EnviroAtlas - Projected Change in Minimum Temperature by 12-Digit HUC for the U.S. Virgin Islands & Puerto Rico

Description

This dataset was assembled using statistically downscaled climate projections from the NASA Earth Exchange-Global Daily Downscaled Projections (NEX-GDDP) project. These climate change scenarios have been developed using global climate models (GCMs) from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) and four different future scenarios, known as Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs). The four SSPs involved in this project are SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0, and SSP5-8.5. The raw NEX-GDDP-CMIP6 data has a spatial resolution of 0.25 degrees and a daily temporal resolution. The NEX-GDDP-CMIP6 data was processed to calculate change in climatic variables for each season (fall, spring, summer, winter) and annually for 30-year periods. The five period comparisons available in the dataset are as follows: 1976-2005 to 2025-2054, 1976-2005 to 2045-2074, 1976-2005 to 2070-2099, 2025-2054 to 2045 to 2074, and 2025-2054 to 2070 to 2099. The six climatic variables included in the dataset are change in: total precipitation [in], total precipitation [%], total potential evapotranspiration [in], total potential evapotranspiration [%], maximum Temperature [degF], and minimum temperature [degF]. This data was then used to produce an ensemble median of all available NEX-GDDP downscaled GCMs for each variable. Not all GCMs downscaled in NEX-GDDP had availability for every variable and scenario combination. The ensemble data was summarized by HUC-12 feature classes described above. This dataset was produced by the US EPA to support research and online mapping activities related to EnviroAtlas. EnviroAtlas (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas) allows the user to interact with a web-based, easy-to-use, mapping application to view and analyze multiple ecosystem services for the contiguous United States. The dataset is available as downloadable data (https://edg.epa.gov/data/Public/ORD/EnviroAtlas) or as an EnviroAtlas map service. Additional descriptive information about each attribute in this dataset can be found in its associated EnviroAtlas Fact Sheets (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas/enviroatlas-fact-sheets).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
57 VIPR_EnviroAtlas_NEXGDDP_fgdb.zip https://enviroatlas.epa.gov/download/VIPR_EnviroAtlas_NEXGDDP_fgdb.zip
57 VIPR_EnviroAtlas_NEXGDDP_csv.zip https://enviroatlas.epa.gov/download/VIPR_EnviroAtlas_NEXGDDP_csv.zip
23 https://enviroatlas.epa.gov/arcgis/rest/services
0 https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas/enviroatlas-data
0 https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas

Tags

  • environment
  • impact
  • risk
  • modeling
  • u.s.virgin islands
  • enviroatlas
  • ecosystem
  • climate
  • human
  • ecosystem services
  • water
  • environmental atlas
  • 020:072
  • hazards
  • puerto rico
  • human well-being
  • sustainability
  • 12-digit hucs

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