Large contribution from anthropogenic warming to an emerging North American megadrought (NCEI Accession 0209529)

Description

This is an archive of the gridded climate, soil moisture, and reconstruction datasets produced for an evaluation of recent observed western North American drought conditions in the context of the past 1200 years and a climate-change attribution approach to evaluate the possible contribution of anthropogenic climate change to recent drought anomalies. The datasets are gridded spatiotemporal cubes stored as netCDF files as well as text files with annual time series of regionally averaged drought metrics. The gridded climate datasets have 1/8- and 1/4-degree resolution are calibrated versions of multiple data products to allow for full North American coverage for the 1901-2018 period at monthly and daily time scales. The soil-moisture datasets are also gridded at 1/8- and 1/4-degree resolutions, span 1901-2018, and were calculated using the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) hydrological model and bucket moisture-balance modeling. The reconstructions are of annualized summer soil moisture at 1/2-degree resolution for western North America. This data archive also contains time series of the 1,521 tree-ring width indices (RWI) used for the reconstructions.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/2vbe-8092
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/209529
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page https://cires.colorado.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 journal article https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz9600
0 journal article http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622638
0 A subset of accession 0209529 https://doi.org/10.25921/8pt9-hz08
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 16. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0155/0209529/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2023. GCMD Keywords, Version 16. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/209529
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/2vbe-8092
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/209529
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/209529
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0155/0209529/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page https://www.colorado.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 journal article https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz9600
0 journal article https://hdl.handle.net/10150/622638
0 A subset of accession 0209529 https://doi.org/10.25921/8pt9-hz08
0 Institution web page http://www.ucla.edu/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/2vbe-8092
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/209529
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/209529
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0155/0209529/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page https://www.colorado.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 journal article https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz9600
0 journal article https://hdl.handle.net/10150/622638
0 A subset of accession 0209529 https://doi.org/10.25921/8pt9-hz08
0 Institution web page http://www.ucla.edu/
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/2vbe-8092
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/209529
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/209529
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0155/0209529/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page https://www.colorado.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 journal article https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz9600
0 journal article https://hdl.handle.net/10150/622638
0 A subset of accession 0209529 https://doi.org/10.25921/8pt9-hz08
0 Institution web page http://www.ucla.edu/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/2vbe-8092
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/209529
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/209529
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0155/0209529/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page https://www.colorado.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 journal article https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz9600
0 A subset of accession 0209529 https://doi.org/10.25921/8pt9-hz08
0 Institution web page http://www.ucla.edu/
0 journal article https://hdl.handle.net/10150/622638
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/2vbe-8092
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/209529
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/209529
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0155/0209529/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page https://www.colorado.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 journal article https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz9600
0 journal article https://hdl.handle.net/10150/622638
0 A subset of accession 0209529 https://doi.org/10.25921/8pt9-hz08
0 Institution web page https://www.ucla.edu/
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://doi.org/10.25921/2vbe-8092
0 Navigate directly to the URL for a descriptive web page with download links. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/oas/209529
0 Navigate directly to the URL for data access and direct download. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/archive/accession/download/209529
0 These data are available through the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FTP is no longer supported by most internet browsers. You may copy and paste the FTP link to the data into an FTP client (e.g., FileZilla or WinSCP). ftp://ftp-oceans.ncei.noaa.gov/nodc/archive/arc0155/0209529/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page https://www.colorado.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Institution web page http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/
0 Information for contacts at NCEI. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 21. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 journal article https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaz9600
0 journal article https://hdl.handle.net/10150/622638
0 A subset of accession 0209529 https://doi.org/10.25921/8pt9-hz08
0 Institution web page https://www.ucla.edu/

Tags

  • airpollution
  • agriculturalmeteorology
  • elevation above sea level
  • mean daily maximum temperature
  • june-august self-calibrated palmer drought severity index
  • standardized june-august soil-moisture anomaly
  • daily mean soil moisture within 0-40 cm
  • latitude
  • synopticmeteorology
  • longitude
  • fraction of 1979-2010 monthly mean 0-200 cm soil moisture plus snow water equivalent
  • daily mean heat flux
  • mean saturation vapor pressure
  • daily mean soil moisture within 100-200 cm
  • mean surface pressure
  • actinometry
  • mean wind speed
  • fractional effect of prior-month mcdi versus current-month z-index
  • glaciology
  • monthly slope value used to convert mcdi to smf
  • meteorology
  • monthly palmer z-index
  • weatherforecasts
  • mean daily 10-100 cm soil moisture
  • satelliteobservation
  • daily net snow sublimation
  • spatial smoothing of target dataset
  • national science foundation
  • mean daily sublimation
  • landmeteorologyclimate
  • landpollution
  • monthly model calibrated drought index
  • daily net total snow sublimation
  • daily mean soil moisture within 40-100 cm
  • mean daily 40-100 cm soil moisture
  • month
  • total penman-monteith reference evapotranspiration after adjusting surface resistance for increasing
  • year
  • final year of the calibration period
  • monthly mean 0-200 cm soil moisture
  • available water capacity
  • search radius
  • self-calibrated palmer drought severity index
  • climatology
  • mean daily snow melt
  • daily net total snow melt
  • pollution
  • ring-width index (rwi) chronologies
  • mean daily snow water equivalent
  • monthly mean snow water equivalent
  • landhydrology
  • mean daily minimum temperature
  • airplaneobservation
  • monthly intercept value used to convert mcdi to smf
  • mean vapor pressure
  • mean daily 100-200 cm soil moisture
  • mean daily latent heat flux
  • daily mean snow water equivalent
  • mean daily 0-10 cm soil moisture
  • mean daily 0-40 cm soil moisture
  • aerology
  • mean downward longwave radiation at the surface
  • time
  • monthly self-calibrated palmer drought severity index
  • mean relative humidity
  • monthly mean albedo
  • hydrology
  • atmospheric and geospace sciences-1703029
  • weatherobservations
  • daily mean sensible heat flux
  • mean daily sensible heat flux
  • mean downward solar radiation at the surface
  • landwaterpollution
  • precipitation total
  • total penman-monteith reference evapotranspiration

Topics

Categories