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Global Clouds
FGDC Metadata
Identification Information:
Native Data Set Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000
Description:
Language of Dataset:
en
Abstract:
Global Cloud Cover data. This data set is provided to the Pacific Disaster Center by the Space Science and Engineering Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Purpose:
Display current global cloud cover.
Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator:
Space Science and Engineering Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publication Date:
2019-01-28 17:02 UTC
Title:
Global Clouds
File or Table Name:
global_clouds.tif
Geospatial Data Presentation Form:
remote-sensing image
Online Linkage:
http://rtprods.ssec.wisc.edu/
Time Period of Content:
Currentness Reference:
ground condition
Time Period Information:
Single Date/Time:
Calendar Date:
3-Hr Intervals
Status:
Progress:
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency:
Daily
Spatial Domain:
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinate:
-179.999817
East Bounding Coordinate:
180.087735
North Bounding Coordinate:
89.977936
South Bounding Coordinate:
-90.065840
Local Bounding Coordinates:
Left Bounding Coordinate:
-179.999817
Right Bounding Coordinate:
180.087735
Bottom Bounding Coordinate:
-90.065840
Top Bounding Coordinate:
89.977936
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus:
ESRI standard theme codes are used for relating FGDC metadata to the corresponding ISO categories
Theme Keyword:
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus:
ArcIMS Metadata Server gazetteer
Place Keyword:
Global
Place Keyword:
World
Access Constraints:
None
Use Constraints:
PDC assumes no liability with respect to this data set, or any possible errors therein.
Native Dataset Format:
Raster Dataset
Point of Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization:
Pacific Disaster Center
Contact Person:
Director
Contact Position:
Data & Information Resources Division
Contact Address:
Address Type:
mailing and physical address
Address:
1305 North Holopono Street, Suite 2
City:
Kihei
State or Province:
Hawaii
Postal Code:
96753
Country:
United States
Contact Voice Telephone:
808-891-0525
Contact Facsimile Telephone:
808-891-0526
Contact Electronic Mail Address:
data@pdc.org
Security Information:
Security Classification:
Unclassified
Security Handling Description:
Grant access to all users.
Data Quality Information:
Lineage:
Source Information:
Source Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title:
Space Science and Engineering Center
Other Citation Details:
1225 W. Dayton StMadison, WI 53706(608) 263-6750(608) 262-5974
Online Linkage:
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu
Process Step:
Process Description:
Messages are issued by Space Science and Engineering Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and incoming messages are in TIF format.PDC's D2P2 system queries the server every 3 hours and retieves any new images.
Spatial Data Organization Information:
Direct Spatial Reference Method:
Raster
Point and Vector Object Information:
ESRI Terms Description:
ESRI Feature Type:
Simple
ESRI Feature Geometry:
Point
ESRI Topology:
FALSE
ESRI Feature Count:
0
Spatial Index:
FALSE
Linear Referencing:
FALSE
SDTS Terms Description:
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type:
Entity point
Point and Vector Object Count:
0
Spatial Reference Information:
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:
Coordinate System Name:
Geographic Coordinate System Name:
GCS_WGS_1984
Geodetic Model:
Horizontal Datum Name:
D_WGS_1984
Ellipsoid Name:
WGS_1984
Semi-major Axis:
6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio:
298.257224
Geographic:
Geographic Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
Latitude Resolution:
0.000000
Longitude Resolution:
0.000000
Vertical Coordinate System Definition:
Distribution Information:
Resource Description:
Live Data and Maps
Standard Order Process:
Digital Form:
Digital Transfer Information:
Transfer Size:
0.000
Dataset Size:
0.000
Distributor:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization:
Pacific Disaster Center
Contact Person:
Director
Contact Position:
Data & Information Resources Division
Contact Address:
Address Type:
mailing and physical address
Address:
1305 North Holopono Street, Suite 2
City:
Kihei
State or Province:
Hawaii
Postal Code:
96753
Country:
United States
Contact Voice Telephone:
808-891-0525
Contact Facsimile Telephone:
808-891-0526
Contact Electronic Mail Address:
data@pdc.org
Metadata Reference Information:
Language of Metadata:
en
Metadata Standard Name:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version:
FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Time Convention:
local time
Metadata Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Person:
Director
Contact Organization:
Pacific Disaster Center
Contact Address:
Address Type:
mailing and physical address
City:
Kihei
State or Province:
Hawaii
Postal Code:
96753
Address:
1305 North Holopono Street, Suite 2
Country:
United States
Contact Voice Telephone:
808-891-0525
Contact Position:
Data & Information Resources Division
Contact Facsimile Telephone:
808-891-0526
Contact Electronic Mail Address:
data@pdc.org
Metadata Date:
20100928
Metadata Security Information:
Metadata Security Classification:
Unclassified
Metadata Security Handling Description:
Grant access to all users.
