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    • NOAA nClimGrid-Daily Version 1 – Daily gridded temperature and precipitation for the Contiguous United States since 1951

    Metadata Updated: September 19, 2023

    The product referred to as nClimGrid-Daily is a set of daily gridded fields and area averages of temperature and precipitation that covers the Contiguous United States (CONUS) from 1951 to present and is updated daily. It is related to the monthly version of NClimGrid and NClimDiv, but with a daily temporal resolution. The gridded fields are stored in netCDF format with one file per data month. Area averages for nine types of regions are provided in CSV format with one file per region type and data month. At a resolution of approximately 0.0417 degrees latitude and longitude (nominally 5-km grid), the gridded data provide smoothed representations of the point observations. Since the accuracy of estimates for individual grid points and days can be sensitive to local spatial variability and the ability of the available observations and interpolation technique to capture that variability, the nClimGrid-Daily dataset is recommended for applications that require the aggregation of estimates in space and/or time, such as climate monitoring analyses at regional to national scales.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Date August 10, 2023
    Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2023
    Reference Date(s) September 29, 2022 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update daily

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    Harvested from ncdc

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date August 10, 2023
    Metadata Created Date October 28, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date September 19, 2023
    Reference Date(s) September 29, 2022 (publication)
    Responsible Party NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.ncdc:C01589
    Access Constraints Cite as: Durre, Imke; Squires, Michael F.; Vose, Russell S.; Arguez, Anthony; Gross, Wendy S.; Rennie, Jared R.; Schreck, Carl J. (2022): NOAA nClimGrid-Daily Version 1 – Daily gridded temperature and precipitation for the Contiguous United States since 1951. [indicate subset used]. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. https://doi.org/10.25921/c4gt-r169 [access date]., Distribution liability: NOAA and NCEI make no warranty, expressed or implied, regarding these data, nor does the fact of distribution constitute such a warranty. NOAA and NCEI cannot assume liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in these data. If appropriate, NCEI can only certify that the data it distributes are an authentic copy of the records that were accepted for inclusion in the NCEI archives., Use liability: NOAA and NCEI cannot provide any warranty as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of furnished data. Users assume responsibility to determine the usability of these data. The user is responsible for the results of any application of this data for other than its intended purpose.
    Bbox East Long -66.0
    Bbox North Lat 50.0
    Bbox South Lat 24.0
    Bbox West Long -125.0
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update daily
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    Graphic Preview File https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/metadata/images/noaa_logo.jpg
    Graphic Preview Type JPEG
    Harvest Object Id 0f9b1612-3501-4694-aec8-158da42954b5
    Harvest Source Id 2cb3ef77-1683-4c2a-9119-dc65e50917c6
    Harvest Source Title ncdc
    Licence Data is derived from all observations available at the time of data production.
    Lineage The data were produced and are archived by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). .
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-125.0, 24.0], [-66.0, 24.0], [-66.0, 50.0], [-125.0, 50.0], [-125.0, 24.0]]]}
    Progress onGoing
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1951-01-01

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