National Climatic Data Center 19970000 20010000 SHAPE http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov This dataset contains locations of the precipitation collection stations. This dataset contains locations of the precipitation collection stations. The monthly and annual precipitation amounts are in inches A value of '9999' indicates missing or incomplete data for that month, with '(-) 99999' indicating missing for the yearly total. The monthly total is only presented when all data were available and validated for that month. Likewise, the annual total is only presented when every monthly total for the year was available. Monthly precipitation data are available for the year 1994 - 1997 and are stored in associated DBF files that are related to the shapefile via a NUMBER item. 19940000 19970000 Ground Condition Complete Irregular -87.429040 -79.872251 30.983191 24.492815 NONE National Climatic Data Center precipitation rain water Planning NONE Florida Southeast United States Southeast U.S NONE 1990s NONE THE DATA INCLUDED IN THIS APPLICATION ARE BASED ON INTERPRETATION OF AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGALLY BINDING. Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale data sets are not suitable for some projects, analysis, or modeling purposes. Please be sure you are using the best available data. 1:24000 scale data sets are recommended for projects that are at the county level. 1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such as property parcel boundaries. 1:100000 scale data sets are recommended for projects that are at the multi-county or regional level. 1:250000 scale data sets are recommended for projects that are at the regional or state level or larger. For more information, visit: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov National Climatic Data Center 19970000 Map Relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data layer. The data were acquired from the NCDC in latitudinal and longitudinal format and converted to decimal degrees, then converted to a coverage. Afterwards, the data were projected to GeoPlan standards. Certain node/geometry and topology (GT)-polygon/chain relationships are collected or generated to satisfy topological requirements. Some of these requirements include: chains must begin and end at nodes, chains must connect to each other at nodes, chains do not extend through nodes, left and right GT-polygons are defined for each chain element and are consistent throughout the transfer, and the chains representing the limits of the file (neatline) are free of gaps. The neatline is generated by connecting the four corners of the digital file, as established during initialization of the digital file. All data outside the enclosed region are ignored and all data crossing these geographically straight lines are clipped at the neatline. (Exception: During the QA/QC process all data is examined and if errors are found and corrections are possible, then data is corrected accordingly. This process is documented in the Process_Step.) Data within a specified tolerance of the neatline are snapped to the neatline. Neatline straightening aligns the digitized edges of the digital data with the generated neatline, that is, with the longitude/latitude lines in geographic coordinates. All internal polygons are tested for closure. Certain attributes and/or entities, e.g. closure line, convey data quality information. When information to be encoded in the subfield is known to be not applicable (undefined, not relevant), then the subfield is valued by a string of "9s"; and when the information to be encoded is relevant but unknown (or missing), then the subfield is valued by a string of "9s." Certain node/geometry and topology (GT)-polygon/chain relationships are collected or generated to satisfy topological requirements. Some of these requirements include: chains must begin and end at nodes, chains must connect to each other at nodes, chains do not extend through nodes, left and right GT-polygons are defined for each chain element and are consistent throughout the transfer, and the chains representing the limits of the file (neatline) are free of gaps. The neatline is generated by connecting the four corners of the digital file, as established during initialization of the digital file. All data outside the enclosed region are ignored and all data crossing these geographically straight lines are clipped at the neatline. (Exception: During the QA/QC process all data is examined and if errors are found and corrections are possible, then data is corrected accordingly. This process is documented in the Process_Step.) Data within a specified tolerance of the neatline are snapped to the neatline. Neatline straightening aligns the digitized edges of the digital data with the generated neatline, that is, with the longitude/latitude lines in geographic coordinates. All internal polygons are tested for closure. Certain attributes and/or entities, e.g. closure line, convey data quality information. When information to be encoded in the subfield is known to be not applicable (undefined, not relevant), then the subfield is valued by a string of "9s"; and when the information to be encoded is relevant but unknown (or missing), then the subfield is valued by a string of "9s." National Climatic Data Center 19970000 Map N/A Map 19940000 19970000 Station Activity NCDC The data were acquired from the NCDC in latitudinal and longitudinal format and converted to decimal degrees, then converted to a coverage. Afterwards, the data were projected to GeoPlan standards. The process step describes, in general, the process used in the production of data sets. The originating agencies created the original spatial coverage. GeoPlan, during the QA/QC process included the following aspects: (1) Reprojected data to FGDL Albers (2) Set Precision to DOUBLE (3) Set Tolerances to FGDL Standards. (4) Added the DESCRIPT item based on annual precipitation rates for 1997. (5) YEAR item added based on the most recent data available for a particular cooperative data station 20000000 Albers Conical Equal Area 24.000000 31.500000 -84.000000 24.000000 400000.00000 0.00000 coordinate pair 0.001024 0.001024 METERS D_North_American_1983_HARN GRS1980 6378137.000000 298.257222 RNSTN.DBF Database File None ELEV Elevation of data station Unknown Unknown NUMBER Cooperative data station number Unknown Unknown LOCATION Name of the cooperative data station Unknown Unknown YEAR The year of the most current precipitation data available for a particular cooperative data collection station Unknown Unknown DESCRIPT The annual precipitation data for the year specified Unknown Unknown Operator FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY Physical

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