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This README file was generated on 2024-03-04 by Adriana Parra. ## GENERAL INFORMATION 1\. Title of Dataset: **Climate-limited vegetation change in the conterminous United States of America** 2\. Author Information A. First Author Contact Information Name: Adriana Parra Institution: University of Nevada, Reno Address: Reno, NV USA Email: adrianaparra@unr.edu B. Co-author Contact Information Name: Jonathan Greenberg Institution: University of Nevada, Reno Address: Reno, NV USA Email: jgreenberg@unr.edu 3\. Coverage period of the dataset: 1986-2018 4\. Geographic location of dataset: Conterminous United States 5\. Description: This dataset contains the input and the resulting rasters for the study “CLIMATE-LIMITED VEGETATION CHANGE IN THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”, published in the Global Change Biology journal. The dataset includes a) the observed rates of vegetation change, b) the climate derived potential vegetation rates of change, c) the difference between potential and observed values and d) the identified climatic limiting factor. Additionally, the dataset includes a legend file for the identified climatic limiting factor rasters. ## SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION 1\. Links to publications that cite or use the data: **Parra, A., & Greenberg, J. (2024). Climate-limited vegetation change in the conterminous United States of America. Global Change Biology, 30, e17204. [https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17204](https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17204)** 2\. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: None 3\. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: None 4\. Was data derived from another source? Yes A. If yes, list source(s): "Vegetative Lifeform Cover from Landsat SR for CONUS" product publicly available in the ORNL DAAC (https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dsviewer.pl?ds_id=1809) TerraClimate data catalog publicly available at the website https://www.climatologylab.org/terraclimate.html 5\. Recommended citation for this dataset: Parra, A., & Greenberg, J. (2024). Climate-limited vegetation change in the conterminous United States of America. Global Change Biology, 30, e17204. [https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17204](https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17204) ## DATA & FILE OVERVIEW This dataset contains 16 geotiff files, and one csv file. There are 4 geotiff files per each of the lifeform classes evaluated in this study: herbaceous, tree, shrub, and non-vegetation. The files corresponding to each lifeform class are indicated by the first two letters in the file name, HC indicates herbaceous cover, TC indicates tree cover, SC indicates shrub cover, and NC indicates non-vegetation cover. 1\. File List: a) Observed change: Trends of vegetation change between 1986 and 2018. b) Potential predict: Predicted rates of vegetation change form the climate limiting factor analysis. c) Potential observed difference: Difference between the potential and the observed vegetation rates of change. d) Limiting variable: Climate variable identified as the limiting factor for each pixel the conterminous United States. e) Legend of the Limiting variable raster All the geotiff files are stored as Float 32 type, and in CONUS Albers Equal Area coordinate system (EPSG:5070) The csv file included in the dataset is the legend for the limiting variable geotiff files. This file includes the name of the climate variable corresponding to each number in the limiting variable files, as well as information on the variable type and the corresponding time lag. 2\. Relationship between files, if important: None 3\. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: None 4\. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? No A. If yes, name of file(s) that was updated: NA i. Why was the file updated? NA ii. When was the file updated? NA Input data We use the available data from the “Vegetative Lifeform Cover from Landsat SR for CONUS” product (https://daac.ornl.gov/cgi-bin/dsviewer.pl?ds_id=1809) to evaluate the changes in vegetation fractional cover. The information for the climate factors was derived from the TerraClimate data catalog (https://www.climatologylab.org/terraclimate.html). We downloaded data from this catalog for the period 1971 to 2018 for the following variables: minimum temperature (TMIN), precipitation (PPT), actual evapotranspiration (AET), potential evapotranspiration (PET), and climatic water deficit (DEF). Preprocessing of vegetation fractional cover data We resampled and aligned the maps of fractional cover using pixel averaging to the extent and resolution of the TerraClimate dataset (~ 4 km). Then, we calculated rates of lifeform cover change per pixel using the Theil-Sen slope analysis (Sen, 1968; Theil, 1992). Preprocessing of climate variables data To process the climate data, we defined a year time step as the months from July of one year to July of the next. Following this definition, we constructed annual maps of each climate variable for the years 1971 to 2018. The annual maps of each climate