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COMET Case Study 008: California Flood 1996-1997 Data at UCAR/JOSS/NOAA/CODIAC

Entry ID: COMET008_UCAR_JOSS_NOAA_CODIAC

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Summary

Abstract: This case focuses on the northern California Flood which occurred 31
December 1996 to 3 January 1997. It was a major hydrologic event with
impressive rainfall with subsequent river flooding and levee breaches.

For more information, see:
http://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac/projs?COMET_CASE_008

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: COMET Case 008 list of data sets and access to COMET case 008 data

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: COMET Case 008 documentation, information and data

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 51.0

S: 19.0

E: -100.0

W: -155.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Title: COMET Case Study 008: California Flood

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO

Dataset Publisher: UCAR/JOSS

Online Resource: http://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac/projs?COMET_CASE_008

Parent DIF

This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
COMET_CASE_STUDIES

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1996-12-31

Stop Date: 1997-01-03

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > STORMS

ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER

INLAND WATERS

Platform

RADIOSONDES

ASOS > Automated Surface Observing System

Instrument

DOPPLER RADAR

NEXRAD > NEXt Generation RADar

Project

COMET > Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Ancillary Keywords

MESO-ETA MODEL

NCEP MODEL

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

UCAR/JOSS

Data Center

Cooperative Distributed Interactive Atmospheric Catalog System, Earth Observing Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Data Center URL: http://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac/

Data Center Personnel
Name: USER SERVICES/CODIAC Email: codiac at ucar.edu Contact Address: Codiac Data Archive University Corporation for Atmospheric Research P.O. Box 3000-FL4 City: Boulder Province or State: CO Postal Code: 80307-3000 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: online ftp

Distribution Size: varies

Distribution Format: varies

Fees: None

Publications/References

See:
http://www.comet.ucar.edu/resources/cases/c8_31dec96/c8ref.htm

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2001-02-15

Last DIF Revision Date: 2006-10-30

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