Name: Average Annual Temperature: Absolute Change (°C)
Display Field:
Type: Raster Layer
Geometry Type: null
Description: Historical and future precipitation and temperature data are ensemble mean values across 20 global climate models from the CMIP5 experiment [Taylor et al., 2012], downscaled to a 4km grid. For more information on the downscaling method and to access the data, please see Abatzoglou and Brown, [2012] and http://maca.northwestknowledge.net/. We used the MACAv2-Metdata monthly dataset. Monthly precipitation values were summed over the season of interest (annual or winter). Average temperature values were calculated as the mean of monthly minimum and maximum air temperature values, averaged over the season of interest. We used the time period 1975-2005 to represent the historical period and 2071-2090 under scenario representative concentration pathway (RCP) 8.5 to represent the 2080s.
For more information, refer to metadata: https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/AWAE/projects/NFS-regional-climate-change-maps/downloads/NationalForestClimateChangeMapsMetadata.pdf
Copyright Text: Lute, A., & Luce, C. H. (2017, April 5). National Forest Climate Change Maps: Your Guide to the Future. Retrieved July 1, 2017, from https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/AWAE/projects/national-forest-climate-change-maps.html
Name: Average Annual Precipitation: Percent Change
Display Field:
Type: Raster Layer
Geometry Type: null
Description: Historical and future precipitation and temperature data are ensemble mean values across 20 global climate models from the CMIP5 experiment [Taylor et al., 2012], downscaled to a 4km grid. For more information on the downscaling method and to access the data, please see Abatzoglou and Brown, [2012] and http://maca.northwestknowledge.net/. We used the MACAv2-Metdata monthly dataset. Monthly precipitation values were summed over the season of interest (annual or winter). Average temperature values were calculated as the mean of monthly minimum and maximum air temperature values, averaged over the season of interest. We used the time period 1975-2005 to represent the historical period and 2071-2090 under scenario representative concentration pathway (RCP) 8.5 to represent the 2080s.
For more information, refer to metadata: https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/AWAE/projects/NFS-regional-climate-change-maps/downloads/NationalForestClimateChangeMapsMetadata.pdf
Copyright Text: Lute, A., & Luce, C. H. (2017, April 5). National Forest Climate Change Maps: Your Guide to the Future. Retrieved July 1, 2017, from https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/AWAE/projects/national-forest-climate-change-maps.html
Description: April 1 SWE and snow residence time were modeled using the spatial analog models of Luce et al., [2014] (see also Lute and Luce, in review). These models are built on precipitation and snow data from Snowpack Telemetry (SNOTEL) stations across the western United States and temperature data from the TopoWx dataset [Oyler et al., 2014]. To simulate historical and future gridded snow, the models ingest gridded winter cumulative precipitation and winter average temperature (from the MACAv2-Metdata dataset described above). While the snow models have been rigorously validated [Lute and Luce, in review], their application to gridded climate model data has not been evaluated.
For more information, refer to metadata: https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/AWAE/projects/NFS-regional-climate-change-maps/downloads/NationalForestClimateChangeMapsMetadata.pdf
Copyright Text: Lute, A., & Luce, C. H. (2017, April 5). National Forest Climate Change Maps: Your Guide to the Future. Retrieved July 1, 2017, from https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/AWAE/projects/national-forest-climate-change-maps.html
Name: Snow Water Equivalent (April 1): Percent Change
Display Field:
Type: Raster Layer
Geometry Type: null
Description: April 1 SWE and snow residence time were modeled using the spatial analog models of Luce et al., [2014] (see also Lute and Luce, in review). These models are built on precipitation and snow data from Snowpack Telemetry (SNOTEL) stations across the western United States and temperature data from the TopoWx dataset [Oyler et al., 2014]. To simulate historical and future gridded snow, the models ingest gridded winter cumulative precipitation and winter average temperature (from the MACAv2-Metdata dataset described above). While the snow models have been rigorously validated [Lute and Luce, in review], their application to gridded climate model data has not been evaluated.
For more information, refer to metadata: https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/AWAE/projects/NFS-regional-climate-change-maps/downloads/NationalForestClimateChangeMapsMetadata.pdf
Copyright Text: Lute, A., & Luce, C. H. (2017, April 5). National Forest Climate Change Maps: Your Guide to the Future. Retrieved July 1, 2017, from https://www.fs.fed.us/rm/boise/AWAE/projects/national-forest-climate-change-maps.html