Russian River Integrated Hydrologic Model (RRIHM): Daily Precipitation Data from 1990-2015
Dates
Publication Date
2023-03-20
Start Date
1990
End Date
2015
Citation
Engott, J.A., Alzraiee, A.H., Ogle, S.E., and Adera, S.T., 2023, Russian River Integrated Hydrologic Model (RRIHM): Climate Data for 1990-2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9WQVKSS.
Summary
The Russian River Watershed (RRW) covers about 1,300 square miles (without Santa Rosa Plain) of urban, agricultural, and forested lands in northern Sonoma County and southern Mendocino County, California. Communities in the RRW depend on a combination of Russian River water and groundwater to meet their water-supply demands. Water is used primarily for agricultural irrigation, municipal and private wells supply, and commercial uses - such as for wineries and recreation. Annual rainfall in the RRW is highly variable, making it prone to droughts and flooding from atmospheric river events. In order to better understand surface-water and groundwater issues, the USGS is creating a Coupled Ground-Water and Surface-Water Flow Model (GSFLOW; [...]
Summary
The Russian River Watershed (RRW) covers about 1,300 square miles (without Santa Rosa Plain) of urban, agricultural, and forested lands in northern Sonoma County and southern Mendocino County, California. Communities in the RRW depend on a combination of Russian River water and groundwater to meet their water-supply demands. Water is used primarily for agricultural irrigation, municipal and private wells supply, and commercial uses - such as for wineries and recreation. Annual rainfall in the RRW is highly variable, making it prone to droughts and flooding from atmospheric river events. In order to better understand surface-water and groundwater issues, the USGS is creating a Coupled Ground-Water and Surface-Water Flow Model (GSFLOW; Markstrom and others, 2008) of the RRW. This model will include climate, geology, surface-water, groundwater, and land-use data. These data are daily precipitation data from 15 stations in the Russian River watershed for 1990-2015. There is one station for each of the 15 zones in the Russian River Integrated Hydrologic Model (RRIHM).
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Purpose
These data were used for the Russian River Integrated Hydrologic Model (RRIHM) as part of the project: Determining Water Availability in the Russian River Watershed.
