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Climate Change & Severe Weather Atlas

Climate Change & Severe Weather Atlas. The DVD includes the full and latest version of the NOAA Climate Atlas, relevant maps from other sources and many reports and useful information about Climate Change, Severe Weather and related material. If purchased elsewhere, the NOAA Climate Atlas alone would cost $150 to $175.
If you are new to GIS mapping, read more about it here and take advantage of our Free Learn2Map GIS Tutorial and Atlas. Also included are free downloadable updates for a year.

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Here's a description of what is included in the Climate Change & Severe Weather Atlas. All files are in GIS shapefile format unless otherwise noted:
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NOAA CLIMATE ATLAS
This is version 2.0 of the Climate Atlas of the United States, which features climate maps of all 50 states. It replaces a popular paper Atlas last published in 1968, and supersedes the Climate Atlas of the Contiguous United States published on CD in 2000. The new Atlas contains 2023 color maps of climatic elements such as temperature, precipitation, snow, wind, pressure, etc., chosen to portray the climate of the US and it is all included on our DVD.
The user may install the Atlas onto a local drive. From the Atlas interface, the user chooses an element type (Temperature, or Precipitation, or Snow, etc.), an element (mean, or maximum, or record extreme, etc.), and a geographic area (Lower 48, Alaska, or Hawaii). The Atlas displays maps of the selected element and area using ESRI's ArcExplorer, which is included on the DVD. ArcExplorer provides GIS capabilities, such as zoom, query, identify, and theme layering. If you are new to GIS, click here to learn more. Learn how to add additional layers and customize your maps with our free Learn2Map GIS Tutorial.
The Atlas provides access to extensive help and documentation directly from its interface. The same help and documentation are available from NCDC's Atlas Help and Atlas Documentation pages. Sample maps are available from its Atlas Web Page.
CLIMATE & SEVERE WEATHER
Average Annual Precipitation - Average annual precipitation for the conterminous United States from 1961 through 1990. Source: Spatial Climate Analysis Service and the Oregon Climate Service.
Seasonal Sea Surface Temperature Averages - Seasonal Sea Surface Temperature for the entire Earth, for the years 1985-2001.
Spatial Hazard Events and Losses for the United States - County-level hazard data for the years 1995 to 2000. The event types included are avalanches, coastal events, drought, flooding, fog, hail, heat, hurricanes/tropical storms, landslides, lightning, severe storms/thunderstorms, tornadoes, tsunamis/seiches, wildfires, wind, and winter weather. Included for each event type is information on property losses, crop losses, injuries, and fatalities.
Tornadoes 1950-2004 - Places where tornadoes have touched down in the United States.
Tropical Cyclones - Historical North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks. The paths of tropical cyclones and major hurricanes from 1851 to 2004.
Major Landfalling Atlantic Hurricanes. The paths of tropical cyclones and major hurricanes from 1851 to 2004.
Pacific Tropical Cyclones. Tropical Cyclone Tracks, 1949-2004.
WATER
Aquifers - Aquifers that supply ground water to the lower 48 States, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Aquifers of Alluvial and Glacial Origin - Loose sand and gravel aquifers of alluvial and glacial origin.
Major Dams of the United States. More than 8,100 major dams.
Ground Water Climate Response Network - The locations of over 300 wells that are part of the Ground Water Climate Response Network.
Hydrologic Units (Watersheds). 1:2,000,000-Scale Hydrologic Unit Boundaries. The boundaries of natural and manmade stream-drainage areas. Included are the boundaries of 2,264 watersheds.
NAWQA Surface Water Sampling Sites. Major Surface-Water Sampling Sites in the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program: 1991 and 1994 Study-Unit Starts. Sites where the National Water-Quality Assessment Program collects and analyzes information for more than 50 major river basins and aquifers.
North American Glaciers. Areas of permanent ice on the North American landmass.
North American Hydrography. The coastline; major rivers, streams and canals; and major lakes and reservoirs of North America.
North American Arctic Sea Ice. The approximate extent of marine areas in the Arctic covered by permanent polar ice.
Streams and Waterbodies of the United States. Water features include streams and rivers, canals, aqueducts, lakes, reservoirs, marshes, glaciers, bays, and oceans. Also included are waterfalls, dams, and designated channels, such as the Intracoastal Waterway.
Water Use 1985 through 2000. Data on water withdrawals by area, water source, and category of use have been compiled at 5-year intervals. DBF file. The Estimated Use of Water in the United States map layers show estimated water use by county, for the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Included are ground water, surface water, fresh water, saline water and total water use, for public supply, industrial, irrigation, mining, livestock, and thermoelectric power.
