Data Sources
Below, we provide links to some of the freely available datasets that have informed our research.
Land Use/ Land Cover datasets:
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Land Cover Database (pictured above)
General Land Office (GLO) Historical Vegetation Maps for Oregon
Soil datasets:
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) SSURGO Soil Datasets
Soil available water capacity for the western USA
(note: you must create a free Data Basin account to download this data set)
Climatological and Hydrological datasets:
Gridded Meteorological Datasets for the Contiguous United States, created by Dr. John Abatzoglou
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA) Weather Data
Oregon Water Resources Department (OWRD) Historical Streamflow and Lake Level Data
USGS Historical Daily surface water data
Other:
USDA Census of Agriculture
Oregon Rapid Wetland Assessment Protocol (ORWAP) dataset
