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Russian River Integrated Hydrologic Model (RRIHM): Solar Radiation Data from 1989-2017

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Publication Date
Start Date
1989
End Date
2017

Citation

Engott, J.A., Alzraiee, A.H., Ogle, S.E., and Adera, S.T., 2023, Russian River Integrated Hydrologic Model (RRIHM): Climate Data for 1990-2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9WQVKSS.

Summary

The Russian River Watershed (RRW) covers about 1,300 square miles (without Santa Rosa Plain) of urban, agricultural, and forested lands in northern Sonoma County and southern Mendocino County, California. Communities in the RRW depend on a combination of Russian River water and groundwater to meet their water-supply demands. Water is used primarily for agricultural irrigation, municipal and private wells supply, and commercial uses - such as for wineries and recreation. Annual rainfall in the RRW is highly variable, making it prone to droughts and flooding from atmospheric river events. In order to better understand surface-water and groundwater issues, the USGS is creating a Coupled Ground-Water and Surface-Water Flow Model (GSFLOW; [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Ayman H Alzraiee
Originator :
John A Engott, Ayman H Alzraiee, Sarah E Ogle, Saalem T Adera
Metadata Contact :
Sarah E Ogle
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
California Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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Monthly_solar_radiation.txt 917 Bytes text/plain
Solar Radiation.txt 462.38 KB text/plain

Purpose

Monthly mean solar radiation data were used to calibrate model parameters in the Russian River Integrated Hydrologic Model (RRIHM) as part of the project: Determining Water Availability in the Russian River Watershed.

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