Multi-model Hydropower Projections for the United States Federal Power Marketing Areas under CMIP5 Climate Change Conditions

Overview

This dataset contains an ensemble of monthly hydropower generation projections for the United States Federal Hydropower plants for the periods of 1966-2005 (historical period) and 2011-2050 (future period). The dataset includes the monthly hydropower projections developed in (Kao et al. 2016) based on the Watershed Runoff-Energy Storage (WRES) model and is complemented with another ensemble based on the process-based Water Management Power (WMP) model.