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Reports and Papers

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2008 DiLuzio, M., G.L. Johnson, C. Daly, J.K. Eischeid, and J.G. Arnold. 2008. Constructing retrospective gridded daily precipitation and temperature datasets for the conterminous United States. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 47: 475-497 PDF
2008 Daly, C., Halbleib, M., Smith, J.I., Gibson, W.P., Doggett, M.K., Taylor, G.H., Curtis, J., and Pasteris, P.A. 2008. Physiographically-sensitive mapping of temperature and precipitation across the conterminous United States. International Journal of Climatology, DOI: 10.1002/joc.1688. PDF
2007 Daly, C., J.I. Smith, and R. McKane. 2007. High-resolution spatial modeling of daily weather elements for a catchment in the Oregon Cascade Mountains, United States. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 46:1565-1586. PDF
2007 Daly, C., W.P. Gibson, G.H. Taylor, M.K. Doggett, and J.I. Smith. 2007. Observer bias in daily precipitation measurements at United States Cooperative network stations. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88:899-912 PDF
2006 Nolin, A.W., and C. Daly. 2006. Mapping "at risk" snow in the Pacific Northwest. Journal of Hydrometeorology, Vol 7: 1164-1171. PDF
2006 Daly, C. 2006. Guidelines for assessing the suitability of spatial climate data sets. Int. J. Climatol. Vol 26: 707-721 PDF
2005 Daly C., K. Redmond, W. Gibson, M. Doggett, J. Smith, and G. Taylor, P. Pasteris and G. Johnson 2005. Opportunities for improvements in the quality control of climate observations. 15th AMS Conf. on Applied Climatology, Amer. Meteorological Soc., Savannah, GA, June 20-23, 2005. Paper J3.9 PDF
2005 James J. Simpson, Gary L. Hufford, Christopher Daly, Jared S. Berg, and Michael D. Fleming. 2005. Comparing Maps of Mean Monthly Surface Temperature and Precipation for Alaska and Adjacent Areas of Canada Produced by Two Different Methods. ARCTIC, Vol. 58, No. 2 (June 2005) P. 137-161 PDF
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2004 Gibson, W.P., and Daly, C. 2004. Issues with mapping monthly winter precipitation in near real-time. Spatial Climate Analysis Service, Oregon State University, 28 June 2004. Web document. HTML
2004 Daly, C., Gibson, W.P., M. Doggett, J. Smith, and G. Taylor. 2004. Up-to-date monthly climate maps for the conterminous United States. Proc., 14th AMS Conf. on Applied Climatology, 84th AMS Annual Meeting Combined Preprints, Amer. Meteorological Soc., Seattle, WA, January 13-16, 2004, Paper P5.1, CD-ROM. PDF
2004 Daly, C., Gibson, W.P., M. Doggett, J. Smith, and G. Taylor. 2004. A probabilistic-spatial approach to the quality control of climate observations. Proc., 14th AMS Conf. on Applied Climatology, 84th AMS Annual Meeting Combined Preprints, Amer. Meteorological Soc., Seattle, WA, January 13-16, 2004, Paper 7.3, CD-ROM. PDF
2004 Gibson, W.P., C. Daly, M. Doggett, J. Smith, and G. Taylor. 2004. Application of a probabilistic spatial quality control system to daily temperature observations in Oregon. Proc., 14th AMS Conf. on Applied Climatology, 84th AMS Annual Meeting Combined Preprints, Amer. Meteorological Soc., Seattle, WA, January 13-16, 2004, Paper 4.4, CD-ROM. PDF
2004 Doggett, M., C. Daly, J. Smith, W. Gibson, G. Taylor, G. Johnson, and P. Pasteris. 2004. High-resolution 1971-2000 mean monthly temperature maps for the western United States. Proc., 14th AMS Conf. on Applied Climatology, 84th AMS Annual Meeting Combined Preprints, Amer. Meteorological Soc., Seattle, WA, January 13-16, 2004, Paper 4.3, CD-ROM. PDF
2004 Taylor, G.H., and C. Daly. 2004. Using PRISM climate grids and GIS for extreme precipitation mapping. Proc., 14th AMS Conf. on Applied Climatology, 84th AMS Annual Meeting Combined Preprints, Amer. Meteorological Soc., Seattle, WA, January 13-16, 2004, Paper 4.1, CD-ROM. PDF
2003 Daly, C., E.H. Helmer, and M. Quinones. 2003. Mapping the climate of Puerto Rico, Vieques, and Culebra. International Journal of Climatology, 23: 1359-1381. PDF
2002 Final Report to NOAA for 103-year datasets. DOC PDF
2002 Gibson, W.P., C. Daly, T. Kittel, D. Nychka, C. Johns, N. Rosenbloom, A. McNab, and G. Taylor. 2002. Development of a 103-year high-resolution climate data set for the conterminous United States. In: Proc., 13th AMS Conf. on Applied Climatology, Amer. Meteorological Soc., Portland, OR, May 13-16, 181-183. PDF
