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Watershed Assessment, Tracking and Environmental Results

Entry ID: EPA_WATERS

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Summary

Abstract: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with states,
territories and tribes, is improving communication with the regulated community
and the public about the quality of the Nation?s surface waters through the use
of the Watershed Assessment, Tracking and Environmental Results (WATERS).
WATERS unifies geography-specific water quality information previously
available only on ...

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Description: Watershed Assessment, Tracking and Environmental Results available data sets.

Description: The National Hydrography Dataset.

Description: The EnviroMapper application provides users with interactive Geographic
Information System (GIS) functionality using Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) spatial data. EnviroMapper allows users to view spatial data at the
national, state, and county levels, as well as utilize GIS functionality, such
as displaying multiple spatial layers, zooming, panning, identifying features,
displaying latitude and longitude, and querying single Envirofacts points.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 5.0

S: -5.0

E: -120.0

W: -170.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD

Dataset Title: Multivariate ENSO Index (MEI)

Dataset Series Name: NOAA Indices and Forecasts

Dataset Release Date: ongoing

Dataset Release Place: Boulder, CO, USA

Dataset Publisher: NOAA/OAR/ESRL/PSD

Online Resource: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd//people/klaus.wolter/MEI/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1950-01-01

Location Keywords

OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN

Data Resolution

Temporal Resolution: monthly
Temporal Resolution Range: Monthly - < Annual

Science Keywords

OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE > SST

CLIMATE INDICATORS > ATMOSPHERIC/OCEAN INDICATORS > TELECONNECTIONS > EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) > MULTIVARIATE ENSO INDEX

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Ancillary Keywords

MEI

Multivariate ENSO Index

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

NOAA/NWS/CPC

Data Center

Physical Sciences Division, Earth System Research Laboratory, OAR, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce

Data Center URL: http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/
Dataset ID: MEI Index

Data Center Personnel
Name: ESRL/PSD DATA INQUIRIES Email: esrl.psd.data at noaa.gov

Distribution

Distribution Media: online www

Distribution Format: ascii

Fees: none

Personnel

KLAUS WOLTER

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Email: Klaus.Wolter at noaa.gov

SCOTT A. RITZ

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: 301-614-5126

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Scott.A.Ritz at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: Maryland

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

Wolter, K., and M.S. Timlin, 1998: Measuring the strength of ENSO -
how does 1997/98 rank? Weather, 53, 315-324

Rasmusson, E.G., and T.H. Carpenter, 1982: Variations in tropical sea
surface temperature and surface wind fields associated with the
Southern Oscillation/El NiC1o. Mon. Wea. Rev., 110, 354-384.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2005-12-13

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-11-02

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