Difference between revisions of "Carmel River Watershed: Map of Precipitation"

Revision as of 08:34, 6 February 2011

Mean Annual Precipitation

Original source of data: [http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/products/matrix.phtml?vartype=tmax&view=data]
Full metadata available from: [http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/docs/meta/ppt_30s_meta.htm]
Data anlysis: Cropped from national scale to just California Coast by Fred Watson, in Arc ASCII GRID format.
Map produced by:
Base map compiled by Erin Stanfield, Fred Watson, Wendi Newman.
Base map:
- Projected Coordinate System: NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_10N
  - Projection: Transverse_Mercator
Precipitation map:
- Geographic Coordinate System: GCS_North_American_1983
  - Datum: D_North_American_1983
  - Prime Meridian: Greenwich

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

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