links and other information.
target application profile  Web Browser

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
position Name User Engagement and Services Branch
Contact information
Telephone
Voice +1 (828) 271-4800
Fax +1 (828) 271-4876
Address
151 Patton AvenueVeach-Baley Federal Building, Room 468, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
electronic Mail Address ncdc.orders@noaa.gov
hoursOfService 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern
contact Instructions
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/contact
Standard ordering process
fees Electronic downloads of the data are free, however fees may apply for data certifications and data distribution on physical media.
Format
Format name CSV
Format version 
Format
Format name fixed-length ASCII text
Format version 
Format
Format name ArcGIS
Format version 
Format
Format name KMZ
Format version 
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name NCDC Climate Data Online Data Search
URL: http://www7.ncdc.noaa.gov/CDO/cdoextremescountryselect.cmd?exdsid=31
protocol HTTP
link function search
Description Search for the dataset via a text-based interface.
target application profile  Data Search Application
Linkage for online resource
name NCDC Climate Data Online Map Server
URL: http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/map/viewer/#app=cdo&cfg=cdo&theme=extremes&layers=1&node=gis
protocol HTTP
link function search
Description Dynamic GIS mapping application to locate stations and data for selected layers.
target application profile  Map Search Application
Linkage for online resource
name NCDC ArcGIS REST Services Directory
URL: http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/arcgis/rest/services/cdo/extmo/MapServer
protocol HTTP
link function download
Description ArcGIS Server REST API for the dataset.
target application profile  REST
Linkage for online resource
name KMZ file for dataset
URL: http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/kml/extmo.kmz
protocol HTTP
link function download
Description Direct download link for KMZ file.
target application profile  KML

Metadata data stamp:  2015-03-12
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  asNeeded
Metadata contact - pointOfContact
organisation Name  DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC > National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
position Name User Engagement and Services Branch
Contact information
Telephone
Voice +1 (828) 271-4800
Fax +1 (828) 271-4876
Address
151 Patton AvenueVeach-Baley Federal Building, Room 468, Asheville, NC, 28801-5001 Country USA
electronic Mail Address ncdc.metadata@noaa.gov
hoursOfService 8:00 - 6:00 Eastern
contact Instructions
http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/contact
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata language  eng; USA
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.ncdc:C00713

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)