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Oregon State University (OSU) PRISM Climate Data Available from The Climate Source
Entry ID: PRISM_CLIMATESOURCE

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Summary
Abstract: The Climate Source is the exclusive distributor of spatial climate
data sets developed by the PRISM climate mapping program at Oregon
State University's Spatial Climate Analysis Service (SCAS).

Climate data for the lower 48 states are available: a full suite of 38
climate elements, including 1961-90 mean monthly and annual
precipitation; temperature; humidity; freeze dates; growing, heating
and cooling degree-days; precipitation and temperature extremes; and
many snowfall statistics. Data are available in a variety of formats
to be compatible ESRI's ARC-INFO and ArcView, MapInfo, Intergraph's
GeoMedia, and public domain GRASS.

See: http://www.climatesource.com/ for more details.
Related URL
Link: GET DATA
Description: The Climate Source list of climate data products

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Description: Oregon State University PRISM Home Page
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 50.02   S: 24.06   E: -65.98   W: -126.02

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Chris Daly and George Taylor
Dataset Title: United States Average Monthly or Annual Climate Data, 1961-1990
Dataset Release Date: 2000
Dataset Release Place: Portland, OR
Dataset Publisher: Oregon State University
Online Resource: http://www.climatesource.com/
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1961-01-01
Stop Date: 2000-12-31
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Data Resolution
Latitude Resolution: 2km
Longitude Resolution: 2km
Temporal Resolution: monthly, annual, climatological
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Originating Center
OSU
Data Center
The Climate Source, Inc. Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://www.climatesource.com/

Data Center Personnel
Name: DANNY SHAPIRO
Phone: 512-693-9007
Email: sales at climatesource.com
Contact Address:
The Climate Source
946 NW Circle Blvd #222
City: Corvallis
Province or State: Oregon
Postal Code: 97330-1410
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: CD-ROM
Distribution Size: varies
Distribution Format: ASCII, ARC/INFO
Fees: See web site for details
Personnel
CHRIS DALY
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Email: daly at nacse.org
Contact Address:
Director, PRISM Group
Northwest Alliance for Computational Science & Engineering (NACSE)
2000 Kelley Engineering Center
City: Corvallis
Province or State: OR
Postal Code: 97331-5501
Country: USA
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Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2002-05-23
Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-10-09

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