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* Metric Name: Change in Average Climatic Water Deficit *  

* Tier: 3  

* Data Vintage: 2022  

* Unit Of Measure: mm  

* Represent element and pillar: Yes  

* Type and distribution of data: Normal distribution representing data. Raw data values range from -203.371 to 237.372.  

* Translation: Where is change in average climatic water deficit highest?  

* Translation method and outcome: Raw data values translated to range +1 to -1 representing more favorable or less favorable conditions, respectively. The proposition of more favorable is based on the objective of higher change in average climatic water deficit (positive linear slope). More favorable (translated to +1) set at 200, less favorable (translated to -1) set at -100.

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Figure . Histogram and scoring of change in average climate water deficit in
Southern California.

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Figure . Histogram of translated change in average climatic water deficit in
Southern California.

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Figure . Maps displaying raw metric and translated metric change in average
climatic water deficit in Southern California.

  

* Metric Definition and Relevance: Change in Average Annual Climatic Water Deficit - Near Future - Drier. 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 MIROC (Drier) scenario of climate change.  

* Credits: San Diego State University; Connecting Wildlands and Communities Project Team