Image Metadata File

Person Submitting Metadata/Point of Contact:

Name: Laura Stevens
Physical Address: 151 Patton Ave Asheville, NC 28801
Organization: CICSNC
Email:
Phone:

Image Info:

Image Title:
Time series of an index for the occurrence of cold waves and heat waves
Image Description:
Time series (1949-2010) of an index for the occurrence of: cold waves defined as 4-day periods (blue) and 7-day periods (red) that are colder than the threshold for a 1-in-5 year recurrence (top), and heat waves defined as 4-day periods (blue) and 7-day periods (red) that are warmer than the threshold for a 1-in-5-year recurrence (bottom), for Alaska. Based on data from the National Climatic Data Center First-Order Surface Weather Observing Stations and based on methods from Kunkel et al. (1999).
Attributes (variables name, description and units):
Relative number of cold waves (/ year), Relative number of heat waves (null)
Temporal domain:
Start Time: 1949-01-01 00:00:00.0
End Time: 2010-12-31 00:00:00.0
Spatial domain:
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Keywords:
Alaska, Observed, USGHCN Daily, Temperature
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Citation of image source:

Panels within image: 2

Top:
Image Description:
Cold waves
Bottom:
Image Description:
Heat waves

Image Creation:

Who created the image:
Name: Ken Kunkel
Physical Address:
Organization: CICSNC
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Phone:
When was image created (YYYY-MM-DD):

Data Sources:

Dataset #1
Dataset Name: USGHCN Daily
Dataset Version:
Dataset Description: Global Historical Climatology Network - Daily
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Dataset Release/Publication Date:
Affiliated Organization Name and Role: NOAA NCDC/Russ Vose
Date Accessed: 2011-06-06 00:00:00.0
Dataset Location (ftp, URL, etc): ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/ghcn/daily/
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Spatial Extent of the source/output (polygon, box or region name): National
Temporal extent of the source/output: 1895-01-01 to 2011-12-31
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Spatial resolution of the source/output: 1 km

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