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Predicted Temperature and Precipitation Values Derived from Modeled Localized Weather Regimes and Climate Change in the State of Massachusetts

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LeNoir, J.M., Najibi, N., and Steinschneider, S., 2023, Predicted temperature and precipitation values derived from modeled localized weather regimes and climate change in the state of Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9KTY3MS.

Summary

Predicted temperature and precipitation values were generated throughout the state of Massachusetts using a stochastic weather generator (SWG) model to develop various climate change scenarios (Steinschneider and Najibi, 2022a). This data release contains temperature and precipitation statistics (SWG_outputTable.csv) derived from the SWG model under the surface warming derived from the RCP 8.5 climate change emissions scenario at 30-year moving averages centered around 2030, 2050, 2070, 2090. During the climate modeling process, extreme precipitation values were also generated by scaling previously published intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) values from the NOAA Atlas 14 database (Perica and others, 2015) by a factor per degree expected [...]

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Point of Contact :
James M Lenoir
Originator :
James M Lenoir, Nasser Najibi, Scott Steinschneider
Metadata Contact :
James M Lenoir
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
New England Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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IDF_outputTable.csv 53.46 MB text/csv
SWG_outputTable.csv 142.63 KB text/csv
SWG_DataDictionary.csv 14.38 KB text/csv

Purpose

These data are used to communicate anticipated changes in temperature and precipitation considering changes in weather patterns throughout the state of Massachusetts. These data are hosted on the Massachusetts climate change clearinghouse webpage (https://resilientma-mapcenter-mass-eoeea.hub.arcgis.com/) and helps support climate resilience in Massachusetts.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9KTY3MS

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