{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:12"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Jay Alder", "hasEmail": "mailto:jalder@usgs.gov"}, "description": "We apply a monthly water-balance model (MWBM) to simulate components of the water balance for the period 1950-2099 under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 for the Contiguous United States. We use the statistically downscaled MACAv2-METDATA temperature and precipitation data from 20 General Circulation Models (GCMs) from the Climate Model Intercomparison Program Phase 5 (CMIP5) as input to the water balance model. This dataset supports the USGS National Climate Change Viewer.\nThe statistically downscaled dataset is: \nMACAv2-METDATA: Multivariate Adaptive Constructed Analogs (Abatzoglou & Brown, 2012, bias corrected by METDATA, Abatzoglou, 2013)\nUsers interested in the downscaled temperature and precipitation files are referred to the dataset home page:\nMACAv2-METDATA: http://maca.northwestknowledge.net\nThe 20 included GCMs are:\nbcc-csm1-1-m, bcc-csm1-1, BNU-ESM, CanESM2, CCSM4, CNRM-CM5, CSIRO-Mk3-6-0, GFDL-ESM2G, GFDL-ESM2M, HadGEM2 CC365, HadGEM2-ES365, inmcm4,IPSL-CM5A-LR, IPSL CM5A-MR, IPSL-CM5B-LR, MIROC5, MIROC-ESM, MIROC ESM CHEM, MRI-CGCM3, NorESM1-M", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.5066/P9B2O22V", "description": "Landing page for access to the data", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "application/http", "title": "Digital Data"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.60b91238d34e86b9388a7b02.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_60b91238d34e86b9388a7b02", "keyword": ["MACAv2-METDATA", "USGS:60b91238d34e86b9388a7b02", "climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere", "effects of climate change", "environment", "evaporation", "hydrologic processes", "runoff", "snow and ice cover", "soil moisture"], "modified": "2021-06-16T00:00:00Z", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"}, "spatial": "-124.772, 25.063, -67.065, 49.396", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "CMIP5 MACAv2-METDATA Monthly Water Balance Model Projections 1950-2099 for the Contiguous United States"}