Modeling Hydrologic Simulations for Past & Future Conditions across the Conterminous US
Two SE CASC supported data releases, Model Input and Output for Hydrologic Simulations for the Conterminous United States for Historical and Future Conditions Using the National Hydrologic Model Infrastructure (NHMI) and the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5), 1950 – 2100 and Application of the National Hydrologic Model Infrastructure with the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (NHMI-PRMS), 1950-2010, Maurer Calibration were recently published by a team led by SE CASC PI Jacob LaFontaine, USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center.
The data releases are a product of the SE CASC project, Assessment of Water Availability and Streamflow Characteristics in the Southeastern U.S. for Current and Future Climatic and Landscape Conditions.
Under a rapidly changing climate, Earth’s resources, such as water, are falling under extreme stress. Our natural resources are forced to adapt to these changes at an unprecedented rate. However, through global climate models, we can get ahead of these impending changes, and thus better prepare Earth’s systems and society for an uncertain climatic future.
Information about streamflow and streamflow variability is critical to assist natural resource managers when they make decisions related to the water needs of both human communities and ecosystems. In order for managers to effectively plan for and adapt to future climate and land cover conditions, they require information on changes that could occur in the distribution and quantity of water resources.
