Precipitation Frequency for Hawaiian Islands, USA - NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 4

Description

This GIS grid atlas contains precipitation frequency estimates for the Hawaiian Islands is based on precipitation data collected between 1/1905-12/2005. This atlas is an update to Technical Paper No. 43 'Rainfall-Frequency Atlas of the Hawaiian Islands for Areas to 200 Square Miles, Durations to 24 Hours, and Return Periods from 1 to 100 Years' (U.S. Weather Bureau, 1962) and Technical Paper No. 51 'Two- to Ten-Day Rainfall for Return Periods of 2 to 100 Years in the Hawaiian Islands' (U.S. Weather Bureau, 1965). The grids provide information for durations from 5 minutes through 60 days, and for average recurrence intervals of 1 year through 1,000 years. All grids are in geographic coordinate system (WGS72 horizontal datum) and units are in 1000th of inches.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 http://HDSC PFDS;
0 http://hiXyrYYaZ.ver3 (X = average recurrence interval, YY = duration; Z = null for mean value, u for upper limit, l for lower limit)
21 pfds_gis.html http://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/hdsc/pfds/pfds_gis.html
0 http://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/hdsc/pfds/
21 index.html http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ohd/hdsc/index.html
0 ftp://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/pub/hdsc/data/

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  • vertical location
  • precipitation
  • united states of america
  • atmosphere
  • continent
  • hawaii
  • north america
  • precipitation frequency
  • ground layer

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