Meta Identifier	WRCC_climate
Type of Data	precipitation, snowfall, air temperature
Originator	National Climatic Data Center
Description	Historical Climate Information, including: Western U.S. Historical Summaries; Precipitation Maps; Station Inventories; Wind and Evaporation Data; Coastal Water Table; etc. Air temperature data are derived from hourly data but presented in summary of average by month for the entire period of record.
Area	Western U.S. Region
Metadata Date	1/13/2003
Metadata Contact	Brian Woolsey
Status	complete
Request Log	Downloaded and entered by Brian Woolsey of Kier Associates/KRIS team in April 2003.
Access Constraints	None
Lead Organization	Western Regional Climate Center
Data Set Name	climate_airtemp_monthly_1931_2000_mineral.dbf, climate_airtemp_monthly_1948_1974_volta_ph.dbf, climate_airtemp_monthly_1949_2000_manzanita_lake.dbf, climate_airtemp_monthlyave_manzanita_lake.dbf, climate_airtemp_monthlyave_mineral.dbf, climate_airtemp_monthlyave_volta_ph.dbf, climate_snowfall_manzanita_lake.db, climate_snowfall_mineral.db, climate_snowfall_monthlyave_manzanita_lake.dbf, climate_snowfall_monthlyave_mineral.dbf, climate_snowfall_monthlyave_volta_ph.dbf, climate_snowfall_volta_ph.db
Maint. and Update Freq.	unknown
Purpose	Track climate, including rainfall, snow fall and air temperatures to assess patterns as they relate to fisheries and aquatic habitat trends.
Data Quality Information	good; some gaps exist. Not updated since 2000.
Use Constraints	Data measurements are point measurements. A single point measurement may not accurately represent regional data caused by spacial variability that exists due to geographic effects.
Supplemental Information	See Western Regional Climate Center Website or NOAA Climate Center on the Internet (see below for addresses).
Keywords	precipitation, snowfall, temperature, climate
On Line Linkage (URL)	http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/index.html or http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html
Publisher	Desert Research Institute
Publication Place	University of Nevada at Reno
Title	Climate and Weather Data
Other Citation Details	Climate data are available through the Western Regional Climate Center for locations throughout the West.
Contact Organization	Western Regional Climate Center
Contact Address	2215 Raggio Parkway
Contact City	Reno
Contact State	Nevada
Contact Zip Code	89512
Contact Voice Telephone	(775) 674-701
Contact Fax	(775) 674-7016
Contact Email	wrcc@dri.edu

 
 
 

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