- Metric Name:  Change in Average Annual Climatic Water Deficit - Near Future - Drier

- Data Vintage:  2022

- Unit Of Measure: mm

This raster dataset represents a projection of the difference in the mean annual climatic water deficit between the baseline period (1950-1980), and a near future period ( 2030-2059) under the the MIROC (Drier) scenario of climate change.

Creation Method: The climate variable in this layer is the change in average annual accumulated climatic water deficit relative to a baseline period. Climatic water deficit (CWD) measures the evaporative demand that exceeds available water, reflecting the impacts of available water or drought stress on plants. Higher CWD indicates a higher level of drought stress.

● Baseline annual accumulated CWD was averaged between 1950-1980

● Near Future shows the average change in CWD as modeled for 2030-2059

● Drier future projections were generated using the MIROC5 climate model under the business as usual RCP 8.5.

- Credits:  San Diego State University CWC Project Team

San Diego State University’s Connecting Wildlands and Communities Project Team: 
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