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A CLIMATOLOGY OF WATER BUDGET VARIABLES FOR THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES
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This dataset provided only by the Northeast Regional Climatic Center is the basis for A Climatology of Water Budget Variables for the Northeast United States (Leathers and Robinson 1995). Climatic division precipitation and temperature data are used to calculate water budget variables based on the Thornthwaite/Mather climatic water budget methodology. Two water budget climatologies of the Northeast are available; one encompassing the entire period of record 1895-1993 and another covering the latest 30-year normal period from 1961-1990. The climatologies include mean values of temperature, precipitation, soil moisture surplus, soil moisture deficit and runoff for each month. In addition, extreme values of each monthly variable are provided to allow an estimate of the range of variability inherent within the system. The work was funded by the Northeast Regional Climate Center. This dataset is only available from the Northeast Regional Climate Center.