Metadata Access Constraints:
None
Metadata Use Constraints:
None
Metadata Extensions:
Online Linkage:
http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Profile Name:
ESRI Metadata Profile
ISO Metadata
Metadata identifier:
{0689D862-CE31-428E-BF3F-017B6C225D8F}
Metadata language:
English
Metadata character set:
utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format
Scope of the data described by the metadata:
dataset
Scope name:
dataset
Metadata contact:
Individual's name:
Director
Organization's name:
Pacific Disaster Center
Contact's position:
Data & Information Resources Division
Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point:
1305 North Holopono Street, Suite 2
City:
Kihei
Administrative area:
Hawaii
Postal code:
96753
e-mail address:
data@pdc.org
Country:
us
Phone:
Voice:
808-891-0525
Fax:
808-891-0526
Contact's role:
publisher
Last update:
20100928
Name of the metadata standard used:
ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata
Version of the metadata standard:
DIS_ESRI1.0
Distribution Information:
Distributor:
Transfer options:
Online source:
Description:
Live Data and Maps
Online location (URL):
http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/
Connection protocol:
Local Area Network
Function performed:
information
Transfer size:
0.000
Medium of distribution:
Medium name:
CD-ROM
Available format:
Format name:
Raster Dataset
Format version:
TIFF
Contact information:
Individual's name:
Director
Organization's name:
Pacific Disaster Center
Contact's position:
Data & Information Resources Division
Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point:
1305 North Holopono Street, Suite 2
City:
Kihei
Administrative area:
Hawaii
Postal code:
96753
e-mail address:
data@pdc.org
Country:
us
Phone:
Voice:
808-891-0525
Fax:
808-891-0526
Contact's role:
distributor
Identification Information:
Processing environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000
Dataset language:
English
Citation:
Title:
Global Clouds
Presentation format:
digital map
Party responsible for the resource:
Individual's name:
Space Science and Engineering Center
Organization's name:
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point:
1225 W. Dayton St
City:
Madison
Administrative area:
WI
Postal code:
53706
Country:
us
Phone:
Voice:
(608) 263-6750
Fax:
(608) 262-5974
Contact's role:
originator
Edition date:
20100928
Reference date:
Date:
2010
Type of date:
creation
Reference date:
Date:
20100413
Type of date:
publication
Party responsible for the resource:
Individual's name:
Director
Organization's name:
Pacific Disaster Center
Contact's position:
Data & Information Resources Division
Contact information:
Address:
Delivery point:
1305 North Holopono Street, Suite 2
City:
Kihei
Administrative area:
HI
Postal code:
96753
e-mail address:
data@pdc.org
Country:
us
Phone:
Voice:
808-891-0525
Fax:
808-891-0526
Contact's role:
publisher
Spatial representation type:
grid
Resource constraints:
Constraints:
Limitations of use:
PDC assumes no liability with respect to this data set, or any possible errors therein.
Legal constraints:
Other constraints:
None
Access constraints:
other restrictions
Use constraints:
other restrictions
Security constraints:
Classification:
unclassified
Spatial resolution:
Ground sample distance:
Precision:
0.3515625000
Units of Measurement Type:
Units of measure, scale:
Units:
Unknown
Conversion to metric:
Unknown
Other extent information:
Geographic extent:
Geographic extent:
West longitude:
-179.999817
East longitude:
180.087735
North latitude:
89.977936
South latitude:
-90.06584
Extent contains the resource:
yes
Resource's bounding rectangle:
West longitude:
-179.999817
East longitude:
180
North latitude:
89.977936
South latitude:
-90
Extent contains the resource:
yes
Abstract:
Global Cloud Cover data. This data set is provided to the Pacific Disaster Center by the Space Science and Engineering Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Themes or categories of the resource:
climatology, meteorology, and atmosphere
Resource maintenance:
Update frequency:
continual
Keyword Information:
Keyword Type:
Place keywords
Keywords:
World
Keywords:
Global
Thesaurus name:
Title:
ArcIMS Metadata Server gazetteer
Data Quality Information:
Lineage:
Lineage statement:
Messages are issued by Space Science and Engineering Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and incoming messages are in TIF format.PDC's D2P2 system queries the server every 3 hours and retieves any new images.
Scope of quality information:
Level of the data:
dataset
Spatial Representation Information:
Spatial Representation - Vector:
Level of topology for this dataset:
geometry only
Geometric objects:
Object type:
point
Object count:
0
Spatial Representation - Grid:
Number of dimensions:
2
Cell geometry:
area
Transformation parameters are available:
yes
Axis dimensions properties:
Dimension:
Dimension name:
column (x-axis)
Dimension size:
2048
Resolution:
Precision:
0.175824
Units of Measurement Type:
Units of measure, length:
Units:
Degree
Dimension:
Dimension name:
row (y-axis)
Dimension size:
1024
Resolution:
Precision:
0.175824
Units of Measurement Type:
Units of measure, length:
Units:
Degree
Reference System Information:
Reference system identifier:
Reference system identifier:
Identity code:
GCS_WGS_1984
ESRI Metadata
Creation Date:
20101005
Creation Time:
03463400
Synchronize Once:
FALSE
Synchronization Date:
20100928
Synchronization Time:
17210200
Modification Date:
20100928
Modification Time:
17262800
Metadata ID:
{C7C9D2E0-DE8A-46B4-B527-729BBE01B694}
Published Document ID:
{0689D862-CE31-428E-BF3F-017B6C225D8F}
Published Status:
Published
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