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	<idinfo>
		<citation>
			<citeinfo>
				<origin>Michael E. Wieczorek</origin>
				<origin>Andrew E. LaMotte</origin>
				<pubdate>2010</pubdate>
				<title>Attributes for MRB_E2RF1 Catchments by Major River Basins in the Conterminous United States: 30-Year Average Annual Precipitation, 1971-2000</title>
				<geoform>tabular digital data</geoform>
				<serinfo>
					<sername>Digital Data Series</sername>
					<issue>DS-491-29</issue>
				</serinfo>
				<pubinfo>
					<pubplace>Reston, Virginia</pubplace>
					<publish>U.S. Geological Survey</publish>
				</pubinfo>
				<onlink>http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?mrb_e2rf1_tmax30yr</onlink>
			</citeinfo>
		</citation>
		<descript>
			<abstract>This tabular data set represents the 30-year (1971-2000) catchment-average total annual precipitation in millimeters multiplied by 100 compiled for every MRB_E2RF1 catchment of selected Major River Basins (MRBs, Crawford and others, 2006). The source data were the United States Average Monthly or Annual Minimum Precipitation, 1971 - 2000 raster data set produced by the PRISM Group at Oregon State University. 

The MRB_E2RF1 catchments are based on a modified version of the Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) ERF1_2 and include enhancements to support national and regional-scale surface-water quality modeling (Nolan and others, 2002; Brakebill and others, 2011).

Data were compiled for every MRB_E2RF1 catchment for the conterminous United States covering New England and Mid-Atlantic (MRB1), South Atlantic-Gulf and Tennessee (MRB2), the Great Lakes, Ohio, Upper Mississippi, and Souris-Red-Rainy (MRB3), the Missouri (MRB4), the Lower Mississippi, Arkansas-White-Red, and Texas-Gulf (MRB5), the Rio Grande, Colorado, and the Great basin (MRB6), the Pacific Northwest (MRB7) river basins, and California (MRB8).</abstract>
			<purpose>This tabular data set was created and used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) specifically to estimate the 30-year (1971-2000) average annual maximum temperature in Celsius multiplied by 100 per watershed segment in the application of the national SPAtially Referenced Regression On Watershed attributes (SPARROW) model . The SPARROW model relates in-stream water-quality measurements to spatially referenced characteristics of watersheds, including contaminant sources and factors influencing terrestrial and stream transport. The model empirically estimates the origin and fate of contaminants in streams, and quantifies uncertainties in these estimates based on model coefficient error and unexplained variability in the observed data. For more information on the USGS SPARROW model please refer to: http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/sparrow/intro/intro.html</purpose>
		</descript>
		<timeperd>
			<timeinfo>
				<rngdates>
					<begdate>1971</begdate>
					<enddate>2000</enddate>
				</rngdates>
			</timeinfo>
			<current>publication date</current>
		</timeperd>
		<status>
			<progress>Complete</progress>
			<update>None planned</update>
		</status>
		<spdom>
			<bounding>
				<westbc>-127.910792</westbc>
				<eastbc>-65.327751</eastbc>
				<northbc>51.657387</northbc>
				<southbc>23.243486</southbc>
			</bounding>
		</spdom>
		<keywords>
			<theme>
				<themekt>None</themekt>
				<themekey>30-year average annual maximum temperature</themekey>
				<themekey>Inlandwaters</themekey>
				<themekey>MRB_E2RF1</themekey>
				<themekey>MRB_E2RF1WS</themekey>
				<themekey>Catchment</themekey>
				<themekey>NAWQA</themekey>
				<themekey>SPARROW</themekey>
			</theme>
			<place>
				<placekt>None</placekt>
				<placekey>Conterminous United States</placekey>
				<placekey>MRB</placekey>
				<placekey>Major River Basins</placekey>
				<placekey>MRB1</placekey>
				<placekey>NEMA</placekey>
				<placekey>New England and Mid-Atlantic</placekey>
