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This data release contains data discussed in its larger work citation (Symstad et al., 2017, Climate Risk Management 17:78-91, Associated Item at right). "ClimateComparisonData.csv" contains summary metrics of six climate projections used as climate input for quantitative simulations of hydrologic and ecological responses to climate change at Wind Cave National Park (WCNP) and the same summary metrics for 38 other climate projections available at the time that these simulations were done. "HydroData.csv" contains mean annual streamflow of a stream in WCNP and mean annual hydraulic head of a subterranean lake in Wind Cave as simulated by the rainfall-response aquifer and watershed flow (RRAWFLOW) model for two climate...
Categories: Data;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: Custer County,
Ecology,
Forestry,
Hydrogeology,
South Dakota, All tags...
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Water Resources,
Wind Cave National Park,
biota,
effects of climate change,
environment,
fires,
forest ecosystems,
grassland ecosystems,
mathematical simulation,
natural resource management,
streamflow,
vegetation, Fewer tags
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This is a spatially-explicit state-and-transition simulation model of rangeland vegetation dynamics in southwest South Dakota. It was co-designed with resource management partners to support scenario planning for climate change adaptation. The study site encompasses part of multiple jurisdictions, including Badlands National Park, Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, and Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The model represents key vegetation types, grazing, exotic plants, fire, and the effects of climate and management on rangeland productivity and composition (i.e., distribution of ecological community phases). See Miller et al. (2017) for further details. The model was built using the ST-Sim software platform (www.apexrms.com/stsm)....
Categories: Data;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Badlands National Park,
Bison,
Buffalo Gap National Grassland,
Cattle,
Climate change, All tags...
Climatology,
Data Visualization & Tools,
Fire,
Grazing,
Invasive species,
Land Use Change,
Livestock,
North Central CASC,
Northern Great Plains,
Scenario planning,
Science Tools for Managers,
South Dakota,
State-and-transition simulation model,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Fewer tags
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The impacts of climate change (CC) on natural and cultural resources are far-reaching and complex. A major challenge facing resource managers is not knowing the exact timing and nature of those impacts. To confront this problem, scientists, adaptation specialists, and resource managers have begun to use scenario planning (SP). This structured process identifies a small set of scenarios—descriptions of potential future conditions that encompass the range of critical uncertainties—and uses them to inform planning. We reflect on a series of five recent participatory CC SP projects at four US National Park Service units and derive guidelines for using CC SP to support natural and cultural resource conservation. Specifically,...
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Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/WICA/NRTR—2014/918
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