Precipitation Frequency for Ohio River Basin, USA - NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2

Description

This GIS grid atlas contains precipitation frequency estimates for the Ohio River Basin and Surrounding states is based on precipitation data collected between 4/1863-12/2000. This atlas is an updated version of Technical Memorandum NWS Hydro 35, Five to 60-minutes Precipitation Frequency for Eastern and Central United States (1977), Technical Paper 40 - Rainfall Frequency Atlas of the United States for Durations from 30 minutes to 24 hours and Return Periods from 1 to 100 Years (1961) and Technical Paper 49 - Two-to-Ten-Day Precipitation for Return Periods of 2 to 100 Years in the Contiguous United States (1964) for the following states: Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. The grids provide information for durations from 5 minutes through 60 days, and for return periods of 2 years through 1000 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;
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/
21 Tp40s.htm http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/hq/Tp40s.htm
33 Technical%20Memorandum%20NWS%20Hyro-35_1.pdf http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ohd/hdsc/On-line_reports/TM-Hydro35/Technical%20Memorandum%20NWS%20Hyro-35_1.pdf
21 prcpfreq.html http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ohd/hdsc/studies/prcpfreq.html
0 http://orbXyrYY.ver2 (X = average recurrence interval, YY = duration; u = upper limit, l= lower limit)
21 precip_index.htm http://www.srh.noaa.gov/lub/wx/precip_freq/precip_index.htm

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

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