3_Input files and PRMS model-run components for the releases of the precalibration, byHRU and byPOIobs Alaska NHM-PRMS, 1980–2021

This data release contains inputs for and outputs from hydrologic simulations for the Alaska (AK) domain using the Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) version 5.2.1.1 and the USGS National Hydrologic Model infrastructure (NHM, Regan and others, 2018). Historical simulations using the Daymet Version 4 gridded estimates of daily weather parameters (Thornton and others, 2022) were produced for the period 1980–2021. These data document the PRMS climate input data files for these simulations. Input files for the simulations include the PRMS parameter and control files. The main landing page provides additional information and data dictionaries (parameters_data_dictionary.csv and control_data_dictionary.csv) that describe the parameter and control file values. Daymet forcings include precipitation and minimum and maximum temperature at a daily time-step. Measured streamflow data (sf_data, Table_1_AK_gages.csv) are included for 279 sites with period of records between 1980-2021. Contained in this set are data from 186 USGS streamgage locations (U.S. Geological Survey, 2022), and 93 streamgage locations from the Canadian Water Survey (HYDAT, 2024). From the original set, data from 249 sites were used as calibration targets of individual drainage areas inside the AK domain. CONTENTS OF THIS CHILD PAGE: 1. Precip.day = daily total precipitation climate-by-hydrologic response unit (CBH) file 2. Tmax.day = maximum daily temperature CBH file 3. Tmin.day = minimum daily temperature CBH file. 4. PRMS_5.2.1.1.zip = PRMS executable version 5.2.1.1. 5. sf_data = Daily measured USGS and Canadian Water Survey streamflow data. 6. AK_precalibration.control = Precalibration model control file for the AK domain precalibration release. 7. AK_precalibration.param = Precalibration model parameter file for the AK domain precalibration release. 8. AK_byHRU.control = byHRU model control file for the AK domain byHRU release. 9. AK_byHRU.param = byHRU model parameter file for the AK domain byHRU release. 10. AK_byPOIobs.param = PRMS parameter file for the AK domain byPOIobs release 11. AK_byPOIobs.control = PRMS control file for the AK domain byPOIobs release 12. AK_NHM_PRMS.bat = batch file that can be edited to run the model.

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