				<placekey>MRB2</placekey>
				<placekey>SAGT</placekey>
				<placekey>South Atlantic-Gulf and Tennessee</placekey>
				<placekey>MRB3</placekey>
				<placekey>GLMR</placekey>
				<placekey>Great Lakes, Ohio, Upper Mississippi, and Souris-Red-Rainy</placekey>
				<placekey>MRB4</placekey>
				<placekey>MORI</placekey>
				<placekey>Missouri</placekey>
				<placekey>MRB5</placekey>
				<placekey>LMTG</placekey>
				<placekey>Lower Mississippi, Arkansas-White-Red, and Texas-Gulf</placekey>
				<placekey>MRB6</placekey>
				<placekey>COGB</placekey>
				<placekey>Rio Grande, Colorado, and Great Basin</placekey>
				<placekey>MRB7</placekey>
				<placekey>PANW</placekey>
				<placekey>Pacific Northwest</placekey>
				<placekey>MRB8</placekey>
				<placekey>CALI</placekey>
				<placekey>California</placekey>
			</place>
		</keywords>
		<accconst>None</accconst>
		<useconst>None</useconst>
		<ptcontac>
   <cntinfo>
    <cntperp>
     <cntper>Michael E. Wieczorek</cntper>
     <cntorg>U.S. Geological Survey</cntorg>
    </cntperp>
    <cntaddr>
     <addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
     <address>5522 Research Park Drive</address>
     <city>Baltimore</city>
     <state>MD</state>
     <postal>21228</postal>
     <country>USA</country>
    </cntaddr>
    <cntvoice>443-498-5550</cntvoice>
    <cntfax>443-498-5510</cntfax>
    <cntemail>mewieczo@usgs.gov</cntemail>
   </cntinfo>
  </ptcontac>
			<browse>
			<browsen>http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/browse/mrb_e2rf1_tmax30yr.jpg</browsen>
			<browsed>Illlustration of data set</browsed>
			<browset>JPG</browset>
		</browse>
		<native>Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850</native>
		<crossref>
			<citeinfo>
				<origin>Charles G. Crawford</origin>
				<origin>Pixie A. Hamilton</origin>
				<origin>Anne B. Hoos</origin>
				<pubdate>October 5, 2006</pubdate>
				<title>National Water-Quality Assessment Program--Modifications to the Status and Trends Network and Assessments of Streams and Rivers</title>
				<pubinfo>
					<pubplace>Reston, Virginia</pubplace>
					<publish>U.S. Geological Survey</publish>
				</pubinfo>
				<othercit>Prepared by Charlie Crawford, Pixie Hamilton, and Anne Hoos for a NAWQA National Liaison Meeting, Washington D.C., October 5, 2006</othercit>
				<onlink>http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/studies/mrb/mrb_factsheet.pdf</onlink>
			</citeinfo>
		</crossref>
	</idinfo>
	<dataqual>
		<logic>None</logic>
		<complete>None</complete>
		<lineage>
			<srcinfo>
				<srccite>
					<citeinfo>
						<origin>The PRISM Group at Oregon State University</origin>
						<pubdate>061206</pubdate>
						<title>United States Average Monthly or Annual Maximum Temperature, 1971 - 2000</title>
						<geoform>raster digital data</geoform>
						<pubinfo>
							<pubplace>Corvallis, Oregon, USA</pubplace>
							<publish>The PRISM Group at Oregon State University</publish>
						</pubinfo>
						<onlink>ftp://prism.oregonstate.edu//pub/prism/us_30s/grids/tmax/Normals/us_tmax_1971_2000.14.gz</onlink>
					</citeinfo>
				</srccite>
				<typesrc>online</typesrc>
				<srctime>
					<timeinfo>
						<sngdate>
							<caldate>2002</caldate>
						</sngdate>
					</timeinfo>
					<srccurr>ground condition</srccurr>
				</srctime>
				<srccitea>tmax30yr</srccitea>
				<srccontr>The source data provided climate information.</srccontr>
			</srcinfo>
			<srcinfo>
				<srccite>
					<citeinfo>
						<origin>Jacqueline V. Nolan</origin>
						<origin>John W. Brakebill</origin>
						<origin>Richard B. Alexander</origin>
						<origin>Gregory E. Schwarz</origin>
						<pubdate>Febuary 22, 2002</pubdate>
						<title>ERF1_2 -- Enhanced River Reach File 2.0</title>
						<geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
						<serinfo>
							<sername>USGS Open-File Report</sername>
							<issue>USGS Open-File Report 02-40</issue>