OTHER
Energy Consumption - Total Estimated Energy per Capita, 1960-2001. Estimates for total, commercial sector, industrial sector, residential sector, and transportation sector per capita energy consumption for the United States.
Agriculture Census, 2002. The census provides comprehensive, uniform data about America's farms and farmers. American agriculture is counted, measured, priced, analyzed, and reported to provide the facts needed by farmers and ranchers, agribusiness, policymakers, farm organizations, and State and local agencies.
Ecoregions - Bailey. Bailey's Ecoregions and Subregions of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands: Ecoregions defined by common climatic and vegetation characteristics, shown as domains, divisions, provinces and sections.
Ecoregions - Omernik. Omernik's Level III Ecoregions of the Continental United States: Ecoregions as areas with generally similar ecosystems and with similar types, qualities, and quantities of environmental resources. Ecoregion boundaries were determined by examining patterns of vegetation, animal life, geology, soils, water quality, climate, and human land use, as well as other living and non-living ecosystem components.
Forest Cover Types: Forest cover information is derived from satellite images and data and is used for forest resources planning and analysis. Locate 25 classes of forests (such as Eastern Oak-Pine forests) are found in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Conterminous United States Land Cover 1992 – 200 Meter Resolution: Twenty-one classes of land cover, such as deciduous and evergreen forest, shrubland, orchards, cropland, quarries, and water, at a resolution of 200 meters. Land cover data are used for a wide variety of global, national, and regional applications, including global change research, environmental inventories, watershed management, and land use planning.
Land Cover Diversity: Six classes indicating relative land cover variety, where the darkest colors on the map indicate the greatest level of land cover diversity. TIFF image. Both natural and manmade land covers are considered when measuring diversity, and the intent is to map diversity over large areas. These data are used for a wide variety of national and regional applications, including watershed management, environmental inventories, and studies of biodiversity.
North American Land Cover Characteristics – 1 Kilometer Resolution: Twenty-five broad classes of land cover, such as urban areas, forests, and croplands, at a resolution of one kilometer. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) - This effort is part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Earth Observing System Pathfinder Program. The land cover information is drawn from Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data and results in a 1-km resolution global land cover characteristics database that is used for a wide range of environmental research and modeling applications, including watershed management, environmental inventories, and land management. The North American Land Cover Characteristics – 1 Kilometer Resolution map layer is an image showing the types of land cover found in North America, excluding Hawaii, the eastern part of Greenland, southern Mexico, and Central America. There are 25 classes of land cover, including urban and built-up land, cropland and pasture, shrubland, grassland, deciduous and evergreen forest, water, wetlands, and tundra.
National Fire Plan – Hazardous Fuels Reduction Program: The number of acres treated to reduce the risk of wildland fire, by county for fiscal year 2004 (October 2003 to September 2004). The National Fire Plan (NFP) was developed in August 2000, following a landmark wildland fire season, with the intent of actively responding to severe wildland fires while ensuring sufficient firefighting capacity for the future.
Federal Lands of the United States: Lands owned or administered by the Federal government. he Federal Lands of the United States map layer shows those lands owned or administered by the Federal Government, including the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and other agencies. Only areas of 640 acres or more are included. Descriptive information includes the name and type of the Federal land and the administering agency. There may be private inholdings within the boundaries of the Federal lands in this map layer.
Indian Lands of the United States: Areas administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Indian lands are areas with boundaries established by treaty, statute, and (or) executive or court order, recognized by the Federal Government as territory in which American Indian tribes have primary governmental authority. The Bureau of Indian Affairs is responsible for the administration and management of 55.7 million acres of land held in trust by the United States for American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives, and maintains a list of the 562 Federally recognized tribal governments.
MAP IMAGES
We've included dozens of high resolution map images in Acrobat PDF, Jpeg and TIFF formats. You can use these freely in your reports, presentations, papers - however you like - they are yours to do with as you wish with no restriction.
REPORTS
Department of Transportation Pandemic Flu Planning - Aviation, Highway/Motor Carrier, Maritime, Mass Transit, & Railroad Sub-Sector Pandemic Influenza Planning Guidelines (annexes). These 5 annexes are intended to assist the Transportation Sub-Sectors, and associated public and private sector businesses plan for a severe influenza pandemic. These Sector-specific guidelines are annexes to the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Guide for Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources developed by the Department of Homeland Security - also included on the Climate Change & Severe Weather Atlas DVD.
MAKE YOUR OWN MAPS
The beauty of having access to all of this geodata in shapefile format plus access to the free Learn2map GIS Tutorial and GIS program is that you can add the shapefiles (layers) together, combining them in various ways, and determine for yourself how climate change and severe weather might affect you, your community and those you love and care for. There are also several other free GIS programs that you can make use of.
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