Image Metadata File

Person Submitting Metadata/Point of Contact:

Name: Laura Stevens
Physical Address: 151 Patton Ave Asheville, NC 28801
Organization: CICSNC
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Image Info:

Image Title:
Observed decadal mean seasonal precipitation change
Image Description:
Observed decadal mean precipitation change (deviations from the 1901-1960 average, %) for the Southwest U.S. for winter (top left, blue line), spring (top right, green line), summer (bottom left red line), and fall (bottom right, orange line). Based on a new gridded version of COOP data from the National Climatic Data Center, the CDDv2 data set (R. Vose, personal communication, July 27, 2012). Gray lines indicate 20th and 21st century simulations from 15 CMIP3 models, for the high (A2) emissions scenario. Observed seasonal precipitation variations generally show greater variability than the model simulations for all seasons except summer.
Attributes (variables name, description and units):
Mean seasonal precipitation difference (percent / year)
Temporal domain:
Start Time: 1900-01-01 00:00:00.0
End Time: 2100-12-31 00:00:00.0
Spatial domain:
Max latitude: 41.9375
Min latitude: 31.4375
Max longitude: -102.063
Min longitude: -124.313
Keywords:
Southwest, Observed, Simulated, CDDv2, CMIP3, Precipitation
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Panels within image: 4

Top left:
Image Description:
Winter
Top right:
Image Description:
Spring
Bottom left:
Image Description:
Summer
Bottom right:
Image Description:
Fall

Image Creation:

Who created the image:
Name: Laura Stevens
Physical Address: 151 Patton Ave Asheville, NC 28801
Organization: CICSNC
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Phone:
When was image created (YYYY-MM-DD): 2012-06-28 00:00:00.0

Data Sources:

Dataset #1
Dataset Name: CMIP3
Dataset Version:
Dataset Description: Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 3
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Dataset Release/Publication Date:
Affiliated Organization Name and Role: The Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI)
Date Accessed: 2012-08-30 00:00:00.0
Dataset Location (ftp, URL, etc): http://www-pcmdi.llnl.gov/ipcc/about_ipcc.php
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Description of the scope of a resource, quality report, or process:
Spatial Extent of the source/output (polygon, box or region name): All grids; 1971 - 1999 for 20th Century runs; 2021 - 2050, 2041 - 2070, and 2070 - 2099 for 21st Century runs
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Dataset #2
Dataset Name: CDDv2
Dataset Version: 2 beta
Dataset Description: Climate Division Database version 2
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Dataset Release/Publication Date:
Affiliated Organization Name and Role: NOAA/NCDC
Date Accessed: 2011-06-06 00:00:00.0
Dataset Location (ftp, URL, etc): ftp://ncdcftp/pub/upload/7days
Data qualifier (QA/QC, etc): QA for all elements...
The denominator of the scale of the source/output: N/A
Spatial Reference system used by the source/output: Geographic coordinates (lat/lon)
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Spatial Extent of the source/output (polygon, box or region name): Conterminous U.S.
Temporal extent of the source/output: 1895-01-01 to present
Vertical extent of the source/output: Surface
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Spatial resolution of the source/output: 5 km

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