Datasets / Precipitation Frequency for Ohio River Basin, USA - NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2


Precipitation Frequency for Ohio River Basin, USA - NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 2

Published By National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce

Issued over 9 years ago

US
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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 the Ohio River Basin and Surrounding states is based on precipitation data collected between 4/1863-12/2000. This atlas is an updated version of Technical Memorandum NWS Hydro 35, Five to 60-minutes Precipitation Frequency for Eastern and Central United States (1977), Technical Paper 40 - Rainfall Frequency Atlas of the United States for Durations from 30 minutes to 24 hours and Return Periods from 1 to 100 Years (1961) and Technical Paper 49 - Two-to-Ten-Day Precipitation for Return Periods of 2 to 100 Years in the Contiguous United States (1964) for the following states: Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. The grids provide information for durations from 5 minutes through 60 days, and for return periods of 2 years through 1000 years.