Precipitation Frequency for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands - NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 3

Description

This GIS grid atlas contains precipitation frequency estimates for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands is based on precipitation data collected between 1/1899-12/2004. This atlas is an updated version of Technical Paper 42 Generalized Estimates of Probable Maximum Precipitation and Rainfall-Frequency Data for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands and Technical Paper 53, Two-to-Ten-Day Precipitation for Return Periods of 2 to 100 Years in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands (1965). The grids provide information for durations from 5 minutes through 60 days, and for recurrence intervals of 1 year 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;
0 http://prXyrYY.ver2 (X = average recurrence interval, YY = duration; u = upper limit, l= 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/

Tags

  • vertical location
  • precipitation
  • atmosphere
  • caribbean sea
  • atlantic ocean
  • precipitation frequency
  • ocean
  • ground layer
  • puerto rico
  • north atlantic ocean

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