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GLOBAL 30-YEAR MEAN MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGY, 1930-1960, V. 2.1 (CRAMER AND LEEMANS)

Entry ID: CRAMERLEEMANS

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Summary

Abstract: This database is a major update of the Leemans & Cramer database(Leemans & Cramer 1991). It currently contains monthly averages of mean temperature, temperature range, precipitation, rain days and sunshine hours for the terrestrial surface of the globe, gridded at 0.5 degree longitude/latitude resolution. It was generated from a large data base, using the partial thin-plate splining algorithm developed by Michael F. Hutchinson, Canberra(Hutchinson & Bischof 1983).

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Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: CRAMER, W.P.LEEMANS, R.

Dataset Title: GLOBAL 30-YEAR MEAN MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGY, 1930-1960, V. 2.1 (CRAMER AND LEEMANS)

Dataset Release Date: 1999

Dataset Release Place: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Dataset Publisher: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Presentation Form: Online Files

Dataset DOI: doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/416

Online Resource: http://mercury.ornl.gov/ornldaac/send/query?term2=416&term2attribut...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2003-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > KENTUCKY

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 0 Decimal Degrees
Longitude Resolution: 0 Decimal Degrees
Horizontal Resolution Range: 1 km - < 10 km or approximately .01 degree - < .09 degree
Temporal Resolution: 5-day
Temporal Resolution Range: Daily - < Weekly

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > BOUNDARIES

TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER > LAKES

BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > LAKES

ISO Topic Category

BOUNDARIES

ENVIRONMENT

INLAND WATERS

Quality River, streams and lakes was derived from NHD which states a consistency of no
intersections without nodes.

Derived from Hydrology of Kentucky

Access Constraints None

Use Constraints None

Ancillary Keywords

areas

boundaries

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Department of Wildlife Resources, Kentucky

Data Center URL: http://www.kdfwr.state.ky.us/

Data Center Personnel
Name: KENTUCKY FISH AND WILDLIFE INFORMATION SYSTEM Phone: 502-564-7109 Fax: 502-564-6508 Email: kdfwr.kfwis at ky.gov Contact Address: #1 Sportsman's Lane City: Frankfort Province or State: KY Postal Code: 40601 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: WWW

Distribution Format: ARC/INFO EXPORT

Fees: Free

Personnel

GENE R. MAJOR

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Email: gsfc-gcmduso at mail.nasa.gov

STEVEN T. FIFER

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

DARREL L. WILLIAMS

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Email: Darrel.L.Williams at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA

Goddard Space Flight Center

Mailstop 614.0

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

See: http://fedwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/fedmac/refs.html

Levine, E.R., R.G. Knox and W.T. Lawrence. 1994. Relationships between
soil properties and vegetation at the Northern Experimental Forest,
Howland, Maine. Remote Sensing of Environment; 47:231-241.

Levine, E.R., and R.G. Knox. 1994. A comprehensive framework for
modeling soil genesis. In R.B. ...

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-04-06

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