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Rio Grande DSS Annual solar radiation

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IDENTIFICATION_INFORMATION

Citation Citation_Information Originator: HDR Engineering Inc. Publication_Date: Title: Rio Grande DSS Annual solar radiation Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Map Publication_Information Publication_Place: Colorado Publisher: State of Colorado - DNR Larger_Work_Citation Citation_Information Originator: State of Colorado - DNR Publication_Date: Title: Colorado Decision Support System Publication_Information Publication_Place: Denver, Colorado Publisher: State of Colorado DNR Other_Citation_Details: Description Abstract: Spatial data in support of the Rio Grande DSS Purpose: Spatial integration of Rio Grande DSS Time_Period_of_Content Time_Period_Information Range_of_Dates/Times Beginning_Date: 19990129 Ending_Date: 19990514 Currentness_Reference: Status Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Spatial_Domain Bounding_Coordinates West_Bounding_Coordinate: -107.5787 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -105.1284 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.4624 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.9686 Keywords Theme Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: Radiation Theme_Keyword: Solar Place Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Division 3 Place_Keyword: Rio Grande Place_Keyword: San Luis Valley Access_Constraints: Use_Constraints: Point_of_Contact Contact_Information Contact_Organization_Primary Contact_Organization: HDR Engineering Inc Contact_Person: Bruce Rindahl Contact_Position: Project Manager Contact_Address Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 303 E. 17th Avenue City: Denver State_or_Province: Colorado Postal_Code: 80203 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 764-1520 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 860-7139 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: brindahl@hdrinc.com Hours_of_Service: 8 - 5 MST Native_Data_Set_Environment ArcView version 3.1 w:\gisdata\solar_rad.shp

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DATA_QUALITY_INFORMATION

Attribute_Accuracy Attribute_Accuracy_Report: Isoheytals were digitized from printed map for Colorado. Source is form paper puplished by Nolan Doesken, Assistant State Climatologist. Paper was published in Colorado Climate, March 1992, Vol. 15 No. 6. Digital Accuracy is considered fair. Logical_Consistency_Report: Isoheytals were digitized from source data and clipped to Division 3 supplied from DWR staff. Completeness_Report: Only area within Division 3 were included. Positional_Accuracy Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Accuracy of source data from Colorado Climate Center. Accuracy is considered fair. Vertical_Positional_Accuracy Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: N/A Lineage Source_Information Source_Citation Citation_Information Originator: Colorado DNR Publication_Date: 19990501 Title: Rio Grande DSS Edition: 1 Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map Publication_Information Publication_Place: Denver, CO Publisher: State of Colorado Source_Scale_Denominator: N/A Type_of_Source_Media: online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 19990129 Ending_Date: 19990514 Source_Currentness_Reference: Complete Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Source_Contribution: Solar Radiation for Division 3 Process_Step

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SPATIAL_DATA_ORGANIZATION_INFORMATION

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information SDTS_Terms_Description SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Complete Chain Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 3

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SPATIAL_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition Planar Grid_Coordinate_System Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator Universal_Transverse_Mercator: UTM_Zone_Number: 13 Transverse_Mercator Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.99960 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -105 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0 False_Easting: 500000 False_Northing: 0.000 Planar_Coordinate_Information Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: Ordinate_Resolution: Planar_Distance_Units: Meters Geodetic_Model Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.25

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ENTITY_AND_ATTRIBUTE_INFORMATION

Detailed_Description Entity_Type Entity_Type_Label: solar_rad.dbf Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None Attribute Attribute_Label: Radiation Attribute_Definition: Value of average annual solar radiation in MJ/m2 Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined Attribute_Domain_Values Range_Domain Range_Domain_Minimum: 17.00 Range_Domain_Maximum: 18.00

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DISTRIBUTION_INFORMATION

Distributor Contact_Information Contact_Organization_Primary Contact_Organization: CWCB Contact_Person: Ray Bennett Contact_Position: Special Projects Manager Contact_Address Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 1313 Sherman Street, Room 818 City: Denver State_or_Province: CO Postal_Code: 80203 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 866-3585 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 866-3589 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: ray.bennett@state.co.us Hours_of_Service: 8-5 MST Resource_Description: ArcView Shapefiles Distribution_Liability: Standard_Order_Process Digital_Form Digital_Transfer_Information Digital_Transfer_Information Format_Name: ArcView 3.x Digital_Transfer_Option Offline_Option Offline_Media: Recording_Format: Compatibility_Information: ArcView 3.x Fees:

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METADATA_REFERENCE_INFORMATION

Metadata_Date: 19990514 Metadata_Review_Date: 19990514 Metadata_Contact Contact_Information Contact_Organization_Primary Contact_Organization: HDR Engineering Inc Contact_Person: Bruce Rindahl Contact_Position: Project Manager Contact_Address Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 303 E. 17th Ave. Suite 300 City: Denver State_or_Province: CO Postal_Code: 80203 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303) 764-1520 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303) 860-7139 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: brindahl@hdrinc.com Hours_of_Service: 8-5 MST Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM Metadata_Standard_Version: 19940608

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