Input and Output Data Metadata, Step 1: Input and output data for pre-/post-calibration simulations of solar radiation and potential evapotranspiration for nine near-native subbasins and calibrated subareas

This dataset contains input parameter and data files, as well as output files for simulations before calibration (pre-calibration) and after calibration (post-calibration) of solar radiation and potential evapotranspiration (ET) parameters. Simulated solar radiation and potential ET for nine near-native subbasins and three selected subareas [16, 71, 124] are included for parts of the Upper Rio Grande Basin in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and northern Mexico using the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS). Input data include pre-calibration input parameters for the entire Upper Rio Grande Basin developed from the National Hydrologic Model (NHM) parameter database, and model parameters after calibration (post-calibration) of solar radiation and potential ET. Output files include daily simulated solar radiation (sward) potential evapotranspiration (potet) for each hydrologic response unit (HRU) that compose each of the nine near-native subbasins and three selected subareas. These PRMS model input and output data are intended to accompany a U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report (Chavarria and others, 2020).