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      gov.noaa.ncdc:C00313
    </datsetid>
    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>
          National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
        </origin>
        <pubdate>
          Unknown
        </pubdate>
        <title>
          Hourly Precipitation Data (DSI-3240)
        </title>
        <geoform>
          tabular digital data
        </geoform>
        <onlink>
          http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/pls/plclimprod/cdomain.abbrev2id?datasetabbv=DS3240&amp;countryabbv=&amp;GEORegionabbv=&amp;Forceoutside=
        </onlink>
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          <linkage>
            http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/pls/plclimprod/cdomain.abbrev2id?datasetabbv=DS3240&amp;countryabbv=&amp;GEORegionabbv=&amp;Forceoutside=
          </linkage>
          <protocol>
            http
          </protocol>
          <applicationProfile>
            browser
          </applicationProfile>
          <name>
            NOAA National Data Center (NNDC) Climate Data Online
          </name>
          <description>
            More information and pricing for this dataset
          </description>
          <function>
            information
          </function>
        </CI_OnlineResource>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>
        Hourly Precipitation Data (HPD) is digital data set DSI-3240, archived 
at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The primary source of data for 
this file is approximately 5,500 US National Weather Service (NWS), Federal 
Aviation Administration (FAA), and cooperative observer stations in the United 
States of America, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and various Pacific 
islands. The earliest data dates vary considerably by state and region: Maine, 
Pennsylvania, and Texas have data since 1900. The western Pacific region that 
includes Guam, American Samoa, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau have 
data since 1978. Other states and regions have earliest dates between those 
extremes. The latest data in all states and regions is from the present day. 
The major parameter in DSI-3240 is precipitation amounts, which are 
measurements of hourly or daily precipitation accumulation. Accumulation was 
for longer periods of time if for any reason the rain gauge was out of service 
or no observer was present.
      </abstract>
      <purpose>
        To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the 
public.
      </purpose>
      <supplinf>
        data set
      </supplinf>
      <noaainfo>
        <entry>
          C00313
        </entry>
        <sensor>
          AWS &gt; AUTOMATED WEATHER SYSTEM
        </sensor>
        <sensor>
          RAIN GAUGES
        </sensor>
        <source>
          METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
        </source>
        <center>
          National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
        </center>
        <nsurls>
          <moreinfo>
            http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo/3240doc.txt
          </moreinfo>
          <preview>
            http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo/3240nam.txt
          </preview>
          <obtain>
            http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/pls/plclimprod/cdomain.abbrev2id?datasetabbv=DS3240
          </obtain>
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    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <rngdates>
          <begdate>
            19000101
          </begdate>
          <enddate>
            Present
          </enddate>
        </rngdates>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>
        Ground Condition
      </current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>
        Complete
      </progress>
      <update>
        As Needed
      </update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>
          130.0
        </westbc>
        <eastbc>
          -60.0
        </eastbc>
        <northbc>
          72.0
        </northbc>
        <southbc>
          -15.0
        </southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>
          ISO 19115 Topic Category
        </themekt>
        <themekey>
          climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          004
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          elevation
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          006
        </themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>
          GCMD Sciences Keyword Valids
        </themekt>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; ALTITUDE &gt; STATION HEIGHT
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; PRECIPITATION &gt; PRECIPITATION AMOUNT
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; PRECIPITATION &gt; PRECIPITATION RATE
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; PRECIPITATION &gt; RAIN
        </themekey>
        <themekey>
          EARTH SCIENCE &gt; ATMOSPHERE &gt; PRECIPITATION &gt; LIQUID WATER EQUIVALENT
        </themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>
          GCMD Location Valids
        </placekt>
        <placekey>
          POLAR
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          MID-LATITUDE
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          EQUATORIAL
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          NORTH AMERICA
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          PUERTO RICO
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          VIRGIN ISLANDS
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          GUAM
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          AMERICAN SAMOA
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          MARSHALL ISLANDS
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          MICRONESIA
