Robust ecological drought projection data for drylands in the 21st century
June 29, 2020
These data represent simulated ecological drought conditions for current climate, and for future climate represented by all available climate models at two time periods during the 21st century. These data were used to: 1) describe geographic patterns in ecological drought under historical climate conditions, 2) quantify the direction and magnitude of change in ecological drought, 3) identify areas and ecological drought metrics with projected changes that are robust across climate models, defined as drought metrics and locations where >90% of climate models agree in the direction of change.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Title | Robust ecological drought projection data for drylands in the 21st century |
| DOI | 10.5066/P9YU6PQB |
| Authors | John B Bradford, Daniel R Schlaepfer |
| Product Type | Data Release |
| Record Source | USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog |
| USGS Organization | Southwest Biological Science Center - Flagstaff, AZ, Headquarters |
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