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KRIS Klamath : Meta Information Page
This page contains detailed information about a data set in KRIS, including where the original data reside and how to contact the sources for the data. Data sets are linked to the appropriate page by means of the Meta Identifier. Many data sets can be linked to same page by sharing the same Meta Identifier.
| Meta Identifier | Climate |
| Type of Data | Rainfall and Snow Water Content (in Inches) |
| Originator | California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) |
| Description | Rainfall and snowfall are collected for a number of locations in California and provided on the Internet. |
| Area | All Sub-Basins |
| Metadata Contact | Patrick Higgins |
| Contact Person Primary | CDEC via Internet |
| Request Log | Data for some Klamath River Basin (above Trinity) not updated since 1999 in KRIS because of lack of budget, whereas Trinity records are more current. |
| Access Constraints | None |
| Data Set Name | bbarrain2002.dbf, bearbasinsnow.dbf, bearbasinsnowapr.dbf, bigflatsnow.dbf, bigflatsnowapr.dbf, clhanppt.dbf, cofanppt.dbf, coffeerain2002.dbf, dynamitesnow.dbf, dynamitesnowapr.dbf, etnamtsnow.dbf, ftjannualrain.dbf, ftjnrain.dbf, happyrdrain.dbf, hcampanrain.dbf, lshastasnow.dbf, lshstasw2.dbf, middlebouldersnow.dbf, orelansmorain.dbf, orlannualrain.dbf, parksnowapril.dbf, parkssnow.dbf, sweeth2oaprilsnow.dbf, sweeth2osnow.dbf, swpyjnsw.dbf, tuleannualrain.dbf, tulerain.dbf, weav99ppt.dbf, weavpp2002.dbf, whalansnow.dbf, whalansnowapr.dbf, wolfordsnowapr.dbf, ykanrain.dbf, yrekarain.dbf |
| Maint. and Update Freq. | Frequent Updates on Internet |
| Serial Name | Precipitation |
| Data Quality Information | KRIS uses only snow water content in the month of April for multi-year comparisons because it is the month with most consistently reported results. |
| Use Constraints | None |
| Supplemental Information | Trinity Sensor ids from CDEC bulk data search: : Bear Basin: BBS, Big Bar: BGB, Big Flat: BFT, Coffee Creek: CFF, Hayfork Ranger District: HYF, Weaverville: WVR, Whalan Station: WHN, Wolford Station: WLC |
| Keywords | rainfall, snowfall |
| On Line Linkage (URL) | (http://cdec.water.ca.gov) |
| Publisher | California Data Exchange Center |
| Publication Place | CDEC Website (http://cdec.water.ca.gov) |
| Publication Date | Website |
| Issue Identification | Climate Trends |
| Title | Precipitation Data |
| Abstract | Rainfall is in inches and is provided as monthly data and summarized in KRIS to annual totals. Snowfall is provided by CDEC as inches or in water content. Water Content is used in KRIS because it is a better indicator of runoff potential. |
| Other Citation Details | Data collected in cooperation with other agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service and Calif. Dept. of Water Resources |
| Storage Location | CDEC Website |
| Contact Organization | California Data Exchange Center |
| Contact Email | http://cdec.water.ca.gov |
| Progress | On-going |
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