Title:

80-year meteorological record and drought indices for Sequoia National Park and Sequoia National Monument, CA

Author(s):

Kim, Yoonji; Grulke, Nancy E.

Publication Year:

2022

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Kim, Yoonji; Grulke, Nancy E. 2022. 80-year meteorological record and drought indices for Sequoia National Park and Sequoia National Monument, CA. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2022-0029

Abstract:

The data presented contain on-site and modeled PRISM (Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model) meteorological data, as well as five drought indices parameterized with these two sources of meteorology. Data are provided for three sites, from October 1933 through September 2020, on the western slope of the southern Sierra Nevada, California and identified by the closest geographical name place: Marble Fork Kaweah River (Lodgepole, CA, Sequoia National Park), Stony Creek (Stony Creek Campground, Sequoia National Monument), and Huckleberry Meadow (near Crescent Meadow, Sequoia National Park). The meteorological data include daily precipitation sum and mean air temperature. Monthly PET (potential evapotranspiration) derived from the Thornthwaite equation, and annual hydrological year (October 1 through September 30) SPEI (Standardized Precipitation and Evapotranspiration Index), AI (Aridity Index), PDSI (Palmer Drought Severity Index), PHDI (Palmer Hydrological Drought Index), and scPDSI (self-calibrating PDSI) are also given as parameterized from on-site and modeled meteorological data.

Keywords:

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere; environment; Climate change; Climatology; hydrologic drought; ecological impacts; tree drought stress; precipitation; temperature; monitoring environmental risk; Standardized Precipitation and Evapotranspiration Index; Aridity Index; Palmer Drought Severity Index; Palmer Hydrological Drought Index; California; southern Sierra Nevada; United States

Related publications:

• Kim, Yoonji; Grulke, Nancy E.; Merschel, Andrew G.; Uyeda, Kellie A. 2022. Assessing role of drought indices in anticipating pine decline in the Sierra Nevada, CA. Climate. 10(5): 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10050072 https://research.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/65443

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