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

Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Issued about 9 years ago

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Summary

Type of release
ongoing release of a series of related datasets

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

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.