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Downscaled Climate Projections for the Edwards Aquifer Region (EAR) using CMIP6 for the years 2015 – 2100
Global climate models (GCMs) are computationally intensive, physics-based research tools used to simulate the climate system. GCM can also be useful in applied research contexts with the use of statistical downscaling techniques. This collection of statistically downscaled climate projections includes 12 sets of SD-processed CMIP6 projections of daily high temperature, daily low temperature, and daily total precipitation across the Edwards Aquifer Region (EAR) in south central Texas. These sets of projections were created using six GCMs from the CMIP6 archive (EC-Earth3, INM-CM-4-8, INM-CM-5-0, KACE-1-0-G, KIOST-ESM, and MPI-ESM1-2-HR), each of which simulated 21st century climate responses for multiple future emissions scenarios. The CMIP6 GCMs simulated response under the shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) 2-4.5 and 5-8.5. The equi-distant quantile mapping method (EDQM) was used for statistical downscaling with the Daymet v. 4 as the observational data used for training. The resulting SD-processed projections are on a 1 km by 1 km grid covering the EAR in south central Texas (100.75 degress E to 97.5 degrees E, 28.75 degrees N to 30.50 degrees N). Both historical baseline files (1980-2014) and future projections (2015-2100) are provided. Applied researchers may explore aspects of potential changes in the EAR using these high resolution projections, including as inputs to additional modelling (e.g. hydrology modeling, crop modeling, etc.). This collection should not be considered comprehensive in spanning the entire scope of SD processed climate projections for the EAR. These climate projection data products are provided as is without any warranty and no agreement to support subsequent projects based on this dataset, beyond providing the data to public domain.
Author(s) |
Adrienne M. Wootten,
Hakan Başağoağlu |
Publication Date | 2024-09-27 |
Beginning Date of Data | 1980 |
Ending Date of Data | 2100 |
Data Contact | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.5066/P13NMKWU |
Citation | Wootten, A.M., and Başağoağlu, H., 2024, Downscaled Climate Projections for the Edwards Aquifer Region (EAR) using CMIP6 for the years 2015 – 2100: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P13NMKWU. |
Metadata Contact | |
Metadata Date | 2024-09-30 |
Related Publication | There was no related primary publication associated with this data release. |
Citations of these data | No citations of these data are known at this time. |
Access | public |
License | http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/ |
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