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    • Precipitation Frequency for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands - NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 3

    Metadata Updated: October 19, 2024

    This GIS grid atlas contains precipitation frequency estimates for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands is based on precipitation data collected between 1/1899-12/2004. This atlas is an updated version of Technical Paper 42 Generalized Estimates of Probable Maximum Precipitation and Rainfall-Frequency Data for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands and Technical Paper 53, Two-to-Ten-Day Precipitation for Return Periods of 2 to 100 Years in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (1965). The grids provide information for durations from 5 minutes through 60 days, and for recurrence intervals of 1 year through 1000 years. All grids are in geographic coordinate system (WGS72 horizontal datum) and units are in 1000th of inches.

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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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    Dates

    Metadata Date April 8, 2011
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 19, 2024
    Reference Date(s) June 28, 2006 (publication)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NOAA ATLAS 14 POINT PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY ESTIMATES

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    PR 100-year 24-hour

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date April 8, 2011
    Metadata Created Date October 19, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 19, 2024
    Reference Date(s) June 28, 2006 (publication)
    Responsible Party NOAA/National Weather Service, Office of Hydrologic Development, Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid gov.noaa.nws.ohd.hdsc: OHD-HDSC-NOAAAtlas14V3v2011-PR
    Access Constraints Use Constraints: Acknowledgement of NOAA/National Weather Service, Office of Hydrologic Development, Hydrometeorological Design Studies Center (HDSC), Access Constraints: n/a, no restrictions apply and data is public domain.
    Bbox East Long -64.00000
    Bbox North Lat 19.00000
    Bbox South Lat 17.00000
    Bbox West Long -68.00000
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Graphic Preview Description PR 100-year 24-hour
    Graphic Preview File http://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/hdsc/pfds/meta/images/pr1_web_thumbnail.png
    Graphic Preview Type PNG
    Harvest Object Id 15038bdc-058d-4816-acde-232ab5b6437a
    Harvest Source Id 1ca0e432-a7c6-4166-ad84-cceb54cb9241
    Harvest Source Title NOAA ATLAS 14 POINT PRECIPITATION FREQUENCY ESTIMATES
    Licence Users must assume responsibility to determine the appropriate use of these data.
    Lineage
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-68.0, 17.0], [-64.0, 17.0], [-64.0, 19.0], [-68.0, 19.0], [-68.0, 17.0]]]}
    Progress completed
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True
    Temporal Extent Begin 1899-01-01
    Temporal Extent End 2004-12-31

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