California 270-meter Basin Characterization Model using Weather Generator Scenarios, Part II - Monthly Climate and Hydrology

This data release includes the downscaled climate inputs from four Weather Generator Scenarios and hydrologic outputs using the Basin Characterization Model (BCM) version 8 (v8), described in Flint and others (2021a), with a 270 by 270-meter spatial resolution at a monthly time steps from water years 1916 to 2018 for California.

Weather Generator scenarios defined as:
BaseW = baseline
LOC50 = +2% mean precipitation, +1.5 degrees Celsius
LOC75 = 0% mean precipitation, +1.7 degrees Celsius
LOC95 = -2% mean precipitation, +1.8 degrees Celsius

This data release includes twelve child items, three for each Weather Generator Scenario. Monthly climate variables [precipitation (PPT), maximum air temperature (TMX), minimum air temperature (TMN), potential evapotranspiration (PET)], monthly hydrology BCM variables [actual evapotranspiration (AET), climatic water deficit (CWD), snowpack or snow water equivalent (PCK), recharge (RCH), runoff (RUN), and soil moisture storage (STR)], and water year summaries are provided for each model.