Data from "Contextualizing cannabis water demand and potential for streamflow impacts relative to residential and agricultural users in Northern California"
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StudyDataset_PLoSWater.csv
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Abstract
Monthly water budgets by catchment for select California watersheds. Contains estimated water use for cannabis agriculture, non-cannabis agriculture and residential demand. Estimated unimpaired flow estimates are also included for years 1992-2022.
Dataset DOI: 10.5061/dryad.k3j9kd5q4
Description of the data and file structure for "StudyDataset_PLoSWater.csv"
Catchment_Month: Unique identifier for a given month within a given catchment
Catchment: Catchment common identifier (COMID), as listed in the National Hydrography Dataset (V2)
Month: Study month
Watershed: HUC12 watershed, as listed in the NHD V2
N_UpstmCatchments: Number of catchments upstream of the focal catchments within the HUC12 watershed
CannabisCA: Cannabis cultivation area (m2) in focal catchment
CannabisCA_agg: Aggregated cannabis cultivation area (m2) in focal catchment and upstream catchments within the HUC12 watershed
CannabisDemand: Monthly cannabis water demand (m3) in focal catchment
CannabisDemand_agg: Monthly cannabis water demand (m3) in focal catchment and upstream catchments within the HUC12 watershed
DomesticUse: Monthly domestic water demand (m3) in focal catchment
DomesticUse_agg: Monthly domestic water demand (m3) in focal catchment and upstream catchments within the HUC12 watershed
NonCannabisTIR: Monthly non-cannabis agriculture water demand (m3) in focal catchment
NonCannabisTIR_agg: Monthly non-cannabis agriculture water demand (m3) in focal catchment and upstream catchments within the HUC12 watershed
year_1992 - year_2022: Estimated water availability for month within year 1992 to 2022 (m3)