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1 Metadata File Point Sample Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: NOAA Coastal Services Center Publication_Date: Title: Atlantic Hurricane Locations (August 20-22, 2000) Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: spreadsheet Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Charleston, SC Publisher: NOAA Coastal Services Center Other_Citation_Details: This spreadsheet was created for purposes of training. Description: Abstract: This spreadsheet contains information about the hurricanes and tropical storms found in the Atlantic Ocean during the third week of August, Purpose: This data set was created to show how to create metadata. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: Ending_Date: Currentness_Reference: Ground Condition Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None Planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: East_Bounding_Coordinate: North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.2 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 15.2 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: Hurricanes Theme_Keyword: Hurricane Strength Theme_Keyword: Hurricane Tracking

2 Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean Place_Keyword: Southeast United States Place_Keyword: Cuba Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: This data is not to be used for any reason other than the interest of training. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Position: Metadata Specialist Postal_Code: Contact_Voice_Telephone: Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Data_Set_Credit: NOAA's National Hurricane Center Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Data_Quality_Information: Attribute_Accuracy: Attribute_Accuracy_Report: The attributes in this data were double checked against the source data. Logical_Consistency_Report: N/A Completeness_Report: This data was collected as a sample only. Only one position was taken per day and only three days of the entire hurricane season were recorded. By no means should this be construed as a complete hurricane history for the year Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy: Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: The source data was reported as being accurate to within 60 Nautical Miles. No processing to this data has lost any accuracy, thus the data is as accurate as its source. Lineage: Source_Information: Source_Citation: Citation_Information:

3 Originator: NOAA National Hurricane Center (NHC) Publication_Date: Unknown Title: NOAA National Hurricane Center (NHC) Year 2000 Hurricane Information Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: document Publication_Information: Publication_Place: Miami, FL Publisher: NOAA National Hurricane Center (NHC) Other_Citation_Details: This source was an archive of hurricane data. Online_Linkage: Type_of_Source_Media: online Source_Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: Source_Currentness_Reference: Publication Date Source_Citation_Abbreviation: nhc archive Source_Contribution: The document was used to populate the spreadsheet. Process_Step: Process_Description: The data was extracted from an.html document provided by the National Hurricane Center and recorded into a tabular format (MS Excel Spreadsheet). Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: nhc archive Process_Date: Process_Contact: Contact_Position: Metadata Specialist Postal_Code: Contact_Voice_Telephone: Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: csc@csc.noaa.gov

4 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Geographic: Latitude_Resolution:.1 Longitude_Resolution:.1 Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal Degrees Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: Hurricanes.xls Entity_Type_Definition: A spreadsheet detailing hurricane positions. Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined. Attribute_Label: date Attribute_Definition: The date of the sampling. Range_Domain_Minimum: Range_Domain_Maximum: Attribute_Label: hur_name Attribute_Definition: The name of the hurricane or tropical storm. Unrepresentable_Domain: This field represents the name of the hurricane. Attribute_Label: lat Attribute_Definition: The latitude value of the hurricane or tropical storm represented in Decimal Degrees. Range_Domain_Minimum: 15.2 Range_Domain_Maximum: 47.2 Attribute_Label: long Attribute_Definition: The longitude value of the hurricane or tropical storm represented in Decimal Degrees

5 Range_Domain_Minimum: Range_Domain_Maximum: Attribute_Label: max_sus Attribute_Definition: The maximum sustained wind speed of the hurricane or tropical storm represented in knots. Range_Domain_Minimum: 45 Range_Domain_Maximum: 85 Attribute_Label: scale Attribute_Definition: The present Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale for the hurricane. Zero represents a tropical storm. The numbers one through five correspond with the Saffir-Simpson scale. Codeset_Domain: Codeset_Name: Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale Codeset_Source: unknown Attribute_Label: direction Attribute_Definition: The direction of the hurricane for the particular day, presented in degrees. Range_Domain_Minimum: 0 Range_Domain_Maximum: 360 Distribution_Information: Distributor: Contact_Position: Clearinghouse Specialist

6 Postal_Code: Contact_Voice_Telephone: Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Distribution_Liability: Statement of the liability assumed by the distributor. Standard_Order_Process: Digital_Form: Digital_Transfer_Information: Format_Name:.xls (Microsoft Excel File) Digital_Transfer_Option: Online_Option: Computer_ Fees: None Network_Address: Network_Resource_Name: ftp://ftp.csc.noaa.gov/pub/metadata/class/hurricane.xls Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: Metadata_Review_Date: Metadata_Contact: Contact_Position: Metadata Specialist Postal_Code: Contact_Voice_Telephone: Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Contents Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (CSDGM) Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD

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