Climate change pressures for the conterminous United States: plant hardiness zones, heat zones, growing degree days, and cumulative drought severity

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_metadata_RDS-2019-0001.html		Metadata file in HTML format containing a description of the content, quality, and other characteristics of the data.
_metadata_RDS-2019-0001.xml		Metadata file in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format containing a description of the content, quality, and other characteristics of the data.
CDSI_MODEL_YYYY.img	\Data\CDSI	IMAGE file (and associated files) containing the cumulative drought severity index (CDSI) for modeled climate data (MODEL) for a 30-year period (YYYY). Where MODEL = prism, CCSM4 RCP 4.5 (ccsm45), and GFDL CM3 RCP 8.5 (gfdl85); and YYYY = 1980-2009 (2009), 2010-2039 (2039), 2040-2069 (2069), and 2070-2099 (2099).
CDSI_MODEL_YYYY_dif.img	\Data\CDSI	IMAGE file (and associated files) containing the difference in cumulative drought severity index (CDSI) for modeled climate data (MODEL) for a 30-year period (YYYY) compared to the baseline of 1980-2009. Where MODEL = CCSM4 RCP 4.5 (ccsm45) and GFDL CM3 RCP 8.5 (gfdl85); and YYYY = 2010-2039 (2039), 2040-2069 (2069), and 2070-2099 (2099).
GDD_MODEL_YYYY.img	\Data\GDD	IMAGE file (and associated files) containing the Growing Degree Days (GDD) for modeled climate data (MODEL) for a 30-year period (YYYY). Where MODEL = CCSM4 RCP 4.5 (ccsm45) and GFDL CM3 RCP 8.5 (gfdl85); and YYYY = 1980-2009 (2009), 2010-2039 (2039), 2040-2069 (2069), and 2070-2099 (2099).
GDD_MODEL_YYYY_dif.img	\Data\GDD	IMAGE file (and associated files) containing the difference in Growing Degree Days (GDD) for modeled climate data (MODEL) for a 30-year period (YYYY) compared to the baseline of 1980-2009. Where MODEL = CCSM4 RCP 4.5 (ccsm45) and GFDL CM3 RCP 8.5 (gfdl85); and YYYY = 2010-2039 (2039), 2040-2069 (2069), and 2070-2099 (2099).
HeatZone_MODEL_YYYY.img	\Data\HeatZone	IMAGE file (and associated files) containing the Heat Zones for modeled climate data (MODEL) for a 30-year period (YYYY). Where MODEL = CCSM4 RCP 4.5 (ccsm45) and GFDL CM3 RCP 8.5 (gfdl85); and YYYY = 1980-2009 (2009), 2010-2039 (2039), 2040-2069 (2069), and 2070-2099 (2099).
HeatZone_MODEL_YYYY_dif.img	\Data\HeatZone	IMAGE file (and associated files) containing the difference in Heat Zones for modeled climate data (MODEL) for a 30-year period (YYYY) compared to the baseline of 1980-2009. Where MODEL = CCSM4 RCP 4.5 (ccsm45) and GFDL CM3 RCP 8.5 (gfdl85); and YYYY = 2010-2039 (2039), 2040-2069 (2069), and 2070-2099 (2099).
PHZ_MODEL_YYYY.img	\Data\PHZ	IMAGE file (and associated files) containing the Plant Hardiness Zones (PHZ) for modeled climate data (MODEL) for a 30-year period (YYYY). Where MODEL = CCSM4 RCP 4.5 (ccsm45) and GFDL CM3 RCP 8.5 (gfdl85); and YYYY = 1980-2009 (2009), 2010-2039 (2039), 2040-2069 (2069), and 2070-2099 (2099).
PHZ_MODEL_YYYY_dif.img	\Data\PHZ	IMAGE file (and associated files) containing the difference in Plant Hardiness Zones (PHZ) for modeled climate data (MODEL) for a 30-year period (YYYY) compared to the baseline of 1980-2009. Where MODEL = CCSM4 RCP 4.5 (ccsm45) and GFDL CM3 RCP 8.5 (gfdl85); and YYYY = 2010-2039 (2039), 2040-2069 (2069), and 2070-2099 (2099).