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This page serves stream temperature observations and projections that were generated as part of the Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment that was funded by the Washington State Legislature through House Bill 1303. The contact people for this data and projections are Nate Mantua (mantua@atmos.washington.edu) and Ingrid Tohver (itohver@washington.edu). A sample of the observations is the University Bridge weekly water temperature (shown below).
The Observations: observed_temps_pub.txt
Format:
The columns are as follows (historical, observed, A1B and B1 compiled datasets do not include the first column):
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Model_scenario Data_source Region Site Latitude Longitude Year Week Modeled_Water_Temp(C) Modeled_Air_Temp(C)
The data sources are:
USGS United States Geological Survey
USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers
DOE Washington State Department of Ecology
The regions are:
UC upper Columbia upstream of Bonneville Dam
LC lower Columbia downstream of Bonneville Dam
PS Puget Sound
OS Olympic Penninsula