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Basin Characterization Model (BCMv8) for the Salton Sea Watershed - Monthly Historical (water years 1896-2023) Climate and Hydrology

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Publication Date
Start Date
1895-10-01
End Date
2023-09-30

Citation

Seymour, W. A., and Stern, M.A., 2024, Basin Characterization Model (BCMv8) for the Salton Sea Watershed - Monthly Historical (water years 1896-2023) Climate and Hydrology: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P14MZHGS.

Summary

This data release contains monthly 270-meter gridded Basin Characterization Model (BCMv8) climate inputs and hydrologic outputs for the Salton Sea Watershed, which crosses the international border into Mexico in the southern part of the basin. Downscaled gridded climate inputs (Daly et al., 2008) for the California portion of the BCM (Flint et al, 2021) include: precipitation (ppt), minimum temperature (tmn), maximum temperature (tmx), and potential evapotranspiration (pet). Historical climate data covering the Mexico portion of the watershed was unavailable. Climate data for the California portion of the watershed was regridded using regression techniques described in Flint & Flint (2012) to extend climate inputs into Mexico. Other [...]

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rch_SSWatershed_monthly.zip
“Salton Sea Watershed Monthly Recharge (water years 1896-2023)”
83.48 MB application/zip
SSWatershed_9120.zip
“Salton Sea Watershed BCM 30 Year Annual Averages (water years 1991-2020)”
35.59 MB application/zip
SSWatershed_8110.zip
“Salton Sea Watershed BCM 30 Year Annual Averages (water years 1981-2010)”
35.69 MB application/zip
tmn_SSWatershed_monthly.zip
“Salton Sea Watershed Temperature Minimum (water years 1896-2023)”
516.18 MB application/zip
run_SSWatershed_monthly.zip
“Salton Sea Watershed Monthly Runoff (water years 1896-2023)”
84.31 MB application/zip
aet_SSWatershed_monthly.zip
“Salton Sea Watershed Monthly Actual Evapotranspiration (water years 1896-2023)”
398.21 MB application/zip
str_SSWatershed_monthly.zip
“Salton Sea Watershed Monthly Soil Storage (water years 1896-2023)”
507.28 MB application/zip
pck_SSWatershed_monthly.zip
“Salton Sea Watershed Monthly Snowpack (water years 1896-2023)”
43.88 MB application/zip
cwd_SSWatershed_monthly.zip
“Salton Sea Watershed Monthly Climatic Water Deficit (water years 1896-2023)”
657.77 MB application/zip
SSWatershed_WY.zip
“Salton Sea Watershed BCM Water Year Files (1896-2023)”
418.76 MB application/zip
ppt_SSWatershed_monthly.zip
“Salton Sea Watershed Monthly Precipitation (water years 1896-2023)”
465.39 MB application/zip
pet_SSWatershed_monthly.zip
“Salton Sea Watershed Monthly Potential Evapotranspiration (water years 1896-2023”
425.8 MB application/zip
tmx_SSWatershed_monthly.zip
“Salton Sea Watershed Monthly Temperature Maximum (water years 1896-2023)”
508.73 MB application/zip

Purpose

The Basin Characterization Model was developed to produce fine-scale gridded estimates of recharge, runoff, and other water balance components for the Salton Sea watershed the majority of which is in California, with a portion extending across the international border into Mexico. These are natural estimates of the water balance components and do not reflect anthropogenic factors like irrigation, diversions, and other water management decisions.

Rights

This work is marked with Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P14MZHGS
USGS_ScienceCenter https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier California Water Science Center
USGS_MissionArea https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier Water Resources
USGS_keywords https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier Climatology, Geography, Hydrology, Remote Sensing, Water Resources

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