Winter Events in South Carolina

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• What does this data set describe?
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  5. What is the general form of this data set?
  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
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• Who wrote the metadata?

What does this data set describe?

1. How should this data set be cited?

   NCDC-National Climatic Data Center (Storm Data), Unknown, Winter Events in South Carolina.

   Online Links:

   • \\DAVE\Burton\4_EMD_2007\1_Updated_Shapefiles\1_Hazards\sc_winter\SC_Winter.shp

2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

   West_Bounding_Coordinate: -83.366769

   East_Bounding_Coordinate: -78.501168

   North_Bounding_Coordinate: 35.223416

   South_Bounding_Coordinate: 32.011776

3. What does it look like?

4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

   Beginning_Date: 1993

   Ending_Date: 2006

   Currentness_Reference: Current through 2006

5. What is the general form of this data set?

   Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

6. How does the data set represent geographic features?
   1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • G-polygon (46)

   2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

      Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

      UTM_Zone_Number: 17

      Transverse_Mercator:

      Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600

      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -81.000000

      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000

      False_Easting: 500000.000000

      False_Northing: 0.000000

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000000
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000000
      Planar coordinates are specified in meters

      The horizontal datum used is North American Datum of 1983.
      The ellipsoid used is Geodetic Reference System 80.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222.
      

7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

   SC_Winter

   FID

   Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

   Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

   Shape

   Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

   Coordinates defining the features.

   FIPS

   COUNTYNAME

   NO_EVENTS

   Number of events

   FATALITIES

   Number of fatalities

   INJURIES

   Number of injurues

   PROPDMG

   Property damage

   CROPDMG

   Crop damage

Who produced the data set?

1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)
   • NCDC-National Climatic Data Center (Storm Data)

2. Who also contributed to the data set?

   NCDC-National Climatic Data Center, Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute

3. To whom should users address questions about the data?
   Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute
   University of South Carolina
   Columbia, SC 29208
   

   803-777-1699 (voice)
   

Why was the data set created?

Hazards assessment

How was the data set created?

1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

   (process 1 of 2)

   Dataset copied.

   Data sources used in this process:

   (process 2 of 2)

   Dataset copied.

   Data sources used in this process:

   • H:\Workspace\Worker_Bees\CBurton\EMD_2007\1_Updated_Shapefiles\1_Hazards\1_Project\SC_Winter

3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

1. How well have the observations been checked?

2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: N/A

Use_Constraints: County level

1. Who distributes the data set?[Distributor contact information not provided.]

2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

   Downloadable Data

3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

4. How can I download or order the data?
   • Availability in digital form:

     Data format:	Size: 0.283

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Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:

Last modified: 11-Sep-2007

Metadata author:

Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208

803-777-1699 (voice)

Metadata standard:

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)

Metadata extensions used:

• <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>