						</serinfo>
						<pubinfo>
							<pubplace>Reston, Virginia</pubplace>
							<publish>U.S. Geological Survey</publish>
						</pubinfo>
						<onlink>http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?erf1_2</onlink>
					</citeinfo>
				</srccite>
				<typesrc>online</typesrc>
				<srctime>
					<timeinfo>
						<sngdate>
							<caldate>2002</caldate>
						</sngdate>
					</timeinfo>
					<srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
				</srctime>
				<srccitea>ERF1_2</srccitea>
				<srccontr>The modified version of the source data provided a reach network to construct reach catchments for MRBs and subsequent processing (J.W. Brakebill, U.S. Geological Survey, written commun., 2008).</srccontr>
			</srcinfo>
						<srcinfo>
				<srccite>
					<citeinfo>
						<origin>John W. Brakebill</origin>
						<origin>Silvia E. Terziotti</origin>
						<pubdate>20110222</pubdate>
						<title>A Digital Hydrologic Network Supporting NAWQA MRB SPARROW Modeling--MRB_E2RF1WS</title>
						<geoform>raster digital data</geoform>
						<serinfo>
							<sername>General Information</sername>
							<issue>Web Only</issue>
						</serinfo>
						<pubinfo>
							<pubplace>Baltimore, MD</pubplace>
							<publish>U.S. Geological Survey</publish>
						</pubinfo>
						<onlink>http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/getspatial?mrb_e2rf1ws</onlink>
					</citeinfo>
				</srccite>
				<typesrc>online</typesrc>
				<srctime>
					<timeinfo>
						<sngdate>
							<caldate>2011</caldate>
						</sngdate>
					</timeinfo>
					<srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
				</srctime>
				<srccitea>MRB_E2RF1WS</srccitea>
				<srccontr>The source data provided reach catchments for MRBs and subsequent processing.</srccontr>
			</srcinfo>
			<procstep>
				<procdesc>1) Downloaded the 30-year average annual maximum temperature GRID from http://prism.oregonstate.edu/products/matrix.phtml?vartype=tmax&amp;view=data

2) Resampled the 30-year average annual maximum temperature GRID from 800 meter to 100 meters to match the resolution of the MRB_E2RF1WS catchment GRID received from USGS (John Brakebill, U.S. Geological Survey, written commun., 2008).

3) Summarized 30-year average annual maximum temperature by catchment using the ZONALMEAN command in GRID.

4) Exported results into a dbf file format.</procdesc>
				<procdate>2008</procdate>
			</procstep>
		</lineage>
	</dataqual>
	<eainfo>
		<detailed>
			<enttyp>
				<enttypl>
tmax30_rf1</enttypl>
				<enttypd>dbf tabular data</enttypd>
				<enttypds>ESRI</enttypds>
			</enttyp>
			<attr>
				<attrlabl>OID</attrlabl>
				<attrdef>Internal feature number.</attrdef>
				<attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
				<attrdomv>
					<udom>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
				</attrdomv>
			</attr>
			<attr>
				<attrlabl>RF1ID</attrlabl>
				<attrdef>Unique ID to relate to the item MRB_ID in the MRB_E2RF1WS catchment and MRB_E2RF1 reach coverages.</attrdef>
				<attrdefs>U.S. Geological Survey</attrdefs>
				<attrdomv>
					<udom>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
				</attrdomv>
			</attr>
			<attr>
				<attrlabl>TMAX30_MEA</attrlabl>
				<attrdef>30-year (1971-2000) average annual maximum temperature in Celsius multiplied by 100 for each catchment</attrdef>
				<attrdefs>U.S. Geological Survey</attrdefs>
				<attrdomv>
					<rdom>
						<rdommin>373.037</rdommin>
						<rdommax>2973.79</rdommax>
						<attrunit>Square meters</attrunit>
					</rdom>
				</attrdomv>
			</attr>
			<attr>
				<attrlabl>TMAX30_ARE</attrlabl>
				<attrdef>Area of catchment that source GRID covers in square meters</attrdef>
				<attrdefs>U.S. Geological Survey</attrdefs>
				<attrdomv>
					<rdom>
						<rdommin>0.0</rdommin>
						<rdommax>32914810000.0</rdommax>
						<attrunit>Square meters</attrunit>
					</rdom>
				</attrdomv>
			</attr>
			<attr>
