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Service Description: Climate change is projected to alter the flow regimes of streams and rivers, with consequences for physical processes, aquatic organisms, and water resource management. To study these hydrologic changes, we have developed a database of flow metrics for streams in the western US under historical conditions and climate change scenarios. These are based on daily simulations of the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) macroscale hydrologic model produced by the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group. The US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station used these model outputs to calculate a set of summary flow metrics to describe key attributes of the flow regime for each stream segment in the 1:100,000 scale National Hydrography Dataset (NHDPlus version 2, September 2012 snapshot) in the western US. Datasets are available for the historical period (1977-2006), the 2040s, and the 2080s. Future datasets (2040s and 2080s) are based on the ensemble mean of ten global climate models associated with the A1B emissions scenario. Please see the User Guide for more information and important caveats on appropriate use. https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/AWAE/projects/modeled_stream_flow_metrics.shtml
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Description: Climate change is projected to alter the flow regimes of streams and rivers, with consequences for physical processes, aquatic organisms, and water resource management. To study these hydrologic changes, we have developed a database of flow metrics for streams in the western US under historical conditions and climate change scenarios. These are based on daily simulations of the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) macroscale hydrologic model produced by the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group. The US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station used these model outputs to calculate a set of summary flow metrics to describe key attributes of the flow regime for each stream segment in the 1:100,000 scale National Hydrography Dataset (NHDPlus version 2, September 2012 snapshot) in the western US. Datasets are available for the historical period (1977-2006), the 2040s, and the 2080s. Future datasets (2040s and 2080s) are based on the ensemble mean of ten global climate models associated with the A1B emissions scenario. Please see the User Guide for more information and important caveats on appropriate use. https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/AWAE/projects/modeled_stream_flow_metrics.shtml
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Title: U.S. Historical Stream Flow Metrics
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Comments: Climate change is projected to alter the flow regimes of streams and rivers, with consequences for physical processes, aquatic organisms, and water resource management. To study these hydrologic changes, we have developed a database of flow metrics for streams in the western US under historical conditions and climate change scenarios. These are based on daily simulations of the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) macroscale hydrologic model produced by the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group. The US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station used these model outputs to calculate a set of summary flow metrics to describe key attributes of the flow regime for each stream segment in the 1:100,000 scale National Hydrography Dataset (NHDPlus version 2, September 2012 snapshot) in the western US. Datasets are available for the historical period (1977-2006), the 2040s, and the 2080s. Future datasets (2040s and 2080s) are based on the ensemble mean of ten global climate models associated with the A1B emissions scenario. Please see the User Guide for more information and important caveats on appropriate use. https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/AWAE/projects/modeled_stream_flow_metrics.shtml
Subject: A dataset of historical modeled flow metrics for streams in major river basins of the U.S.
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Keywords: USDA Forest Service,USFS,Office of Sustainability and Climate,OSC,hydrology,streams,stream flow,variable infiltration capacity,VIC,national hydrography dataset,NHD
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