NWS Regions

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: National Weather Service, Office of Science and Technology
Publication_Date: 30 March 2006
Publication_Time: Unknown
Title: NWS Regions
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Online_Linkage: <http://www.weather.gov/geodata/catalog/national/nwsregions.zip>
Description:
Abstract:
This shapefile contains states and territories of the U.S. that are designated by one of the 6 regions used by the National Weather Service (NWS).
Purpose:
This shapefile will allow users to easily ascertain which NWS region their state resides.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2006
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -179.133163
East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.788025
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.398094
South_Bounding_Coordinate: -14.604090
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword: Boundaries
Place:
Place_Keyword: CONUS
Place_Keyword: Alaska
Place_Keyword: Hawiii
Place_Keyword: Guam
Access_Constraints: Np restrictions
Use_Constraints: No restrictions.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Ira Graffman
Contact_Organization: NOAA/NWS/OST/SEC
Contact_Position: GIS Focal Point
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763 x 104
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa.gov
Hours_of_Service: 7:30 - 4:00 PM Eastern
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.722
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report:
These data are believed to be logically consistent. Testing was performed by finding the smallest polygons and determining them to be "slivers" or genuine polygons and by overlaying a large polygon and combining, to find "holes' in the data. Since this data set is a polygon shapefile line geometry is presumed to be topologically clean.
Completeness_Report:
The shoreline boundaries of the data is dependent on the shoreline edges of rivers and bays as delineated on a USGS DLG The edges or borders of the boundary might change as the natural land changes and WFOs request changes. The zone boundaries are consistent with county boundaries when county boundaries coorespond to zone boundaries and the accuracy of the zone boundries that do not lie on county boundaries as provided by the WFO.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The data was created from USGS 1:2,000,000 DLG county data and assumed to have the same horizontal accuracy of that data. set. The internal accuracy of the zones that "split" counties varies depending on the criteria used to "split" the county (township line, coutour line, hand drawn, etc).
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: NOAA National Weather Service/OST
Title: U.S. States
Online_Linkage:
<http://www.weather.gov/geodata/catalog/national/html/us_state.htm>
Source_Scale_Denominator: 2,000,000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: States
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The U.S. States shapefile was loaded into a GIS and the states in each region were selected and then unioned or merged into a single polygon for that region.
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Ira Graffman
Contact_Organization: DOC/NOAA/NWS/SEC
Contact_Position: GIS Focal Point
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa,gov
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 6
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000278
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000278
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: re02my06
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAME
Attribute_Definition: Region Name
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LON
Attribute_Definition: Logitude of centroid of region
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LAT
Attribute_Definition: Latitude of centroid of region
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NWS_REG
Attribute_Definition: Region abbreviation
Distribution_Information:
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Transfer_Size: 7.079
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20071010
Metadata_Review_Date: 19991209
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Weather Service
Contact_Person: Ira Graffman
Contact_Position: Physical Scientist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 1325 East West Highway
City: Silver Spring
State_or_Province: Maryland
Postal_Code: 20910
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301 713 0763 x 104
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301 713 9395
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ira.graffman@noaa.gov
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
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Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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