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Long-term climate indices (SPEI and scPDSI) derived from monthly meteorology data collected at USHCN stations in the northern Chihuahuan Desert of the United States, 1911-2021

General Information

Data Package:

Local Identifier:

knb-lter-jrn.103.2

Title:

Long-term climate indices (SPEI and scPDSI) derived from monthly meteorology data collected at USHCN stations in the northern Chihuahuan Desert of the United States, 1911-2021

Alternate Identifier:

DOI PLACE HOLDER

Abstract:

Drought indices — Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) and the self-calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index (scPDSI) —where derived from 9 United States Historical Climate Network (USHCN) stations on the Chihuahuan Desert in North America for this dataset. USHCN is a subset of the NOAA Cooperative Observer Program (COOP) Network, which consists of selected sites based on spatial coverages and completeness of data. Monthly precipitation depths, minimum, maximum and mean temperature were pulled from the dataset. These drought indices were derived using the SPEI package and scPDSI packages in R. Potential evapotranspiration was also calculated in R using the Thornthwaite method. All 9 sites are within the bounds of the Chihuahuan Desert in the state of New Mexico, with a single site (EL PASO) in the state of Texas.

Publication Date:

2022-08-09

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Time Period

Begin:

1911-01-01

End:

2021-12-31

People and Organizations
Contact:	Jornada Basin LTER - Information Manager [ email ]
Creator:	Hernandez Rosales, Brianda (Environmental Data Initiative , EDI Fellow )
Creator:	Maurer, Gregory E. (Jornada Basin LTER/New Mexico State University)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	chihuahuandesert_derived_climate_metrics_1911_2021
Description:	Derived drought index including SPEI and scPDSI for the 9 USHCN stations across the Chihuahuan Desert in the United States.
Other Name:	ushcn_chides_derived_climate_metrics
Description:	R script for deriving SPEI and scPDSI for the 9 sites in the Chihuahuan Desert.
Other Name:	codemeta
Description:	code metadata
Other Name:	ushcn_sites_list
Description:	List of the 9 USHCN sites used in this dataset including latitude and longitude
Other Name:	ushcn_sites_map
Description:	Map of the nine USHCN sites used in this dataset

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


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Name:	chihuahuandesert_derived_climate_metrics_1911_2021
Description:	Derived drought index including SPEI and scPDSI for the 9 USHCN stations across the Chihuahuan Desert in the United States.
Number of Records:	11988
Number of Columns:	8

Table Structure

Object Name:

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Size:

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Record Delimiter:

Orientation:

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Simple Delimited:

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Table Column Descriptions

date

stationid

station_name

latitude

prcp

pet_tho

spei_12mo

sc_pdsi

Column Name:

date

stationid

station_name

latitude

prcp

pet_tho

spei_12mo

sc_pdsi

Definition:

Date of observation

Identification number for the USHCN station

The name of the USHCN station

Latitude of the station

Precipitation depths

Derived potential evapotranspiration using the Thornthwaite method

Derived standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index

Indices of the self-calibrated Palmer Drought Severity Index

Storage Type:

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Measurement Type:

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Measurement Values Domain:

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Precision

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	USH00292848
Definition	ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM
Source

Code Definition

Code	USH00293368
Definition	GAGE
Source

Code Definition

Code	USH00294426
Definition	JORNADA EXP RANGE
Source

Code Definition

Code	USH00295150
Definition	LOS LUNAS 3 SSW
Source

Code Definition

Code	USH00296435
Definition	OROGRANDE
Source

Code Definition

Code	USH00298387
Definition	SOCORRO
Source

Code Definition

Code	USH00298535
Definition	STATE UNIV
Source

Code Definition

Code	USH00299165
Definition	TULAROSA
Source

Code Definition

Code	USH00412797
Definition	EL PASO AP
Source

Allowed Values and Definitions

Enumerated Domain

Code Definition

Code	EL PASO AP
Definition	Name of USHCN station in El Paso, TX
Source

Code Definition

Code	ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM
Definition	Name of USHCN station in Elephant Butte, NM
Source

Code Definition

Code	GAGE
Definition	Name of USHCN station in Gage, NM
Source

Code Definition

Code	JORNADA EXP RANGE
Definition	Name of USHCN station on the Jornada Experimental Range, NM
Source

Code Definition

Code	LOS LUNAS 3 SSW
Definition	Name of USHCN station in Los Lunas, NM
Source

Code Definition

Code	OROGRANDE
Definition	Name of USHCN station in Oro Grande
Source

Code Definition

Code	SOCORRO
Definition	Name of USHCN station in Socorro, NM
Source

Code Definition

Code	STATE UNIV
Definition	Name of USHCN station at New Mexico State University
Source

Code Definition

Code	TULAROSA
Definition	Name of USHCN station in Tularosa, NM
Source

Unit	latitude
Type	real

Unit	millimeter
Type	real

Unit	millimeter
Type	real

Unit	Drought severity index
Type	real

Unit	Drought severity index
Type	real

Missing Value Code:

Code	NA
Expl	-9999

Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

Coverage:

Methods:

Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:

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Entity Type:

Description:

R script for deriving SPEI and scPDSI for the 9 sites in the Chihuahuan Desert.

