Data, simulations/projections, and supporting materials for simulated hydrologic responses to climate-change projections for the Lake Tahoe basin: subbasin-scale results

This readme file was generated on 2023-08-06 by M. Dettinger GENERAL INFORMATION Title of Dataset: Data, simulations/projections, and supporting materials for Simulated Hydrologic Responses to Climate-Change Projections for the Lake Tahoe Basin: Subbasin-scale Results Contents: This dataset includes a zipped file (5 Gb, expanding to 15 Gb when opened) containing 1975 files of data, simulations, projections and supporting materials associated with simulated hydrologic responses, at the scale of 60 subbasins comprising the Lake Tahoe Basin, California and Nevada, to a 16-member ensemble of statistically-downscaled projections of climate change, 1950-2099. The process and results are described in detail in Dettinger, M., & Rajagopal, S., 2023, Simulated hydrologic responses to climate-change projections for the Lake Tahoe Basin: Desert Research Institute Publication 41292, 99 p. Along with this large data file, copies of the report above, the executive summary thereof, and a powerpoint presentation summarizing results are included here (and in the zipped file). Author/Principal Investigator Information Name: Michael Dettinger ORCID: 0000-0002-7509-7332 Institution: Desert Research Institute Address: 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno NV 89512 Email: [e-mail] Author/Co-investigator Information Name: Seshadri Rajagopal ORCID: 0000-0003-4813-2670 Institution: Desert Desert Research Institute Address: 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno NV 89512 Email: [e-mail] Alternate Contact Information Name: Sean McKenna ORCID: 0000-0001-6015-0500 Desert Desert Research Institute Address: 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno NV 89512 Email: [e-mail] Date of data collection: 2023-08-06 Geographic location of data collection: Desert Desert Research Institute, 2215 Raggio Parkway, Reno NV 89512 Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Funded by California Tahoe Conservancy, Grant # 20 016L SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: Public domain Links to publications that cite or use the data: pdf of final reports included in this dataset (see below); also available at https://www.mdettinger.com/\_files/ugd/3b5c57\_39f4f3da5cf241788baa09ac85cd4490.pdf Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: none (as of 08/06/2023) Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: Higher resolution projections (>300Gb) available on disks held by Sean McKenna, DRI; Sudeep Shandra, UNR; Pat Manley, USFS; Robert Larsen, Tahoe Science Advisory Council; and Whitney Brennan, California Tahoe Conservancy Was data derived from another source? No Recommended citation for this dataset: Dettinger, M.D., and Rajagopal, S., 2023, Data, Simulations/projections, and Supporting Materials for Simulated Hydrologic Responses to Climate-Change Projections for the Lake Tahoe Basin: Subbasin-scale Results: Online data resources, Desert Research Institute, 1975 files. DATA & FILE OVERVIEW File List: See below (horizontal line). Are there multiple versions of the dataset? no METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION Methods for production and analysis of data (including relevant data inputs and codes) here described at some length in the corresponding DRI Publication 41292, and/or in #readme.txt files in sub-sub-directories throughout. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: Chapter 3 of DRI Publication 41292. ======================================================================================================================= The zipped file contains the data described in associated reports, including elements, data, and background from the Tahoe Climate-Change Projections project for your use and in hopes that you will take these results and recraft them to meet your own needs. The full reports and executive summary are included here in pdf form: #\_41292-Tahoe\_Projections\_Final\_Report.pdf #\_Tahoe\_Projections\_Exec\_Summary.pdf The historical\_verificationflows\_online subdirectory contains the data files used in section 3 of the report, as the raw materials for assessing the verifications of the historical performance of the PRMS model (and PRMS\_GCM combinations). See the #\_README.txt file for more details. The key\_reports\_resources subdirectory contains some background materials regarding models, past applications, and so on. These elements can be hard to find, and so have been included here. The reports\_figs\_online subdirectory contains raw materials (underlying data), analysis and formatting codes, and other tidbits associated with each of the figures in the reports. The idea is that you can rework them, calculate your own statistics, and change the questions answered by the report figures using these materials. See README.txt files in each sub-sub-directory. See readme files in each sub-subdirectory to navigate all the many data sets, codes, and figures included. The subbasins\_projxns\_online subdirectory contains all of the subbasin-level projections of hydrologic outputs and meteorological inputs, so that you can do whatever you want or need with the simulations results at the 60 subbasins at daily levels for all the simulations. Simple example codes are provided to get you started. See the #\_README.txt file for information about what is here. The tahoe\_figures subdirectory contains pdf (and some png) files for each of the new figures in the reports. These are about as crisp and clean as we can offer. The Tahoe\_PRMS.7z file is a compressed copy of the PRMS model used. The tahoe\_subbasins\_online.qgs file is a copy of the basic GIS information for this study as stored by the open-access QGIS software (used in this study).