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Networking the California Climate Commons with the USGS Geo Data Portal

The California Climate Commons (CCC) and USGS Geo Data Portal (GDP) teams have collaborated to curate and host California and Great Basin Characterization Model (BCM) results. The CCC has successfully set up a web-server and installed needed software to serve these model results using data and web service standards that are compatible with the GDP. All raw monthly data has been...
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Community for Data Integration (CDI)
Networking the California Climate Commons with the USGS Geo Data Portal

Networking the California Climate Commons with the USGS Geo Data Portal

The California Climate Commons (CCC) and USGS Geo Data Portal (GDP) teams have collaborated to curate and host California and Great Basin Characterization Model (BCM) results. The CCC has successfully set up a web-server and installed needed software to serve these model results using data and web service standards that are compatible with the GDP. All raw monthly data has been transferred to
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Logging in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Using Climate and Water Models to Examine Future Water Availability and Biodiversity in California and the Great Basin

As the predicted impacts of climate change are becoming more apparent, natural resource managers are faced with the task of developing climate adaptation plans. These managers need state-of-the-art, scientifically based information upon which to base these management plans and decisions consistently across California and the Great Basin. This project applies historical, current, and...
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Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Using Climate and Water Models to Examine Future Water Availability and Biodiversity in California and the Great Basin

Using Climate and Water Models to Examine Future Water Availability and Biodiversity in California and the Great Basin

As the predicted impacts of climate change are becoming more apparent, natural resource managers are faced with the task of developing climate adaptation plans. These managers need state-of-the-art, scientifically based information upon which to base these management plans and decisions consistently across California and the Great Basin. This project applies historical, current, and projected
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Soil moisture datasets at five sites in the central Sierra Nevada and northern Coast Ranges, California Soil moisture datasets at five sites in the central Sierra Nevada and northern Coast Ranges, California

In situ soil moisture datasets are important inputs used to calibrate and validate watershed, regional, or statewide modeled and satellite-based soil moisture estimates. The soil moisture dataset presented in this report includes hourly time series of the following: soil temperature, volumetric water content, water potential, and total soil water content. Data were collected by the U.S...
Authors
Michelle A. Stern, Frank A. Anderson, Lorraine E. Flint, Alan L. Flint
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Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

High‐elevation evapotranspiration estimates during drought: Using streamflow and NASA Airborne Snow Observatory SWE observations to vlose the upper Tuolumne River Basin eater balance High‐elevation evapotranspiration estimates during drought: Using streamflow and NASA Airborne Snow Observatory SWE observations to vlose the upper Tuolumne River Basin eater balance

Hydrologic variables such as evapotranspiration (ET) and soil water storage are difficult to observe across spatial scales in complex terrain. Streamflow and lidar‐derived snow observations provide information about distributed hydrologic processes such as snowmelt, infiltration, and storage. We use a distributed streamflow data set across eight basins in the upper Tuolumne River region...
Authors
Brian Henn, Thomas H. Painter, Kathryn J. Bormann, Bruce McGurk, Alan L. Flint, Lorraine E. Flint, Vince White, Jessica D. Lundquist
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Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Characterizing drought in California: new drought indices and scenario-testing in support of resource management Characterizing drought in California: new drought indices and scenario-testing in support of resource management

Introduction California’s recent drought (2012–2016) has implications throughout the state for natural resource management and adaptation planning and has generated many discussions about drought characterization and recovery. This study characterizes drought conditions with two indices describing deficits in natural water supply and increases in landscape stress developed on the basis...
Authors
Lorraine E. Flint, Alan L. Flint, John Mendoza, Julie Kalansky, F. M. Ralph
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Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Climate change refugia and habitat connectivity promote species persistence Climate change refugia and habitat connectivity promote species persistence

Background Climate change refugia, areas buffered from climate change relative to their surroundings, are of increasing interest as natural resource managers seek to prioritize climate adaptation actions. However, evidence that refugia buffer the effects of anthropogenic climate change is largely missing.Methods Focusing on the climate-sensitive Belding’s ground squirrel (Urocitellus...
Authors
Toni Lyn Morelli, Sean P. Maher, Marisa C. W. Lim, Christina Kastely, Lindsey M. Eastman, Lorraine E. Flint, Alan L. Flint, Steven R. Beissinger, Craig Moritz
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Erosion of refugia in the Sierra Nevada meadows network with climate change Erosion of refugia in the Sierra Nevada meadows network with climate change

Climate refugia management has been proposed as a climate adaptation strategy in the face of global change. Key to this strategy is identification of these areas as well as an understanding of how they are connected on the landscape. Focusing on meadows of the Sierra Nevada in California, we examined multiple factors affecting connectivity using circuit theory, and determined how patches...
Authors
Sean P. Maher, Toni Lyn Morelli, Michelle Hershey, Alan L. Flint, Lorraine E. Flint, Craig Moritz, Steven R. Beissinger
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Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Climate change influences on pollinator, forest, and farm interactions across a climate gradient Climate change influences on pollinator, forest, and farm interactions across a climate gradient

Climate impact models are often implemented at horizontal resolutions (“scales”) too coarse to be readily applied in local impact assessments. However, recent advancements in fine-scale modeling are allowing the creation of impact models that can be applied to landscape-scale adaptation planning. Here, we illustrate the use of fine-scale impact models for landscape-scale adaptation...
Authors
Lee Hannah, Marc Steele, Emily Fung, Pablo Imbach, Lorraine E. Flint, Alan L. Flint
By
Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Science and Products

