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PRISM Climate Group
PRISM (Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model) climate mapping system.

The data sets available on this web site were created using the PRISM (Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model) climate mapping system, developed by Dr. Christopher Daly, PRISM Climate Group director. PRISM is a unique knowledge-based system that uses point measurements of precipitation, temperature, and other climatic factors to produce continuous, digital grid estimates of monthly, yearly, and event-based climatic parameters. Continuously updated, this unique analytical tool incorporates point data, a digital elevation model, and expert knowledge of complex climatic extremes, including rain shadows, coastal effects, and temperature inversions. PRISM data sets are recognized world-wide as the highest-quality spatial climate data sets currently available. PRISM is the USDA's official climatological data.


http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/
daly@nacse.org
Location
2000 Kelley Engineering Center
Oregon State University
Corvallis , OR 97331-5501
USA
Parent Organization: Oregon State University
The PRISM Climate Group gathers climate observations from a wide range of monitoring networks, applies sophisticated quality control measures, and develops spatial climate datasets to reveal short- and long-term climate patterns. The resulting datasets incorporate a variety of modeling techniques and are available at multiple spatial/temporal resolutions, covering the period from 1895 to the present. Whenever possible, we offer these datasets to the public, either free of charge or for a fee (depending on dataset size/complexity and funding available for the activity).
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This coverage contains data representing areas (polygons) of Average Temperature for the period 1971-2000. The data has been converted from grids to polygons. Data can be accessed through the Geospatial Data Gateway http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/.
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This coverage contains data representing areas (polygons) of Average Temperature for the period 1971-2000. The data has been converted from grids to polygons. Data can be accessed through the Geospatial Data Gateway http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/.
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This coverage contains data representing areas (polygons) of Average Temperature for the period 1971-2000. The data has been converted from grids to polygons. Data can be accessed through the Geospatial Data Gateway http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/.
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