Skip to main content
Advanced Search

Filters: Tags: Upper Colorado River Basin (X) > partyWithName: U.S. Geological Survey (X) > Types: Citation (X)

15 results (28ms)   

View Results as: JSON ATOM CSV
thumbnail
This data collection consists of a synthetic stream network and associated catchments developed as the foundation for a Spatially Referenced Regressions on Watershed Attributes (SPARROW) dissolved-solids source and transport model for the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB). The SPARROW model requires a hydrologically connected representation of a stream network through which loads are transported from an upstream reach to the next reach downstream (Schwarz and others, 2006; Moore and others, 2004). Each stream reach or segment within this synthetic stream network has an associated local drainage area or catchment used to calculate catchment characteristics that may have an effect on loads being modeled. The synthetic...
thumbnail
Our objective was to model minimum flow coefficient of variation (CV) on small, ungaged streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Modeling streamflows is an important tool for understanding landscape-scale drivers of flow and estimating flows where there are no gaged records. We focused our study in the Upper Colorado River Basin, a region that is not only critical for water resources but also projected to experience large future climate shifts toward a drier climate. We used a random forest modeling approach to model the relation between minimum flow CV (the standard deviation of annual minimum flows times 100 divided by the mean of annual minimum flows) on gaged streams (115 gages) and environmental variables....
thumbnail
Our objective was to model mean annual number of zero-flow days (days per year) for small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin under historic hydrologic conditions on small, ungaged streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Modeling streamflows is an important tool for understanding landscape-scale drivers of flow and estimating flows where there are no gaged records. We focused our study in the Upper Colorado River Basin, a region that is not only critical for water resources but also projected to experience large future climate shifts toward a drier climate. We used a random forest modeling approach to model the relation between zero-flow days per year on gaged streams (115 gages) and environmental variables....
thumbnail
This USGS Data Release represents Soil-Water Balance (SWB) groundwater recharge modeling results for the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB). The data release was produced in compliance with 'open data' requirements as a way to make the scientific products associated with USGS research efforts and publications available to the public. This dataset comprises SWB model results from runs using projected climate data, summarized by sub-basin on a monthly basis, and there are 4 separate datafiles associated with this Data Release: 1. SWB model results for actual evapotranspiration (AET), summarized by sub-basin on a monthly basis from 1950 through 2099 2. SWB model results for potential evapotranspiration (PET), summarized...
thumbnail
Our objective was to model the risk of becoming intermittent under drier climate conditions on small, ungaged streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Modeling streamflows is an important tool for understanding landscape-scale drivers of flow and estimating flows where there are no gaged records. We focused our study in the Upper Colorado River Basin, a region that is not only critical for water resources but also projected to experience large future climate shifts toward a drier climate. We used a conditional inference modeling approach to model the relation between intermittency status on gaged streams (115 gages) and selected mean and minimum flow metrics. We then projected intermittency status and if a stream...
thumbnail
Our objective was to model specific mean daily flow (mean daily flow divided by drainage area [cubic feet per second per square mile]) on small, ungaged streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Modeling streamflows is an important tool for understanding landscape-scale drivers of flow and estimating flows where there are no gaged records. We focused our study in the Upper Colorado River Basin, a region that is not only critical for water resources but also projected to experience large future climate shifts toward a drier climate.We used a random forest modeling approach to model the relation between specific mean daily flow on gaged streams (115 gages) and environmental variables. We then projected specific mean...
thumbnail
Our objective was to model specific minimum flow (mean of the annual minimum flows divided by drainage area [cubic feet per second per square mile]) on small, ungaged streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Modeling streamflows is an important tool for understanding landscape-scale drivers of flow and estimating flows where there are no gaged records. We focused our study in the Upper Colorado River Basin, a region that is not only critical for water resources but also projected to experience large future climate shifts toward a drier climate. We used a random forest modeling approach to model the relation between specific minimum flow on gaged streams (115 gages) and environmental variables. We then projected...
thumbnail
Our objective was to model 7-day minimum flow (mean of the annual minimums of a 7-day moving average for each year [cubic feet per second]) on small, ungaged streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Modeling streamflows is an important tool for understanding landscape-scale drivers of flow and estimating flows where there are no gaged records. We focused our study in the Upper Colorado River Basin, a region that is not only critical for water resources but also projected to experience large future climate shifts toward a drier climate. We used a random forest modeling approach to model the relation between 7-day minimum flow on gaged streams (115 gages) and environmental variables. We then projected 7-day minimum...
thumbnail
This USGS Data Release represents Soil-Water Balance (SWB) groundwater recharge modeling results for the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB). The data release was produced in compliance with 'open data' requirements as a way to make the scientific products associated with USGS research efforts and publications available to the public. This dataset comprises SWB model results from runs using projected climate data, summarized by water year, and there are 4 separate datafiles associated with this Data Release: 1. SWB model results for actual evapotranspiration (AET), summarized by water year from 1951 through 2099 2. SWB model results for potential evapotranspiration (PET), summarized by water year from 1951 through...
thumbnail
This generalized geology dataset was developed as input to a total dissolved solids Spatially Referenced Regressions on Watershed Attributes (SPARROW) model for the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB; Kenney and others, 2009) and for a more recent update to that model. The largest source of naturally generated dissolved solids in streams of the UCRB is the rocks underlying stream basins, particularly rocks high in dissolvable minerals. For the purposes of modeling, the scale of the geologic dataset optimally should be similar to the scale of the stream-catchment network used in the model but simplified to reduce the number of geologic units represented in the data. This dataset was developed to meet both scale and...
thumbnail
Our objective was to model frequency of low-pulse events on small, ungaged streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Modeling streamflows is an important tool for understanding landscape-scale drivers of flow and estimating flows where there are no gaged records. We focused our study in the Upper Colorado River Basin, a region that is not only critical for water resources but also projected to experience large future climate shifts toward a drier climate. We used a random forest modeling approach to model the relation between frequency of low-pulse events on gaged streams (115 gages) and environmental variables. We then projected frequency of low-pulse events to ungaged reaches in the Upper Colorado River Basin...
thumbnail
This USGS Data Release represents Soil-Water Balance (SWB) groundwater recharge modeling results for the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB). The data release was produced in compliance with 'open data' requirements as a way to make the scientific products associated with USGS research efforts and publications available to the public. This dataset comprises SWB model results from runs using historical climate data, and there are 5 separate datafiles associated with this Data Release: 1. SWB model results for actual evapotranspiration (AET), summarized by water year from 1951 through 2010 2. SWB model results for potential evapotranspiration (PET), summarized by water year from 1951 through 2010 3. SWB model results...
thumbnail
These data are derived from the Basin Characterization Model (BCM) and used as input to a total dissolved solids SPARROW model for the Upper Colorado River Basin. The BCM mechanistically models the pathways of precipitation into evapotranspiration, infiltration into soils, runoff, or percolation below the root zone to recharge groundwater (Flint and others, 2013). The dataset is composed of twelve, 270-meter resolution raster layers representing mean total annual values for water years 1985 - 2012 of actual evapotranspiration (aet), climatic water deficit (cwd), excess water (exc), snowmelt (mlt), snowpack (pck), potential evapotranspiration (pet), precipitation (ppt), recharge (rch), runoff (run), sublimation (sbl),...
thumbnail
Our objective was to model intermittency (perennial, weakly intermittent, or strongly intermittent) on small, ungaged streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Modeling streamflows is an important tool for understanding landscape-scale drivers of flow and estimating flows where there are no gaged records. We focused our study in the Upper Colorado River Basin, a region that is not only critical for water resources but also projected to experience large future climate shifts toward a drier climate.We used a random forest modeling approach to model the relation between intermittency on gaged streams (115 gages) and environmental variables. We then projected intermittency status to ungaged reaches in the Upper Colorado...