Filter Total Items: 20
USGS science for a changing world logo

Networking the California Climate Commons with the USGS Geo Data Portal

The California Climate Commons (CCC) and USGS Geo Data Portal (GDP) teams have collaborated to curate and host California and Great Basin Characterization Model (BCM) results. The CCC has successfully set up a web-server and installed needed software to serve these model results using data and web service standards that are compatible with the GDP. All raw monthly data has been...
By
Community for Data Integration (CDI)
Networking the California Climate Commons with the USGS Geo Data Portal

Networking the California Climate Commons with the USGS Geo Data Portal

The California Climate Commons (CCC) and USGS Geo Data Portal (GDP) teams have collaborated to curate and host California and Great Basin Characterization Model (BCM) results. The CCC has successfully set up a web-server and installed needed software to serve these model results using data and web service standards that are compatible with the GDP. All raw monthly data has been transferred to
Learn More
Logging in the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Using Climate and Water Models to Examine Future Water Availability and Biodiversity in California and the Great Basin

As the predicted impacts of climate change are becoming more apparent, natural resource managers are faced with the task of developing climate adaptation plans. These managers need state-of-the-art, scientifically based information upon which to base these management plans and decisions consistently across California and the Great Basin. This project applies historical, current, and...
By
Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Using Climate and Water Models to Examine Future Water Availability and Biodiversity in California and the Great Basin

Using Climate and Water Models to Examine Future Water Availability and Biodiversity in California and the Great Basin

As the predicted impacts of climate change are becoming more apparent, natural resource managers are faced with the task of developing climate adaptation plans. These managers need state-of-the-art, scientifically based information upon which to base these management plans and decisions consistently across California and the Great Basin. This project applies historical, current, and projected
Learn More
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Soil moisture datasets at five sites in the central Sierra Nevada and northern Coast Ranges, California Soil moisture datasets at five sites in the central Sierra Nevada and northern Coast Ranges, California

In situ soil moisture datasets are important inputs used to calibrate and validate watershed, regional, or statewide modeled and satellite-based soil moisture estimates. The soil moisture dataset presented in this report includes hourly time series of the following: soil temperature, volumetric water content, water potential, and total soil water content. Data were collected by the U.S...
Authors
Michelle A. Stern, Frank A. Anderson, Lorraine E. Flint, Alan L. Flint
By
Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

High‐elevation evapotranspiration estimates during drought: Using streamflow and NASA Airborne Snow Observatory SWE observations to vlose the upper Tuolumne River Basin eater balance High‐elevation evapotranspiration estimates during drought: Using streamflow and NASA Airborne Snow Observatory SWE observations to vlose the upper Tuolumne River Basin eater balance

Hydrologic variables such as evapotranspiration (ET) and soil water storage are difficult to observe across spatial scales in complex terrain. Streamflow and lidar‐derived snow observations provide information about distributed hydrologic processes such as snowmelt, infiltration, and storage. We use a distributed streamflow data set across eight basins in the upper Tuolumne River region...
Authors
Brian Henn, Thomas H. Painter, Kathryn J. Bormann, Bruce McGurk, Alan L. Flint, Lorraine E. Flint, Vince White, Jessica D. Lundquist
By
Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Characterizing drought in California: new drought indices and scenario-testing in support of resource management Characterizing drought in California: new drought indices and scenario-testing in support of resource management

Introduction California’s recent drought (2012–2016) has implications throughout the state for natural resource management and adaptation planning and has generated many discussions about drought characterization and recovery. This study characterizes drought conditions with two indices describing deficits in natural water supply and increases in landscape stress developed on the basis...
Authors
Lorraine E. Flint, Alan L. Flint, John Mendoza, Julie Kalansky, F. M. Ralph
By
Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Climate change refugia and habitat connectivity promote species persistence Climate change refugia and habitat connectivity promote species persistence

Background Climate change refugia, areas buffered from climate change relative to their surroundings, are of increasing interest as natural resource managers seek to prioritize climate adaptation actions. However, evidence that refugia buffer the effects of anthropogenic climate change is largely missing.Methods Focusing on the climate-sensitive Belding’s ground squirrel (Urocitellus...
Authors
Toni Lyn Morelli, Sean P. Maher, Marisa C. W. Lim, Christina Kastely, Lindsey M. Eastman, Lorraine E. Flint, Alan L. Flint, Steven R. Beissinger, Craig Moritz
By
Ecosystems Mission Area, Climate Adaptation Science Centers

Erosion of refugia in the Sierra Nevada meadows network with climate change Erosion of refugia in the Sierra Nevada meadows network with climate change

Climate refugia management has been proposed as a climate adaptation strategy in the face of global change. Key to this strategy is identification of these areas as well as an understanding of how they are connected on the landscape. Focusing on meadows of the Sierra Nevada in California, we examined multiple factors affecting connectivity using circuit theory, and determined how patches...
Authors
Sean P. Maher, Toni Lyn Morelli, Michelle Hershey, Alan L. Flint, Lorraine E. Flint, Craig Moritz, Steven R. Beissinger
By
Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Climate change influences on pollinator, forest, and farm interactions across a climate gradient Climate change influences on pollinator, forest, and farm interactions across a climate gradient

Climate impact models are often implemented at horizontal resolutions (“scales”) too coarse to be readily applied in local impact assessments. However, recent advancements in fine-scale modeling are allowing the creation of impact models that can be applied to landscape-scale adaptation planning. Here, we illustrate the use of fine-scale impact models for landscape-scale adaptation...
Authors
Lee Hannah, Marc Steele, Emily Fung, Pablo Imbach, Lorraine E. Flint, Alan L. Flint
By
Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center
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