2002 Daly, C. 2002. Climate division normals derived from topographically-sensitive climate grids. In: Proc., 13th AMS Conf. on Applied Climatology, Amer. Meteorological Soc., Portland, OR, May 13-16, 177-180. PDF
2002 Daly, C., W. P. Gibson, G.H. Taylor, G. L. Johnson, P. Pasteris. 2002. A knowledge-based approach to the statistical mapping of climate. Climate Research, 22: 99-113. PDF
2002 Daly, C. Variable influence of terrain on precipitation patterns: Delineation and Use of Effective Terrain Height in PRISM. White Paper PDF
2002 Daly. C. 2002. A new effort to update precipitation frequency maps for the United States. In: Proc., 13th AMS Conf. on Applied Climatology, Amer. Meteorological Soc., Portland, OR, May 13-16, 197-198. PDF
2002 Johnson, G., J.Marron, C. Daly, G. Taylor, S, Hollinger, and J. Angel. 2002. Mapping erosive potential across the United States. In: Proc., 13th AMS Conf. on Applied Climatology, Amer. Meteorological Soc., Portland, OR, May 13-16, 199-204. PDF
2002 Smith, J., and C. Daly. 2002. Mapping the thermal climate of the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, Oregon. In: Proc., 13th AMS Conf. on Applied Climatology, Amer. Meteorological Soc., Portland, OR, May 13-16, 188-189. PDF
2001 Infilling sparse data. PDF
2000 Daly, C., W.P. Gibson, D. Hannaway, and G. Taylor. 2000. Development of new climate and plant adaptation maps for China. In: Proc., 12th AMS Conf. on Applied Climatology, Amer. Meteorological Soc., Asheville, NC, May 8-11, J62-65. PDF
2000 Daly, C., G.H. Taylor, W. P. Gibson, T.W. Parzybok, G. L. Johnson, P. Pasteris. 2001. High-quality spatial climate data sets for the United States and beyond. Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, 43: 1957-1962. PDF
1999 PRISM Guide Book. (2 Mb+) DOC PDF
1998 Natural Resource Conservation Service PRISM Briefing Book. HTML
1998 NRCS PRISM Briefing Sheet. HTML
1998 NRCS PRISM Fact Sheet. HTML
1998 PRISM one-page flyer. Contact us for a printed copy. JPG
1998 High-Quality Spatial Climate Datasets HTML PDF
1997 Parzybok, T., W. Gibson, C. Daly, and G. Taylor, 1997, Quality Assurance of Climatological Data for the VEMAP Project, 10th Conf. on Applied Climatology, Reno, NV, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 215-216. (Abstract) HTML PDF
1997 Gibson, W., C. Daly, and G. Taylor, 1997, Derivation of Facet Grids for Use with the PRISM Model, 10th Conf. on Applied Climatology, Reno, NV, Amer.Meteor. Soc., 208-209. HTML
Abstract
1997 Development of a Map of Landslide/Mudslide Potential for Western Oregon (Abstract) HTML PDF
1997 Daly, C., G. Taylor, and W. Gibson, 1997, The PRISM Approach to Mapping Precipitation and Temperature, 10th Conf. on Applied Climatology, Reno,NV, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 10-12. HTML PDF
1997 Taylor, G., C. Daly, W. Gibson, and J. Sibul-Weisburg, 1997, Digital and Map Products Produced Using PRISM, 10th Conf. on Applied Climatology, Reno, NV, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 217-218. HTML PDF
1997 Johnson, G.L., Daly, C., G. Taylor, C. L. Hanson, and Y. Lu, 1997, GEM Model Temperature and Precipitation Parameter Variablity, and Distribution Using PRISM, 10th Conf. on Applied Climatology, Reno, NV, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 210-214. PDF
1997 Kittel, T.G.F., et al, 1997, A Gridded Historical (1895-1993) Bioclimate Dataset for the Conterminous United States, 10th Conf. on Applied Climatology, Reno, NV, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 219-222. PDF
1996 Brief overview of the PRISM modeling system. HTML
1995 Taylor, G.H., C. Daly and W.P. Gibson, 1995, Development of a Model for Use in Estimating the Spatial Distribution of Precipitation, 9th Conf. on Applied Climatology, Dallas, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 92-93. PDF
1994 Daly, C., R.P. Neilson, and D.L. Phillips, 1994: A Statistical-Topographic Model for Mapping Climatological Precipitation over Mountanious Terrain. J. Appl. Meteor., 33, 140-158. PDF
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1993 Taylor, G.H., C. Daly and W.P. Gibson, 1993: Development of an Isohyetal Analysis for Oregon Using the PRISM Model, 8th Conf. on Applied Climatology, Anaheim, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 126-127. PDF
1993 Taylor, G.H., C. Daly and W.P. Gibson, 1993: Development of an Isohyetal Analysis for Oregon Using the PRISM Model. Engineering Hydrology : Proceedings of the Symposium, Chin Y. Kuo, Eds., American Society of Civil Engineers, NewYork, NY, 121-125 PDF
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