Summer Water Deficit Map: All Scenarios

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<hr /><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>A pre-configured, multi-layer web map for viewing all Summer Water Deficit (Jul-Sep) scenarios.</span> <span style='font-style:italic;'>(To launch the map from the Climate Change Open Data site, select &quot;View Metadata&quot; under the &quot;About&quot; heading, then look for the button labeled &quot;Open in Map Viewer&quot; to the upper right.) </span><br /></p><p>The map layers depict <span><span>historical, and projected changes in, summer water deficit (Jul-Sep)</span>.</span> Geographic units: HUC10. <br /></p><p>Map layer data include historical (1970-1999) values plus two projections each for two future time periods, 2050s (2040-2069) and 2080s (2070-2099), based on lower and higher greenhouse gas emission scenarios, RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5. <br /></p><p>Data classes and
symbology by Robert Norheim, Climate Impacts Group, based on the CMIP5 projections used in the IPCC 2013 report. <br /></p><p>Data source: Mote et al. 2015.</p>