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Dataset
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Title
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Average monthly and average annual heating and cooling degree
days data (base climatological
datasets) |
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Custodian
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Custodian
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Bureau of Meteorology
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Jurisdiction
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Australia
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Description
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Abstract
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Average monthly and annual heating and cooling degree days grids.
The grids
show the heating and cooling degree day values across Australia in the form of
two-dimensional array data.
The data is based on the standard 30-year period
1961-1990.
See LINEAGE below for more information. |
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Search Word(s)
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Gridded, spline, analyses, climatology, heating, cooling,
meteorology |
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Geographic Extent Names(s)
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Australia
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General Category
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Gridded climatological data |
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General Custodian Jurisdiction
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Australian Government
Australia
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Geographic Extent Polygon
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Not applicable
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Geographic Bounding Box
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See below
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North Bounding Latitude
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-8.950 |
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South Bounding Latitude
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-45.050 |
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East Bounding Longitude
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160.050 |
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West Bounding Longitude
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109.950 |
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Data Currency
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Beginning Date
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1961 |
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Ending Date
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1990 |
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Dataset Status
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Progress
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Completed
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Maintenance and
Update frequency
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Ongoing
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Access
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Stored Data Format
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Arc/Info grids - all Australia
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Available Format Type
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ASCII grid-point, Arc/Info grid Interchange (.e00),
Shapefiles.
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Access Constraint
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Please note that the copyright for any data supplied by
the Bureau of Meteorology is held in the Commonwealth of Australia and the
purchaser shall give acknowledgement of the source in reference to the data.
Apart from dealings under the Copyright Act 1968, the purchaser shall not
reproduce (electronically or otherwise), modify or supply (by sale or
otherwise) these data without written permission from the supplier. Please
contact us (see details below) for more information.
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Data Quality
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Lineage
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The Heating Degree Days (HDD) and Cooling Degree Days (CDD)
were based on daily temperature observations with each month having at least 25
records and no less than 15 years of data between 1961-1990
HDD and CDD are based on:
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the average daily temperature ((maximum daily temperature +
minimum daily temperature) / 2).
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the difference between the average temperature and the BASE
temperature. The BASE values used in this case are 12°C or 18°C for heating and
18°C or 24°C for cooling.
The gridded data were generated using the ANU (Australian
National University) 2-D Spline (surface fitting algorithm). The grid point
resolution of the data is 0.1 degrees (approximately 10km).
Approximately 350 stations were used in the analysis. All input station data underwent standard
quality control before analysis. |
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Positional Accuracy
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The observational (station) data on which the analyses
were based have an associated accuracy of the order of 0.01 degrees
(approximately 1km) or better.
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Attribute Accuracy
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Grid point data are post processed.
For more information
please contact us. |
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Logical Consistency
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Not applicable
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Completeness
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No missing data
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Contact Information
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Contact Organisation
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Bureau of Meteorology
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Contact Position
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NCC Information officer
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Mail Address
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PO BOX 1289, Melbourne 3001, Australia
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Locality
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State
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Victoria
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Country
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Australia
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Postcode
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3001
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Telephone
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(03) 9669 4082
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Facsimile
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(03) 9669 4515
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Electronic Mail
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webclim@bom.gov.au
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Metadata date
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Metadata date
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2004 |
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Additional Metadata
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Additional information available on request (see contact
above). |
