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GCIP reference data set (GREDS)
- Author
- Rea, Alan.
- Title
- GCIP reference data set (GREDS) [electronic resource] / by Alan Rea & Joel R. Cederstrand.
- Format
- Online Resource CD-ROM
- Published
- [Reston, Va.?] : U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, [1995?]
- Description
- 1 computer laser optical disc ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 guide ([4] p. ; 12 cm.), both in plastic box (13 x 15 x 1 cm.)
- Operating require
- Data sets provided in at least 2 formats: a generic or public-domain format; and ARC/INFO export files (except the DEM); personal computer using MS-DOS; CD-ROM disc compatible with UNIX, Macintosh and VAX computers.
- Series
- U.S. Geological Survey open-file report ; 94-388
- Other contributors
- Cederstrand, Joel R. Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment. GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project Geological Survey (U.S.).
- Other title
- GEWEX Continental-scale International Project, GCIP.
- Notes
- Title from disc label. Funded by the USGS Global-Change Research Program. "GEWEX Continental-Scale International Project GCIP"--Verso of container. "GEWEX WCRP Global Energy Water Cycle Experiment"--Verso of container. Includes bibliographical references (Guide, p. [3]).
- Summary
- Contains data sets, including locations and periods of record for stream gages, reservoir gages, and meteorological stations; a 500-meter-resolution Digital Elevation Model; grid-node locations for the Eta numerical weather prediction model. Also contains digital map data sets of geology, land use, streams, large reservoirs, average annual runoff, average annual precipitation, average annual temperature, average annual heating and cooling degree days, hydrologic units and state and county boundaries. Also includes digital index maps for LANDSAT scenes, and for the USGS 1:250,000, 1:100,000 and 1:24,000-scale map series and well as a listing of Hydro-Climatic Data Network stream gages.
- Subject headings
- Climatic changes--Databases. Global temperature changes--Databases. Climatology--Databases. Environmental auditing--Databases.