SRLCC ArcGIS Map Package: projected temperature and change in temperature
Summary
This ArcGIS map package contains climate data layers selected from The Nature Conservancy's Climate Wizard 1, a user-friendly viewer and data portal that provides access to Maurer et al.'s 2007 downscaled climate data and PRISM climate data. The data layers were downloaded from the custom application of the website (climatewizardcustom.org), which allows users to upload a shapefile and concentrate on an area of interest (in this case, the footprint of the SRLCC). The map package displays data sets for the A2 emissions scenario. Emission scenarios are possibilities for future conditions based on greenhouse gas emissions, land use and other environmental factors 2. The A2 scenario was selected from the three emissions scenarios [...]
Summary
This ArcGIS map package contains climate data layers selected from
The Nature Conservancy's Climate Wizard1, a user-friendly viewer and data portal that provides access to Maurer et al.'s 2007 downscaled climate data and PRISM climate data. The data layers were downloaded from the custom application of the website (climatewizardcustom.org), which allows users to upload a shapefile and concentrate on an area of interest (in this case, the footprint of the SRLCC).
The map package displays data sets for the A2 emissions scenario. Emission scenarios are possibilities for future conditions based on greenhouse gas emissions, land use and other environmental factors
2. The A2 scenario was selected from the three emissions scenarios in the climate wizard (A2, A1B and B1) based on reports that observed rates of emissions growth are on track with the top end of the scenario range
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There are 13 layers in the map package. One shows mean annual temperature from 1961-1990 (representing current conditions), 6 layers show mean annual temperature projections for two future time periods (2040-2069 and 2070-2099) and 6 layers show the projected change in temperature between current and the future time periods.
The climate wizard tool can display projections produced by 16 different General Circulation Models (GCMs) as well as ensembles of all 16. Included here are median ensembles of the GCMs (50% of GCMs projections are higher and 50% are lower), and, in order to show variation between models, the highest and lowest individual GCM projections.
The ecoregion layer depicts Omernik's level III ecoregions
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ClimateWizard enables technical and non-technical audiences alike to access leading climate change information and visualize the impacts anywhere on Earth. The first generation of this web-based program allows the user to choose a state or country and both assess how climate has changed over time and to project what future changes are predicted to occur in a given area. ClimateWizard represents the first time ever the full range of climate history and impacts for a landscape have been brought together in a user-friendly format.
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The data and information presented in this web site are subject to the conditions stated below. Data may be freely reproduced and distributed for non-commercial purposes. When referring to the data, the source must be clearly and prominently stated, and include at a minimum, our name, URL. Use the citations for appropriate data in the manner below:
United States (Lower 48 and Conterminous) past 50 years (1951-2006) (4km resolution)
"PRISM Group, Oregon State University, created 4 Feb 2007." The PRISM Group, Oregon State University retains rights to ownership of the data and information.
http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/
United States (Lower 48 and Conterminous) 2050 mid century (2040-2069), 2100 end century (2070-2099) (12km resolution)
Base climate projections downscaled by Maurer, et al. (2007).
To lean more please read the article in EOS at
http://www.agu.org/eos_elec/2007/47-504.html Maurer, E. P., L. Brekke, T. Pruitt, and P. B. Duffy (2007), Fine-resolution climate projections enhance regional climate change impact studies, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(47), 504
We also acknowledge the following groups for providing the WCRP CMIP3 multi-model dataset available: Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, The WCRP's Working Group on Coupled Modeling Office of Science, US Department of Energy."
3. G.P. Peters, R.M. Andrew, T. Boden, J.G. Canadell, P. Ciais, C. Le Quéré, G. Marland, M.R. Raupach und C. Wilson. The mitigation challenge to stay below two degrees. Nature Climate Change advance online publication, DOI:10.1038/nclimate1783, 2012
4. US Environmental Protection Agency, 20111222, Level III Ecoregions of the Conterminous United States: U.S. EPA Office of Research & Development (ORD) - National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory (NHEERL) , Corvallis, OR. Available for download at:
http://www.epa.gov/wed/pages/ecoregions/na_eco.htm#Level%20III
This map package was created by Tamar Norkin (tnorkin@usgs.gov) as part of a data mining project for the Southern Rockies LCC. The Data were downloaded from The Nature Conservancy's Climate Wizard application (www.climatewizard.org).