Table 3 Description of the NG-IDF datasets.

From: Datasets for characterizing extreme events relevant to hydrologic design over the conterminous United States

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Naming Convention

Data File Description*

 

list.csv

Description of 207,173 locations

Data Dimension: 207,173 (R) × 3 (C) C1: Latitude; C2: Longitude

C3: Cluster ID (ranging from 1‒5) as defined in Table 1

AMF_WY/

Annual maximum series with durations of 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h, driven by different hydrometeorological mechanisms over water years 1951‒2013 (10/1/1950-09/30/2013). The mechanisms include W, P, R, ROS, and M as defined in Table 2.

[duration]/

[mechanism].csv

e.g., 24 h/W.csv

Data Dimension: 207,173 (R) × 65 (C) C1: Latitude; C2: Longitude

C3‒C65 [unit: mm]: Maximum value for each year from 1951–2013

AMF_CY/

Annual maximum series with durations of 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h, driven by different mechanisms (W, P, R, ROS, and M) over calendar years 1950‒2012.

[duration]/

[mechanism].csv

e.g., 24 h/W.csv

Data Dimension: 207,173 (R) × 65 (C) C1: Latitude; C2: Longitude

C3‒C65 [unit: mm]: Maximum value for each year from 1950–2012

IDF/

Discrete IDF values, i.e., the magnitude of extreme events with durations of 24 h, 48 h, and 72 h, driven by different hydrometeorological mechanisms (W, P, R, ROS, and M).

[duration]/

[mechanism].csv

e.g., 24 h/W.csv

Data Dimension: 207,173 (R) × 9 (C) C1: Latitude; C2: Longitude

C3‒C9 [unit: mm]: IDF values for the return period of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, and 500 years. NaN indicates no runoff caused by a given mechanism, such as ROS.

IDF_90CI/

90% C.I. for IDF values in the IDF/ folder described above

[duration]/

[mechanism]_H.csv

e.g., 24 h/W_H.csv

Data Dimension: 207,173 (R) × 9 (C) C1: Latitude; C2: Longitude

C3‒C9 [unit: mm]: 95% quantile for IDF values with the return period of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, and 500 years. NaN indicates no runoff event caused by a given mechanism.

[duration]/

[mechanism]_L.csv

e.g., 24 h/W_L.csv

Data Dimension: 207,173 (R) × 9 (C) C1: Latitude; C2: Longitude

C3‒C9 [unit: mm]: 5% quantile for IDF values with the return period of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, and 500 years. NaN indicates no runoff event caused by a given mechanism.

trend/

Sen’s slope of Mann-Kendall trend in annual maximum series associated with different hydrometeorological mechanisms (W, P, R, ROS, and M) over water years 1951‒2013

[duration]/

[mechanism].csv

e.g., 24 h/W.csv

Data Dimension: 207,173 (R) × 3 (C) C1: Latitude; C2: Longitude

C3 [unit: mm/year]: Sen’s slope. The value is zero if the trend is not statistically significant.

Driver/

Dominant mechanism of extreme W events with different durations and return periods

 

[duration]/

[return period].csv

e.g., 24 h/50 y.csv

Data Dimension: 207,173 (R) × 3 (C) C1: Latitude; C2: Longitude

C3: Dominant driver IDs; 1 = rain, 2 = ROS, 3 = melt

risk/

Design risk associated with PREC-IDF estimated 100-year extreme events

[duration]_

100 y.csv

e.g., 24 h_100y.csv

Data Dimension: 207,173 (R) × 3 (C) C1: Latitude; C2: Longitude

C3 [unit: %]: Bias in 100-year events based on PREC-IDF vs. NG-IDF

SI/

Seasonality of annual maximum W with different durations over water years 1951‒2013

[duration]/

W.csv

e.g., 24h/W.csv

Data Dimension: 207,173 (R) × 4 (C) C1: Latitude; C2: Longitude; C3: Mean date ( = 1 if Oct 1)

C4: Seasonality index ranging from 0–1

  1. *Note: In “Data File Description”, C = column, R = Row. C[i] indicates the ith column of a data file.