Physical Structure Description:

Object Name:

ushcn_ChiDes_9sites_derived_climate_metrics.R

Size:

6022 byte

Authentication:

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Format Name:

Data:

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Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:

codemeta

Entity Type:

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Description:

code metadata

Physical Structure Description:

Object Name:

codemeta.json

Size:

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Authentication:

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Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:

ushcn_sites_list

Entity Type:

txt

Description:

List of the 9 USHCN sites used in this dataset including latitude and longitude

Physical Structure Description:

Object Name:

USHCN_CDSites.txt

Size:

536 byte

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Non-Categorized Data Resource

Name:

ushcn_sites_map

Entity Type:

jpg

Description:

Map of the nine USHCN sites used in this dataset

Physical Structure Description:

Object Name:

ushcn_site_map.jpg

Size:

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Authentication:

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Data Package Usage Rights

This data package is released to the "public domain" under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 "No Rights Reserved" (see: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). It is considered professional etiquette to provide attribution of the original work if this data package is shared in whole or by individual components. A generic citation is provided for this data package on the website https://portal.edirepository.org (herein "website") in the summary metadata page. Communication (and collaboration) with the creators of this data package is recommended to prevent duplicate research or publication. This data package (and its components) is made available "as is" and with no warranty of accuracy or fitness for use. The creators of this data package and the website shall not be liable for any damages resulting from misinterpretation or misuse of the data package or its components. Periodic updates of this data package may be available from the website. Thank you.

Keywords

By Thesaurus:
LTER Controlled Vocabulary	droughts, climate, deserts, long term, meteorology, evapotranspiration
jornada_placenames	Chihuahuan Desert
(No thesaurus)	SPEI, scPDSI, drought indices, climate metrics, NOAA

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package

Description:

A total of nine United States Historical Climatology Network datasets were downloaded from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) website. The 9 sites consist of the following stations across the Chihuahuan Desert in the United States: JORNADA, STATE UNIV, ORO GRANDE, TULLAROSA, EL PASO, GAGE, SOCORRO, ELEPHANT BUTTE DAM and LOS LUNAS. Data from 01-01-1911 to 12-31-2021 was used due to the consistency in each dataset. ==================== Data Sources ========================= Menne, Matthew J.; Williams, Claude N. Jr. (2012): United States Historical Climatology Network (USHCN), Version 2.5.x.20220609.NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. doi: 10.7289/V56W98B4. Access Date: June, 2022 Vose, R.S., Applequist, S., Durre, I., Menne, M.J., Williams, C.N., Fenimore, C., Gleason, K., Arndt, D. 2014: Improved Historical Temperature and Precipitation Time Series For U.S. Climate Divisions Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0248.1 ===========================================================

Description:

A 12-month Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) was derived using precipitation depths and calculated potential evapotranspiration (PET) using the Thornthwaite method, using average temperature and latitude. The SPEI package in R was used for this derivation and was created by Santiago Begueria, Borja Latorre, Fergus Reig, and Sergio M. Vicente Serrano. S.M. Vicente-Serrano, S. Beguería, J.I. López-Moreno. 2010. A Multi-scalar drought index sensitive to global warming: The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index – SPEI. Journal of Climate 23: 1696, DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2909.1. http://sac.csic.es/spei/

Description:

The self-calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index (scPDSI) was derived using precipitation and PET for the 9 datasets. The scPDSI package in R was used for this derivation. The scPDSI package was created by Nathan Wells, Steve Goddard and Michael J. Hayes at the University of of Nebraska-Lincoln. Palmer W., 1965. Meteorological drought. U.S. Department of Commerce Weather Bureau Research Paper, <https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/drought/docs/palmer.pdf>. Wells N., Goddard S., Hayes M. J., 2004. A Self-Calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index. Journal of Climate, 17(12):2335-2351, <doi:10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2335:ASPDSI>2.0.CO;2>.

People and Organizations

Publishers:

Organization:

Environmental Data Initiative

Email Address:

info@edirepository.org

Web Address:

https://edirepository.org

Id:

https://ror.org/0330j0z60

Creators:

Individual:

Brianda Hernandez Rosales

Organization:

Environmental Data Initiative

Position:

EDI Fellow

Email Address:

bnhernandez90@outlook.com

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2701-4870

Individual:

Gregory E. Maurer

Organization:

Jornada Basin LTER/New Mexico State University

Address:

P.O. Box 30003; MSC 3JER,

New Mexico State University,

Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 U.S.A.

Email Address:

gmaurer@nmsu.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3007-8058

Contacts:

Position:

Jornada Basin LTER - Information Manager

Email Address:

jornada.data@nmsu.edu

Metadata Providers:

Organization:

Jornada Basin LTER

Email Address:

jornada.data@nmsu.edu

Id:

https://ror.org/05976ta47

Temporal, Geographic and Taxonomic Coverage

Temporal, Geographic and/or Taxonomic information that applies to all data in this dataset:

Time Period

Begin:

1911-01-01

End:

2021-12-31

Geographic Region:

Description:

The 9 USHCN stations are located on the northern reaches Chihuahuan Desert within the United States

Bounding Coordinates:

Northern:	34.7675	Southern:	31.8111
Western:	-108.087	Eastern:	-106.042

Project

Parent Project Information:

Title:

Jornada Basin LTER

Personnel:

Individual:

Niall P Hanan

Organization:

New Mexico State University

Position:

Professor

Address:

Plant and Environmental Sciences Department ,

New Mexico State University,

Las Cruces, NM 88003-8003 U.S.A.

Email Address:

nhanan@nmsu.edu

Id:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9130-5306

Role:

Lead PI

Abstract:

JRN LTER is part of a national network of long-term ecological research sites funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF). The Jornada LTER program has been continuously funded since 1982 to develop general principles governing changes between grassland and shrubland ecosystems based on long-term data collected in the Chihuahuan Desert.

Additional Award Information:

Funder:	National Science Foundation
Number:	DEB 2025166
Title:	Jornada Basin LTER VII

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Long-term climate indices (SPEI and scPDSI) derived from monthly meteorology data collected at USHCN stations in the northern Chihuahuan Desert of the United States, 1911-2021

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