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LCZO -- Precipitation, GIS/Map Data -- Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico -- (2014-2014)


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Abstract

These geospatial data sets were developed as part of a new analysis of all known current and historical rain gages in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico published in the journal article Murphy, S.F., Stallard, R.F., Scholl, M.A., Gonzalez, G., and Torres-Sanchez, A.J., 2017, Reassessing rainfall in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico: Local and global ecohydrological implications: PLOS One 12(7): e0180987, p. 1-26, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180987. That article provides a revised map of mean annual precipitation developed using elevation regression functions and residual interpolation, and that map is presented here in a raster file. Most previous forest- and watershed-wide estimates of precipitation (and evapotranspiration, as inferred by a water balance) have assumed that precipitation increases consistently with elevation in the Luquillo Mountains; therefore, precipitation in leeward Luquillo watersheds has been overestimated by up to 40%.Because the Luquillo Mountains often serve as a wet tropical archetype in global assessments of basic ecohydrological processes, these revised estimates are relevant to regional and global assessments of runoff efficiency, hydrologic effects of reforestation, geomorphic processes, and climate change.

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Coverage

Spatial

Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
Place/Area Name:
Northeastern Puerto Rico and the Luquillo Mountains, Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico
North Latitude
18.3610°
East Longitude
-65.6921°
South Latitude
18.2267°
West Longitude
-65.8514°

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LCZO -- Precipitation, GIS/Map Data -- Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico -- (2014)


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Description/Abstract

These geospatial data sets were developed as part of a new analysis of all known current and historical rain gages in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico published in the journal article Murphy, S.F., Stallard, R.F., Scholl, M.A., Gonzalez, G., and Torres-Sanchez, A.J., 2017, Reassessing rainfall in the Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico: Local and global ecohydrological implications: PLOS One 12(7): e0180987, p. 1-26, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180987. That article provides a revised map of mean annual precipitation developed using elevation regression functions and residual interpolation, and that map is presented here in a raster file. Most previous forest- and watershed-wide estimates of precipitation (and evapotranspiration, as inferred by a water balance) have assumed that precipitation increases consistently with elevation in the Luquillo Mountains; therefore, precipitation in leeward Luquillo watersheds has been overestimated by up to 40%.Because the Luquillo Mountains often serve as a wet tropical archetype in global assessments of basic ecohydrological processes, these revised estimates are relevant to regional and global assessments of runoff efficiency, hydrologic effects of reforestation, geomorphic processes, and climate change.

Creator/Author

Murphy, S.F.|Stallard, R.F.|Scholl, M.A.|Gonzalez, Grizelle|Torres-Sanchez, Angel

CZOs

Luquillo

Contact

Sheila Murphy Research Hydrologist U.S. Geological Survey 3215 Marine St., Suite E-127 Boulder, CO 80303

Subtitle

Geospatial data for mean annual precipitation




SUBJECTS

Disciplines

Climatology / Meteorology|GIS / Remote Sensing

Topics

Precipitation|GIS/Map Data

Keywords

Climatology|Water Resources

Variables

Mean annual precipitation|elevation|watershed outlines|rain gage locations

Variables ODM2

Elevation|Precipitation|Watershed deliniation




TEMPORAL

Date Start

2014-01-01

Date End

2014-12-31




SPATIAL

Field Areas

Northeastern Puerto Rico and the Luquillo Mountains

Location

Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico

North latitude

18.361

South latitude

18.2267

West longitude

-65.8514

East longitude

-65.6921




REFERENCE

Citation

Murphy, S.F., Stallard, R.F., Scholl, M.A., González, Grizelle, and Torres-Sánchez, Angel, 2017, Geospatial data for Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico: Mean annual precipitation, elevation, watershed outlines, and rain gage locations: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F74F1PM2.

CZO ID

6118



Additional Metadata

Name Value
czos Luquillo
czo_id 6118
citation Murphy, S.F., Stallard, R.F., Scholl, M.A., González, Grizelle, and Torres-Sánchez, Angel, 2017, Geospatial data for Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico: Mean annual precipitation, elevation, watershed outlines, and rain gage locations: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F74F1PM2.
keywords Climatology, Water Resources
subtitle Geospatial data for mean annual precipitation
variables Mean annual precipitation, elevation, watershed outlines, rain gage locations
disciplines Climatology / Meteorology, GIS / Remote Sensing

How to Cite

Murphy, S., R. Stallard, M. Scholl, G. Gonzalez, A. Torres-Sanchez (2019). LCZO -- Precipitation, GIS/Map Data -- Luquillo Mountains, Puerto Rico -- (2014-2014), HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/717902cd669342dface45d9761490c26

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