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Baseflow adjusted snowmelt runoff and rainfall runoff from TerraClimate

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posted on 2025-12-23, 23:52 authored by John Abatzoglou
<p>We update the total runoff and runoff partitioned from snowmelt from TerraClimate using a modified water balance model that better accounts for baseflow lags in hydrology for use in basin level water supply availability at monthly time scales. These data complement existing TerraClimate 1-d water balance similations, but show much has improved montly correlative skill (median r=0.88) to observed streamflow across watersheds globally watersheds compared with the original method from TerraClimate (median r=0.75). These data can be used to quantify gaps in monthly water demand for downstream water uses including agriculture.</p>

Funding

NSF: 2021-67021-35344

USDA-NIFA: 2021-69012- 35916

History

Data contact name

Abatzoglou, John

Data contact email

jabatzoglou@ucmerced.edu

Publisher

Dryad

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  • Not specified

ISO Topic Category

  • biota

National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms

snowmelt; runoff; stream flow; hydrology; base flow; basins; complement; models; water supply

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Public Access Level

  • Public

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