Riparian seed dispersal phenology and snowmelt streamflow timing in the upper South Platte River Basin, observed in 2010-2011 and simulated for 1962-2098

This dataset presents observations and model projections of climate, riparian cottonwood and willow seed release phenology, snowmelt streamflow timing, and relative timing of seed release and snowmelt peak streamflow in the upper South Platte River Basin, USA. We collected field observations of seed release phenology from three riparian Salicaceae species at 14 riparian sites and used those observations to develop 2-3 temperature-driven phenology models for each species. We used those phenology models, together with PRMS hydrological models of streamflow at six of the sites, to simulate historical phenology, snowmelt streamflow timing, and relative timing based on gridded temperature data from 1961-1990 and to project...

Categories: Data; Tags: Big Thompson, Cache La Poudre, Clear Creek, Saint Vrain River, South Boulder Creek, All tags... State of Colorado, USA, State of Wyoming, USA, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), Upper Laramie, Upper South Platte, biota, effects of climate change, environment, mathematical modeling, phenology, streamflow, wetland ecosystems, Fewer tags