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Mean Annual Precipitation
  
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| Precipitation [[Media:Carmel_Watershed_PrecipitationMap.pdf|PDF]]
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* [[Media:Carmel_Watershed_PrecipitationMap.pdf|PDF file - for printing]]
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  [[Image:Carmel_Watershed_Precipitation.png|100px]]
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* [[Media:Carmel_Watershed_Precipitation.png|PNG file]]
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== Annual Precipitation ==
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[[Image: Carmel_Watershed_PrecipitationMap.pdf]]
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== Metadata ==
 
== Metadata ==
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'''Data Source'''
 
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*Precipitation data originally from: http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/products/matrix.phtml?vartype=tmax&view=data  [[http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/products/matrix.phtml?vartype=tmax&view=data]]
 
  
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*Full Metadata from: http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/docs/meta/ppt_30s_meta.htm [[http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/docs/meta/ppt_30s_meta.htm]]
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* Original source of data: [[http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/products/matrix.phtml?vartype=tmax&view=data http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/products/matrix.phtml?vartype=tmax&view=data]]
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* Full metadata available from: [[http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/docs/meta/ppt_30s_meta.htm http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/docs/meta/ppt_30s_meta.htm]]
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* Data analysis: Cropped from national scale to just California Coast by [[Fred Watson]], in Arc ASCII GRID format.
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* Map produced by:
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* Base map compiled by Erin Stanfield, [[Fred Watson]], Wendi Newman.
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* Base map:
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** Projected Coordinate System: NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_10N
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*** Projection: Transverse_Mercator
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* Precipitation map:
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** Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_North_American_1983
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*** Datum: D_North_American_1983
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*** Prime Meridian: Greenwich
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== Processing Steps ==
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# Convert ASCII grid file to Raster using Conversion Tools and Define projection.
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# Add Raster to Base map and Symbolize annual precipitation means using categories with rounded natural breaks.
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# Select appropriate color scheme.
  
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*Data cropped from national scale to just California Coast by Dr. Fred Watson. Link to ArcASCII Grid file: [[http://sep.csumb.edu/class/ESSP560/s/data/central_coast/precip/index.htm]]
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== Alternate versions ==
  
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*Base map compiled by Erin Stanfield, Fred Watson, Wendi Newman. Link to Base map files: [[http://sep.csumb.edu/class/ESSP560/s/data/carmel/basemap/index.htm]]
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* A version with isohyets overlaid on a DEM is here: [[Carmel River Watershed: Map of Precipitation 2]]
  
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'''Coordinate System'''
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== Links ==
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*ArcASCII file: Geographic Coordinate System North American Datum 1983; Datum NAD 83.
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*Base Map: Projected Coordinate System NAD 1983 UTM Zone 10N; Datum NAD 83.
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'''Processing Steps'''
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* [[Maps of the Carmel River Watershed]]
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*Convert ASCII grid file to Raster using Conversion Tools and Define projection.
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*Add Raster to Base map and Symbolise annual precipitation means using categories with rounded natural breaks.
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*Select appropriate color scheme.
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Latest revision as of 08:35, 6 February 2011

Mean Annual Precipitation

Carmel Watershed Precipitation.png

Metadata

Processing Steps

  1. Convert ASCII grid file to Raster using Conversion Tools and Define projection.
  2. Add Raster to Base map and Symbolize annual precipitation means using categories with rounded natural breaks.
  3. Select appropriate color scheme.

Alternate versions

Links

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