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Riparian climate refugia data in western and central USA for 2040-2069 and 2070-2099

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Start Date
2040
End Date
2099

Citation

Szcodronski, K.E., Burton, S.E., Wade, A.A., Rangwala, I., Thota, P., and Hossack, B.R., 2024, Riparian climate refugia data in western and central USA for 2040-2069 and 2070-2099: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P96WZLMS.

Summary

We mapped potential climate change refugia for riparian areas in the central and western USA for 2040-2069 and 2070-2099. Riparian refugia are existing riparian areas that are projected to maintain riparian vegetation and associated ecological function under plausible future climates. Four input variables were included in the riparian refugia index: two landscape variables that represent where existing riparian areas may be more resilient to climatic changes (riparian connectedness and landscape diversity) and two climate variables that reflect projected exposure to climate change (runoff and warm days). For the climate variables, we considered two global circulation models: moderately hot and wet (CNRM-CM5) and hot and dry (IPSL-CM5A-MR) [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Kimberly E Szcodronski
Originator :
Kimberly E. Szcodronski, Sarah E Burton, A A. Wade, Imtiaz Rangwala, Prasad Thota, Blake R Hossack
Metadata Contact :
GS-NOROCK Data Steward
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Climate Adaptation Science Centers
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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Riparian_Refugia_Metadata.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		18.1 KB application/fgdc+xml
Refugia_Index.zip 71 MB application/zip
Riparian_Connectedness.zip 321.33 MB application/zip
Runoff.zip 200.85 MB application/zip
WarmDays.zip 200.61 MB application/zip
Riparian_Refugia_Geodatabase.gdb.zip 693.3 MB application/zip

Purpose

Identifying riparian areas projected to be more resilient against climate change is important for assisting wildlife management agencies in climate adaptation planning. These data and information can be used by agencies to evaluate and prioritize conservation and restoration projects in riparian areas.

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  • North Central CASC
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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P96WZLMS

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