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Monthly timescale quick-flow runoff maps for the conterminous U.S., 1895-2017

This dataset includes 1km resolution monthly timescale estimates of the contributions to the quick-flow runoff component of the water budget over the time period from 1895-2017. These estimates were developed with a regression for surface runoff data generated from a USGS-developed hydrograph separation program (PART) run on streamflow data from 1301 gaged watersheds as a function of surficial geology type (USGS), precipitation (PRISM), slope (NHD), and soil hydraulic conductivity (STATSGO). The quantities for quick-flow runoff do not include inter-pixel transfers, so do not capture within-watershed variations due to such transfers such as downstream runoff accumulation, but rather represent the portion of the precipitation entering each cell that ultimately contributes to the quick-flow runoff component. Methods are fully described in an article in the Journal of Hydrology; this dataset will be updated with the complete article citation when available.

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Author(s) Meredith M Reitz orcid
Publication Date 2019
Beginning Date of Data 1895
Ending Date of Data 2017
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Y1RP02
Citation Reitz, M.M., 2019, Monthly timescale quick-flow runoff maps for the conterminous U.S., 1895-2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9Y1RP02.
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Metadata Date 2020-08-31
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