Title:

Climate Scenarios for the conterminous United States at the 5 arc minute grid spatial scale using SRES scenarios A1B and A2 and PRISM climatology

Author(s):

Coulson, David P.; Joyce, Linda A.; Price, David T.; McKenney, Daniel W.; Siltanen, R. Martin; Papadopol, Pia; Lawrence, Kevin

Publication Year:

2010

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Coulson, David P.; Joyce, Linda A.; Price, David T.; McKenney, Daniel W.; Siltanen, R. Martin; Papadopol, Pia; Lawrence, Kevin. 2010. Climate Scenarios for the conterminous United States at the 5 arc minute grid spatial scale using SRES scenarios A1B and A2 and PRISM climatology. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2010-0017

Abstract:

Monthly totals of precipitation in millimeters (mm), monthly means of daily maximum air temperature in degrees Celsius (C), and monthly means of daily minimum air temperature (C) were developed at the 5 arc minute grid level for the conterminous United States (US). Also, included are computed monthly mean of daily potential evapotranspiration (mm) and mean grid elevation in meters (m). These data were developed from climate scenarios used in the Fourth Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, specifically the A1B and the A2 SRES (Special Report on Emissions Scenarios) scenarios as modeled by these climate models: CGCM3.1MR, CSIRO-MK3.5, and MIROC3.2MR. The monthly change factors were developed from global model output and downscaled to the 5 arc minute spatial grid using ANUSPLIN. The 30 year mean climatology (1961-1990) was developed from PRISM (Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model) data at the 2.5 arc minute scale and aggregated to the 5 arc minute grid scale. The change factors were imposed upon the 30-year period (1961-1990) to develop the projections for each climate scenario.

Keywords:

RPA assessment; climate scenario; temperature projections; precipitation projections; climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; Climate change; Climate change effects; Climatology; conterminous United States; grid level

Related publications:

• Joyce, Linda A.; Price, David T.; Coulson, David P.; McKenney, Daniel W.; Siltanen, R. Martin; Papadopol, Pia; Lawrence, Kevin. 2014. Projecting climate change in the United States: A technical document supporting the Forest Service 2010 RPA Assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-320. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 85 p. //research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/45721 https://doi.org/10.2737/rmrs-gtr-320
• Langner, Linda L.; Daniels, Amy E.; Joyce, Linda A. 2012. Future Scenarios: a technical document supporting the Forest Service 2010 RPA assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-272. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 34 p. //research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/40135 https://doi.org/10.2737/rmrs-gtr-272
• Joyce, Linda A.; Price, David T.; McKenney, Daniel W.; Siltanen, R. Martin; Papadopol, Pia; Lawrence, Kevin; Coulson, David P. 2011. High resolution interpolation of climate scenarios for the conterminous United States and Alaska derived from general circulation model simulations. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-263. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 87 p. //research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/39710 https://doi.org/10.2737/rmrs-gtr-263
• Langner, Linda L. 2012. Future of America’s Forest and Rangelands: Forest Service 2010 Resources Planning Act Assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-87. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 198 p. //research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/41976

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