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Rate of Precipitation Change in the U.S.

Metadata Updated: March 22, 2024

This figure shows the rate of change in total annual precipitation in different parts of the United States since the early 20th century (since 1901 for the contiguous 48 states and 1925 for Alaska). The data are shown for climate divisions, as defined by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

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Dates

Metadata Date April 25, 2023
Metadata Created Date March 22, 2024
Metadata Updated Date March 22, 2024
Reference Date(s) April 25, 2023 (publication)
Frequency Of Update unknown

Metadata Source

Harvested from Environmental Dataset Gateway ISO Geospatial Metadata

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date April 25, 2023
Metadata Created Date March 22, 2024
Metadata Updated Date March 22, 2024
Reference Date(s) April 25, 2023 (publication)
Responsible Party U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment (Point of Contact)
Contact Email
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Access Constraints Use Constraints: None. Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currentness, and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata. Acknowledgement of EPA would be appreciated., Access Constraints: None.
Bbox East Long -66.500000
Bbox North Lat 72.500000
Bbox South Lat 17.500000
Bbox West Long -172.000000
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update unknown
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Harvest Source Id 9b3cd81e-5515-4bb7-ad3c-5ae44de9b4bd
Harvest Source Title Environmental Dataset Gateway ISO Geospatial Metadata
Licence https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html
Licence Url https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html
Lineage This lineage was generated by the FGDC CSDGM to 19139 transformation
Metadata Language eng; USA
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-172.0, 17.5], [-66.5, 17.5], [-66.5, 72.5], [-172.0, 72.5], [-172.0, 17.5]]]}
Progress completed
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System
Spatial Harvester True

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