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Length of Growing Season, 1895–2020

Metadata Updated: August 30, 2023

This indicator looks at the impact of temperature on the length of the growing season in the contiguous 48 states, as well as trends in the timing of spring and fall frosts. For more information: https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators.

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Dates

Metadata Date April 9, 2021
Metadata Created Date August 30, 2023
Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2023
Reference Date(s) August 2, 2016 (publication)
Frequency Of Update annually

Metadata Source

Harvested from Environmental Dataset Gateway ISO Geospatial Metadata

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Change in growing season length

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Date April 9, 2021
Metadata Created Date August 30, 2023
Metadata Updated Date August 30, 2023
Reference Date(s) August 2, 2016 (publication)
Responsible Party U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation (Publisher)
Contact Email
Guid 45AAE510-4FFB-425E-BEB5-F3D4AEADA536
Access Constraints https://edg.epa.gov/EPA_Data_License.html
Bbox East Long -66.969271
Bbox North Lat 71.406235
Bbox South Lat 18.921786
Bbox West Long -178.217598
Coupled Resource
Frequency Of Update annually
Graphic Preview Description Change in growing season length
Graphic Preview File https://edg.epa.gov/data/PUBLIC/OAR/OAP/metadata/Thumbnails/GrowingSeason.png
Graphic Preview Type PNG
Harvest Object Id ed4ab268-b1dc-4b78-be79-76d509f80f51
Harvest Source Id 9b3cd81e-5515-4bb7-ad3c-5ae44de9b4bd
Harvest Source Title Environmental Dataset Gateway ISO Geospatial Metadata
Licence None. Please check sources, scale, accuracy, currency and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata. Acknowledgement of the EPA would be appreciated.
Lineage
Metadata Language eng
Metadata Type geospatial
Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-178.217598, 18.921786], [-66.969271, 18.921786], [-66.969271, 71.406235], [-178.217598, 71.406235], [-178.217598, 18.921786]]]}
Progress completed
Spatial Data Service Type
Spatial Reference System EPSG:4269
Spatial Harvester True
Temporal Extent Begin 1895-01-01
Temporal Extent End 2015-01-01

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