Utah Water Storage

The timeseries shows the normalized total soil water in Utah. Black and red lines are the estimates from NCEP CPC reanalysis [1] and the climate model reconstruction [2]. The green line is the dynamical model forecast of total soil water initialized on January 1st, 2016.

To get a historical data for an area follow the steps below:

  1. Zoom in slightly on an area within Utah
  2. Click anywhere where there is some color
  3. Click again on the red marker
  4. An interactive chart will appear to view your data

This page works best on a desktop or tablet for now.

References:
[1] van den Dool, H., J. Huang, and Y. Fan, 2003: Performance and analysis of the constructed analogue method applied to U.S. soil moisture over 1981–2001. J. Geophys. Res., 108, 8617, doi:10.1029/2002JD003114.

[2] Chikamoto, Y., A. Timmermann, M. J. Widlansky, M. A. Balmaseda, and L. Stott (2017): Multi-year predictability of climate, drought, and wildfire in southwestern North America. Scientific Reports, 7, 6568, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-06869-7.

This utility has been developed in partnership with the Bureau of Reclamation for the WaterSMART project.

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