gov.noaa.cpc:ncs-3montht
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Climate Prediction Center Three Month Probabilistic Temperature Outlooks for the Contiguous United States and Alaska
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http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/90day/
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/90day/
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Climate Prediction Center Three Month Outlooks
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The Climate Prediction Center (CPC) issues a series of thirteen probabilistic three-month temperature outlooks for the United States. CPC expresses the outlooks in a 3-category probabilistic format as the chance the mean temperature for the period will be above, below, or near normal.
These outlooks provide information to decision makers in weather and climate sensitive activities sensitive to seasonal and inter-annual climate variation (e.g. weather risk management, energy/utilities, agriculture, hydrology, etc.). Since these outlooks pertain to the average temperature for the entire valid period and not to the variability within it, they will not help people planning events for specific dates or sub-periods. The outlooks will be of most use for economic and business planning, particularly when used with 30 year base period means.
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ISO 19115 MD Topic Category Code
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
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NASA GCMD Science Keywords
Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Air Temperature
Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Temperature Anomalies
NASA GCMD Location Keywords
Continent, North America, United States of America
NASA GCMD Location Keywords
Vertical Location, Boundary layer
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Climate Prediction Center
Jon Gottschalck
Meteorologist.
Mailing and physical
5200 Auth Road
Camp Springs
Maryland
20746
United States of America
(301) 763-8000
Jon.Gottschalck@noaa.gov
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The Climate Prediction Center (CPC) issues a series of thirteen probabilistic three-month temperature outlooks for the United States. CPC expresses the outlooks in a 3-category probabilistic format as the chance the mean temperature for the period will be above, below, or near normal.
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CPC expresses the outlooks in a 3-category probabilistic format as the chance the mean temperature for the period will fall into the most likely of three classes: above, below, or near normal. CPC defines the classes as climatologically equally likely: the top 10 cases of a thirty year record define the above category (A), the middle 10 cases define the normal category (N), and the bottom 10 cases defining the below category (B). For areas where a favored class cannot be determined, CPC will indicate those areas with an "EC." EC means equal chances for each of the three climatological classes for the outlook's valid period. For each of the thirteen three-month outlook periods (January through March, February through April, etc.), CPC uses the 30-year mean temperature for the climatology and class limits. CPC updates this information once per decade.
CPC indicates the probability for the most likely class with solid contour lines. They label the centers of maximum probability with the letters A, N, or B to denote the most likely class. For areas where a favored class cannot be determined, CPC indicates those areas with an "EC" and not have contours. For example, if the probability for the above normal temperature class exceeds 40 percent for a given area and is the most likely class, then CPC will encircle the area by a probability contour of 40 percent on the temperature outlook chart and label the area with the letter A.
NOAA's Climate Prediction Center
NOAA's Climate Prediction Center
Meteorologist
mailing and physical
5200 Auth Road
Camp Springs
Maryland
20746
United States of America
(301) 763-8000
jon.gottschalck@noaa.gov
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http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/90day/
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/90day/
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Climate Prediction Center Three Month Outlooks
Climate Prediction Center Three Month Outlooks Index Page
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20090911
NOAA's Climate Prediction Center
Meteorologist
mailing and physical
5200 Auth Road
Camp Springs
Maryland
20746
United States of America
(301) 763-8000
scott.handel@noaa.gov
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
FGDC-STD-001-1998
http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/csdgm_rs_ex/MetadataRemoteSensingExtens.pdf
http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/csdgm_rs_ex/remote-sensing-metadata
Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata, FGDC-STD-012-2002
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/metadata/extensions/local_extensions.html
NGDC Extensions to FGDC Metadata