    map background search result map search result map Predicted frequency of low-flow pulse events for small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin under historic hydrologic conditions. Predicted intermittency of small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin based on historic flow data Predicted minimum flow coefficient of variation (CV) for small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin under historic hydrologic conditions. Predicted 7-day minimum flow of small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin based on historic flow data Predicted specific mean daily flow of small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin based on historic flow data Predicted specific minimum flow of small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin based on historic flow data Predicted hydrology (intermittency) of a given stream reach under drier climate conditions in the Upper Colorado River Basin Predicted mean annual number of zero-flow days of small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin based on historic flow data UCRB SWB Model Results - Projected Climate Data - Water Years 1951-2099 UCRB SWB Model Results - Observed Climate Data - Water Years 1951-2010 UCRB SWB Model Results - Projected Climate Data - Monthly Results by Sub-Basin Catchment-flowline network and selected model inputs for an enhanced and updated spatially referenced statistical assessment of dissolved-solids load sources and transport in streams of the Upper Colorado River Basin Selected Basin Characterization Model Parameters for the Upper Colorado River Basin Generalized 1:500,000-scale geology of the Upper Colorado River Basin Upper Colorado River Basin SPARROW model catchments and synthetic stream network - 2017 UCRB SWB Model Results - Projected Climate Data - Water Years 1951-2099 UCRB SWB Model Results - Observed Climate Data - Water Years 1951-2010 UCRB SWB Model Results - Projected Climate Data - Monthly Results by Sub-Basin Catchment-flowline network and selected model inputs for an enhanced and updated spatially referenced statistical assessment of dissolved-solids load sources and transport in streams of the Upper Colorado River Basin Upper Colorado River Basin SPARROW model catchments and synthetic stream network - 2017 Predicted hydrology (intermittency) of a given stream reach under drier climate conditions in the Upper Colorado River Basin Selected Basin Characterization Model Parameters for the Upper Colorado River Basin Generalized 1:500,000-scale geology of the Upper Colorado River Basin Predicted frequency of low-flow pulse events for small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin under historic hydrologic conditions. Predicted intermittency of small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin based on historic flow data Predicted minimum flow coefficient of variation (CV) for small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin under historic hydrologic conditions. Predicted 7-day minimum flow of small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin based on historic flow data Predicted specific mean daily flow of small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin based on historic flow data Predicted specific minimum flow of small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin based on historic flow data Predicted mean annual number of zero-flow days of small streams in the Upper Colorado River Basin based on historic flow data