Abstract
A Long-Term Seamless Daily Precipitation-Temperature Geodatabase for the Continental US (CONUS)
Track: Climate, Weather, and Atmosphere
Author(s): Mauro Di Luzio, Jeff Arnold, Jan Curtis, Chris Daly, Greg Johnson, Phil Pasteris
The availability of long-range and wide-area temporal spatial climate data sets increases the potential for deriving the required input for natural resource modeling and ultimately appropriate management decisions. A methodology was implemented to combine an enhanced compilation of daily observations (precipitation and maximum-minimum temperature) derived from the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) digital archives; and the respective PRISM (Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model) monthly maps. A geodatabase has been designed to host the results of the implementation, which contains 15,341 grids for each meteorological field, at the 2.5 min (around 4 km) resolution, for the years 1960-2001. This paper will review the results of the implementation and steps taken in designing and developing the geodatabase using ArcGIS 9.2 and the associated raster format options.
Mauro Di Luzio
TAES-Blackland Research Center
720 E Blackland Rd
Temple , Texas 76502
United States
Phone: 254-774-6100
Fax: 254-774-6001
E-mail: mdiluzio@brc.tamus.edu
Jeff Arnold
ARS-Grassland Res. Lab.
808 E Blackland Rd
Temple , Texas 76502
United States
Phone: 254-770-6502
E-mail: Jeff.Arnold@ars.usda.gov
Jan Curtis
Natural Resources Conservation Service - National Water & Climate Center
1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 802
Portland , Oregon 97232
United States
Phone: 503-414-3017
E-mail: jan.curtis@por.usda.gov
Chris Daly
Director, PRISM Group Oregon State University
2000 Kelley Engineering Center
Corvallis , Oregon 97331-5501
United States
Phone: 541- 737-2531
E-mail: daly@nacse.org
Greg Johnson
NRCS-National Air Quality and Atmospheric Change Team
1201 NE Lloyd Blvd, Suite 1000
Portland , Oregon 97232-1202
United States
Phone: 503-273-2424
E-mail: greg.johnson@por.usda.gov
Phil Pasteris
Natural Resources Conservation Service National Water & Climate Center
1201 NE Lloyd Blvd., Suite 802
Portland , Oregon 97232
United States
Phone: 503- 414-3017
E-mail: phil.pasteris@por.usda.gov