Data release for Greater Yellowstone Climate Assessment (vol 1), Chapter 7. Future Water Projections for the GYA
type: Dataset
description: We apply a monthly water-balance model (MWBM) to simulate components of the water balance for the period 1950-2099 under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 for the Greater Yellowstone Climate Assessment. We use the statistically downscaled MACAv2-METDATA temperature and precipitation data from 20 GCMs from the Climate Model Intercomparison Program Phase 5 (CMIP5) as input to the water balance model. The statistically downscaled dataset is: MACAv2-METDATA: Multivariate Adaptive Constructed Analogs (Abatzoglou & Brown, 2012, bias corrected by METDATA, Abatzoglou, 2013) Users interested in the downscaled temperature and precipitation files are referred to the dataset home page: MACAv2-METDATA: http://maca.northwestknowledge.net The 20 included GCMs are: bcc-csm1-1-m, bcc-csm1-1, BNU-ESM, CanESM2, CCSM4, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, HadGEM2 CC365, HadGEM2-ES365, inmcm4, IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC ESM CHEM, MRI-CGCM3, NorESM1-M
issued: 2025-11-20T04:29:55.831249
modified: 20210630
spatial: Location
contact point: Organization
  fn: Jay Alder
keyword: amerigeo
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: ckan
keyword: climatologymeteorologyatmosphere
keyword: effects-of-climate-change
keyword: environment
keyword: evaporation
keyword: geo
keyword: geoss
keyword: greater-yellowstone-area
keyword: hydrologic-processes
keyword: macav2-metdata
keyword: national
keyword: north-america
keyword: runoff
keyword: snow-and-ice-cover
keyword: soil-moisture
keyword: united-states
keyword: usgs-6047d28ed34eb120311a672b
keyword: yellowstone
theme: {geospatial}

Digital Data
type: Distribution
description: Landing page for access to the data
format: XML
issued: 2022-08-06T19:55:35.749285
modified: 2025-11-20T04:29:55.820485
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format: XML
issued: 2022-08-06T19:55:35.749279
modified: 2025-11-20T04:29:55.820054
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US Migrating
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