        </placekey>
        <placekey>
          PALAU
        </placekey>
      </place>
      <stratum>
        <stratkt>
          GCMD Location Valids
        </stratkt>
        <stratkey>
          LAND SURFACE
        </stratkey>
      </stratum>
    </keywords>
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      <platflnm>
        METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
      </platflnm>
      <instflnm>
        AUTOMATED WEATHER SYSTEM
      </instflnm>
      <instshnm>
        AWS
      </instshnm>
    </plainsid>
    <plainsid>
      <platflnm>
        METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS
      </platflnm>
      <instflnm>
        RAIN GAUGES
      </instflnm>
    </plainsid>
    <bandidnt>
      <numbands>
        1
      </numbands>
    </bandidnt>
    <accconst>
      None
    </accconst>
    <useconst>
      None
    </useconst>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>
            National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
          </cntorg>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntpos>
          Customer Services Branch
        </cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>
            Mailing and physical
          </addrtype>
          <address>
            151 Patton Avenue
          </address>
          <city>
            Asheville
          </city>
          <state>
            North Carolina
          </state>
          <postal>
            28801-5001
          </postal>
          <country>
            USA
          </country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>
          828-271-4800
        </cntvoice>
        <cnttdd>
          828-271-4010
        </cnttdd>
        <cntfax>
          828-271-4876
        </cntfax>
        <cntemail>
          ncdc.orders@noaa.gov
        </cntemail>
        <hours>
          8:00 - 6:00 Eastern
        </hours>
        <cntinst>
          http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/about/ncdcordering.html
        </cntinst>
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    </ptcontac>
    <browse>
      <browsen>
        http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo/3240nam.txt
      </browsen>
      <browsed>
        NCDC Climate Data Online. Space delimited data sample, with station names.
      </browsed>
      <browset>
        Space delimited text
      </browset>
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  <dataqual>
    <attracc>
      <attraccr>
        Not provided
      </attraccr>
    </attracc>
    <logic>
      Unknown
    </logic>
    <complete>
      Completeness information not available.
    </complete>
    <lineage>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>
          Not derived from another source.
        </procdesc>
        <procdate>
          Unknown
        </procdate>
      </procstep>
    </lineage>
  </dataqual>
  <eainfo>
    <overview>
      <eaover>
        http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo/3240doc.txt
      </eaover>
      <eadetcit>
        None
      </eadetcit>
    </overview>
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  <distinfo>
    <distrib>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>
            National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
          </cntorg>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntpos>
          Customer Services Branch
        </cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>
            Mailing and physical
          </addrtype>
          <address>
            151 Patton Avenue
          </address>
          <address>
            Room 468
          </address>
          <city>
            Asheville
          </city>
          <state>
            North Carolina
          </state>
          <postal>
            28801-5001
          </postal>
          <country>
            USA
          </country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>
          828-271-4800
        </cntvoice>
        <cnttdd>
          828-271-4010
        </cnttdd>
        <cntfax>
          828-271-4876
        </cntfax>
        <cntemail>
          ncdc.orders@noaa.gov
        </cntemail>
        <hours>
          8:00 - 6:00 Eastern
        </hours>
        <cntinst>
          http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/about/ncdcordering.html
        </cntinst>
      </cntinfo>
    </distrib>
    <resdesc>
      DSI-3240
    </resdesc>
    <distliab>
      Every effort has been made to ensure that these data are accurate and 
reliable within the limits of current NOAA quality control procedures. NOAA can 
only certify that the data provided to its customers is an authentic copy of the 
records which were accepted for inclusion in NOAA archives. NOAA cannot assume 
liability for any damages caused by any errors or omissions in the data, nor as 
a result of the failure of the data to function on a particular system. NOAA 
makes no warranty, expressed or implied, nor does the fact of distribution 
constitute such a warranty.
    </distliab>
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            ASCII text
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                  http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/pls/plclimprod/cdomain.abbrev2id?datasetabbv=DS3240
                </networkr>
                <CI_OnlineResource>
                  <linkage>
                    http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/pls/plclimprod/cdomain.abbrev2id?datasetabbv=DS3240
                  </linkage>
                  <protocol>
                    http
                  </protocol>
                  <applicationProfile>
                    browser
                  </applicationProfile>
                  <name>
                    NOAA National Data Center (NNDC) Online Store
                  </name>
                  <description>
                    Online ordering with pricing for this Data Set.
