Public Standard Forecast Zones

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identifier urn:wmo:md:ca-eccc-msc:1fb5ad1e-aa5b-468a-912f-950ca4f2c105
type dataset
created 2013-08-02T00:00:00Z
updated
title Public Standard Forecast Zones
description The Public Standard Forecast Zones layer is a collection of public program forecast location zone polygons that represents bounded measurable locations at the Public program Standard level. The public program standard level is used in most forecasts, warnings, watches, advisories and special weather statement. With the exception of the Manitoba Lakes, the layer is made up of mostly the land kind of polygons. The layer is made up of four depictions, cartographic detailed (with proper shorelines and high resolution polygons), cartographic coarse (with generalized shorelines and low resolution polygons), digital exaggerated (with exaggerated shorelines and low resolution polygons) and the hybrid (mix of cartographic detail and exaggerated). The digital layer (exaggerated) is a collection of polygons where shoreline boundaries are stretched offshore for the land polygons and inland for the water polygons. In this "Exaggerated" layer, the boundaries are made smooth to reduce the number of polygon vertices. Boundaries of the forecast regions of this hybrid set are derived from the polygon boundaries of both the exaggerated digital, and the cartographic detailed set. Polygon boundaries along the shoreline of this set follow the exaggerated boundaries while the inland boundaries follow the detailed lines. The Public Standard Forecast Zones layer is presented in the polygon package in two coordinate systems, "Projected" (Lambert Conformal Conic) and "Unprojected" (Geographical Coordinated System).
wmo:dataPolicy core
keywords
  • Polygons
  • Boundaries
  • Shapes
  • Forecast zones
  • Forecast sites
  • Forecast locations
  • Shape files
  • Locations
  • CLC
  • Public program
  • Standard level
  • Weather and Climate
  • National (CA)
  • Geography
themes concepts: id: Weather forecasts
id: Weather warnings
id: Geographic data
id: Boundaries

scheme: https://canada.multites.net/cst/EAEAD1E6-7DD2-4997-BE7F-40BFB1CBE8A2/CST20230912.rdf
concepts: id: weather

scheme: https://codes.wmo.int/wis/topic-hierarchy/earth-system-discipline
contacts addresses: deliveryPoint: 77 Westmorland Street, suite 260
city: Fredericton
administrativeArea: New Brunswick
postalCode: E3B 6Z4
country: Canada

roles: host
organization: Government of Canada; Environment and Climate Change Canada; Meteorological Service of Canada
name: National Inquiry Response Team / Équipe nationale de réponse des demandes du public
position: National Inquiry Response Team
hoursOfService: 0700h - 1500h EST
contactInstructions: email
phones: value: +18199972800

emails: value: ECWeather-Meteo@ec.gc.ca

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href: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change.html

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