Fine Scale Historical Climate and Hydrology for Sentinel Monitoring Locations in California using the Basin Characterization Model (BCM)

This data release includes downscaled climate inputs and hydrologic outputs from 41 Basin Characterization Models (BCM) version 8 (v8), described in Flint and others (2021), with a 10 by 10-meter spatial resolution at monthly intervals from water years 1896 to 2023. Forty-one (41) models were developed for sentinel monitoring locations in Wildlife Areas and Ecological Reserves in California, USA. BCM bioclimatic variables (1991-2020), BCM Model Archives, 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 and 30-year climate and hydrology summaries are provided for each model.