                  </description>
                  <function>
                    order
                  </function>
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              </networka>
            </computer>
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      <digform>
        <digtinfo>
          <formname>
            ArcIMS
          </formname>
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        <digtopt>
          <onlinopt>
            <computer>
              <networka>
                <networkr>
                  http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/website/ims-cdo/preciphr/
                </networkr>
                <CI_OnlineResource>
                  <linkage>
                    http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/website/ims-cdo/preciphr/
                  </linkage>
                  <protocol>
                    http
                  </protocol>
                  <name>
                    NCDC Climate Data Online -Precipitation Data, Hourly
                  </name>
                  <description>
                    Map / Data Access Sevice
                  </description>
                  <function>
                    search
                  </function>
                </CI_OnlineResource>
              </networka>
            </computer>
          </onlinopt>
        </digtopt>
      </digform>
      <digform>
        <digtinfo>
          <formname>
            Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS)
          </formname>
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        <digtopt>
          <onlinopt>
            <computer>
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                  http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap?version=1.0.0&amp;service=WMS&amp;request=getcapabilities&amp;ServiceName=WMS_preciphr
                </networkr>
                <CI_OnlineResource>
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                    http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/wmsconnector/com.esri.wms.Esrimap?version=1.0.0&amp;service=WMS&amp;request=getcapabilities&amp;ServiceName=WMS_preciphr
                  </linkage>
                  <protocol>
                    http
                  </protocol>
                  <name>
                    NCDC WMS Connector -Precipitation Data, Hourly
                  </name>
                  <description>
                    ESRIMAP file
                  </description>
                  <function>
                    download
                  </function>
                </CI_OnlineResource>
              </networka>
            </computer>
          </onlinopt>
        </digtopt>
      </digform>
      <digform>
        <digtinfo>
          <formname>
            Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS)
          </formname>
        </digtinfo>
        <digtopt>
          <onlinopt>
            <computer>
              <networka>
                <networkr>
                  http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/wfsconnector/com.esri.wfs.Esrimap/WFS_preciphr?request=getcapabilities&amp;service=WFS&amp;version=1.0.0
                </networkr>
                <CI_OnlineResource>
                  <linkage>
                    http://gis.ncdc.noaa.gov/wfsconnector/com.esri.wfs.Esrimap/WFS_preciphr?request=getcapabilities&amp;service=WFS&amp;version=1.0.0
                  </linkage>
                  <protocol>
                    http
                  </protocol>
                  <name>
                    ESRI Basic Web Feature Service
                  </name>
                  <description>
                    This is an OGC compliant MapService. The engine used to serve this MapService is ArcIMS
                  </description>
                  <function>
                    information
                  </function>
                </CI_OnlineResource>
              </networka>
            </computer>
          </onlinopt>
        </digtopt>
      </digform>
      <fees>
        Pricing is dependent on customer order specifications. Please contact NCDC for 
information on fees and terms for retreiving the Data Set or Product.
      </fees>
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    <metd>
      20071023
    </metd>
    <metrd>
      20060627
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          <cntorg>
            National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce
          </cntorg>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntpos>
          Customer Services Branch
        </cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>
            Mailing and physical
          </addrtype>
          <address>
            151 Patton Avenue
          </address>
          <address>
            Room 468
          </address>
          <city>
            Asheville
          </city>
          <state>
            North Carolina
          </state>
          <postal>
            28801-5001
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          <country>
            USA
          </country>
        </cntaddr>
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          828-271-4800
        </cntvoice>
        <cnttdd>
          828-271-4010
        </cnttdd>
        <cntfax>
          828-271-4876
        </cntfax>
        <cntemail>
          ncdc.metadata@noaa.gov
        </cntemail>
        <hours>
          8:00 - 6:00 Eastern
        </hours>
      </cntinfo>
    </metc>
    <metstdn>
      Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata
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    <metstdv>
      FGDC-STD-012-2002
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        http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/metadata/extensions/local_extensions.html
      </onlink>
      <metprof>
        NGDC Extensions to FGDC Metadata
      </metprof>
    </metextns>
    <metextns>
      <onlink>
        http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/csdgm_rs_ex/MetadataRemoteSensingExtens.pdf
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      <onlink>
        http://www.fgdc.gov/standards/projects/FGDC-standards-projects/csdgm_rs_ex/remote-sensing-metadata
      </onlink>
      <metprof>
        Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata: Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata, FGDC-STD-012-2002
      </metprof>
    </metextns>
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      <onlink>
        http://www.eis.noaa.gov/fgdc/fgdcleg.html
      </onlink>
      <metprof>
        NOAA Supplemental Information in Description (NOAA legacy extension to FGDC)
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