				<attrlabl>BASIN_AREA</attrlabl>
				<attrdef>Area of catchment in square meters</attrdef>
				<attrdefs>U.S. Geological Survey</attrdefs>
				<attrdomv>
					<rdom>
						<rdommin>8100.0</rdommin>
						<rdommax>206651100000.0</rdommax>
						<attrunit>Square meters</attrunit>
					</rdom>
				</attrdomv>
			</attr>
			<attr>
				<attrlabl>NODATA_ARE</attrlabl>
				<attrdef>Area of catchment that source GRID does not cover in square meters</attrdef>
				<attrdefs>U.S. Geological Survey</attrdefs>
				<attrdomv>
					<rdom>
						<rdommin>0.0</rdommin>
						<rdommax>173736300000.0</rdommax>
						<attrunit>Square meters</attrunit>
					</rdom>
				</attrdomv>
			</attr>
			<attr>
				<attrlabl>COV_PERC</attrlabl>
				<attrdef>Percent of catchment that source GRID covers</attrdef>
				<attrdefs>U.S. Geological Survey</attrdefs>
				<attrdomv>
					<rdom>
						<rdommin>0.0</rdommin>
						<rdommax>100.0</rdommax>
						<attrunit>Percentage</attrunit>
					</rdom>
				</attrdomv>
			</attr>
		</detailed>
	</eainfo>
	<distinfo>
		<distrib>
			<cntinfo>
				<cntorgp>
					<cntorg>U.S. Geological Survey</cntorg>
				</cntorgp>
				<cntpos>Ask USGS -- Water Webserver Team</cntpos>
				<cntaddr>
					<addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
					<address>445 National Center</address>
					<city>Reston</city>
					<state>Virginia</state>
					<postal>20192</postal>
					<country>USA</country>
				</cntaddr>
				<cntvoice>1-888-275-8747 (1-888-ASK-USGS)</cntvoice>
				<cntemail>http://water.usgs.gov/user_feedback_form.html</cntemail>
			</cntinfo>
		</distrib>
		<resdesc>Downloadable Data</resdesc>
		<distliab>Although this dataset has been used by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the U.S. Geological Survey as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of these data, software, or related materials.

Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.</distliab>
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					<onlinopt>
						<computer>
							<networka>
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					<onlinopt>
						<computer>
							<networka>
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						<computer>
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					<onlinopt>
						<computer>
							<networka>
								<networkr>http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/dsdl/mrb_e2rf1_tmax30yr_mrb4.zip</networkr>
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						</computer>
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				<digtopt>
					<onlinopt>
						<computer>
							<networka>
								<networkr>http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/dsdl/mrb_e2rf1_tmax30yr_mrb5.zip</networkr>
							</networka>
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					<onlinopt>
						<computer>
							<networka>
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					<onlinopt>
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			<fees>None. This dataset is provided by the USGS as a public service.</fees>
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		<metd>20100817</metd>
		<metc>
			<cntinfo>
				<cntorgp>
					<cntorg>U.S. Geological Survey</cntorg>
				</cntorgp>
				<cntpos>Ask USGS -- Water Webserver Team</cntpos>
				<cntaddr>
					<addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
					<address>445 National Center</address>
					<city>Reston</city>
					<state>Virginia</state>
					<postal>20192</postal>
					<country>USA</country>
				</cntaddr>
				<cntvoice>1-888-275-8747 (1-888-ASK-USGS)</cntvoice>
				<cntemail>http://answers.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/gsanswers?pemail=h2oteam&amp;subject=GIS+Dataset+mrb_e2rf1_tmax30yr</cntemail>
			</cntinfo>
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		<metstdn>FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
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