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A network of eight naturalized streamflow reconstructions for the Milk and St Mary Rivers spanning years 1017 – 1998 CE

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1017-10-01
End Date
1998-09-30

Citation

Martin, J.T., and Pederson, G.T., 2021, A network of eight naturalized streamflow reconstructions for the Milk and St Mary Rivers spanning years 1017 – 1998 CE: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P95HTCJM.

Summary

Paleohydrologic records provide a valuable perspective on the variability of streamflow and hydroclimate that is critical for water resource planning and placing present day and future conditions into a long-term context. Until now, key insights gained from streamflow reconstructions in the other river basins across the Western U.S. have been lacking in the Milk and St. Mary River Basin. Here we utilize a new database of naturalized streamflow records for the Milk and St. Mary Rivers and an expanded network of tree-ring records from the region to reconstruct streamflow at eight gaging locations located in the mountains, foothills, and plains reaches of the basins. The network of streamflow reconstructions presented here were generated [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Gregory T Pederson
Process Contact :
Gregory T Pederson
Originator :
Justin T Martin, Gregory T Pederson
Metadata Contact :
Gregory T Pederson
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Milk_Staint_Mary_Streamflow_Reconstructions_Metadata.xml
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Milk_Saint_Mary_Streamflow_Reconstructions.csv 1.51 MB text/csv

Purpose

The data were generated to provide annual water-year (Oct-Sep) streamflow values spanning a variable range of years over the 1017-1998 CE time frame for a network of eight water manager selected stream gages in the Milk and St. Mary Rivers. The data was specifically developed to be used in water management and drought planning work. For this project, the reconstructed annual naturalized (i.e. the affect of human modifications, irrigation, and diversions are accounted and adjusted for in the annual streamflow records) streamflow time series were disaggregated to daily flow estimates and used to drive RiverWare operatins models developed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to test current operational rules under periods of severe drought or high flow conditions.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/bis/bis_identifiers/itis_tsn_validSubspeciesFromSpecies doi:10.5066/P95HTCJM

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