<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:creator>Minnesota. Department of Natural Resources</dc:creator><dc:description>MNDNR processing of precipitation data gathered by a variety of entities over 30 year period, from . Data sources include National Weather Service, DNR Forestry, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, and others.</dc:description><dc:description>Climatic analyses and forecasting; hydrologic modeling; and forestry / agricultural analyses</dc:description><dc:description>Data is maintained and up-to-date. Time Period of Content Date indicates when the last major revisions were made. 300 to 1400 precipitation observers gathered data over 30 year period (seasonally varying), 1971-2000.</dc:description><dc:format>Files</dc:format><dc:identifier>atmos-1971-2000-mn-precip-avg</dc:identifier><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:rights>Public</dc:rights><dc:title>Normal Annual Precipitation Average, 1971-2000 [Minnesota]</dc:title><dc:type>Datasets</dc:type><dc:coverage>Minnesota</dc:coverage><dc:date>2003-07-01</dc:date><dc:contributor>Minnesota Geospatial Commons</dc:contributor></oai_dc:dc>