variable were further summarized per pixel, into mean and slope (calculated as the Theil-Sen slope) across one, two, three, four, five, ten-, and 15-year lags. Estimation of climate potential We constructed a final multilayer dataset of response and predictor variables for the CONUS including the resulting maps of fractional cover rate of change (four response variables), the mean and slope maps for the climate variables for all the time-lags (70 predictor variables), and the initial percent cover for each lifeform in the year 1986 (four predictor variables). We evaluated for each pixel in the CONUS which of the predictor variables produced the minimum potential rate of change in fractional cover for each lifeform class. To do that, we first calculated the 100% quantile hull of the distribution of each predictor variable against each response variable. To calculate the 100% quantile of the predictor variables’ distribution we divided the total range of each predictor variable into equal-sized bins. The size and number of bins were set specifically per variable due to differences in their data distribution. For each of the bins, we calculated the maximum value of the vegetation rate of change, which resulted in a lookup table with the lower and upper boundaries of each bin, and the associated maximum rate of change. We constructed a total of 296 lookup tables, one per lifeform class and predictor variable combination. The resulting lookup tables were used to construct spatially explicit maps of maximum vegetation rate of change from each of the predictor variable input rasters, and the final climate potential maps were constructed by stacking all the resulting maps per lifeform class and selecting for each pixel the minimum predicted rate of change and the predictor variable that produced that rate. Identifying climate-limited areas We defined climate-limited areas as the parts of the CONUS with little or no differences between the estimated climate potential and the observed rates of change in fractional cover. To identify these areas, we subtracted the raster of observed rates of change from the raster of climate potential for each lifeform class. In the study “CLIMATE-LIMITED VEGETATION CHANGE IN THE CONTERMINOUS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”, published in the Global Change Biology journal, we evaluated the effects of climate conditions on vegetation composition and distribution in the conterminous United States (CONUS). To disentangle the direct effects of climate change from different non-climate factors, we applied "Liebig's law of the minimum" in a geospatial context, and determined the climate-limited potential for tree, shrub, herbaceous, and non-vegetation fractional cover change. We then compared these potential rates against observed change rates for the period 1986 to 2018 to identify areas of the CONUS where vegetation change is likely being limited by climatic conditions. This dataset contains the input and the resulting rasters for the study which include a) the observed rates of vegetation change, b) the climate derived potential vegetation rates of change, c) the difference between potential and observed values and d) the identified climatic limiting factor.

This archive includes a minimal dataset needed to reproduce the analysis as well as a table (CSV) and spatial polygons (ESRI shapefile) of the resulting output from the publication: Hoecker, T.J., S. A. Parks, M. Krosby & S. Z. Dobrowski. 2023. Widespread exposure to altered fire regimes under 2°C warming is projected to transform conifer forests of the Western United States. Communications Earth and Environment. Publication abstract: Changes in wildfire frequency and severity are altering conifer forests and pose threats to biodiversity and natural climate solutions. Where and when feedbacks between vegetation and fire could mediate forest transformation are unresolved. Here, for the western U.S., we used climate analogs to measure exposure to fire-regime change; quantified the direction and spatial distribution of changes in burn severity; and intersected exposure with fire-resistance trait data. We measured exposure as multivariate dissimilarities between contemporary distributions of fire frequency, burn severity, and vegetation productivity and distributions supported by a 2 °C-warmer climate. We project exposure to fire-regime change across 65% of western US conifer forests and mean burn severity to ultimately decline across 63% because of feedbacks with forest productivity and fire frequency. We find that forests occupying disparate portions of climate space are vulnerable to projected fire-regime changes. Forests may adapt to future disturbance regimes, but trajectories remain uncertain.

The Arctic is one of Earth’s regions most susceptible to climate change. However, the in-situ long-term observations used for climate research are relatively sparse in the Arctic Ocean, and the simulations from current climate models exhibit remarkable biases in the Arctic. Here we present an Arctic Ocean dynamical downscaling dataset based on a high-resolution ice-ocean coupled model FESOM and a climate model FIO-ESM. The dataset includes 115-year (1900–2014) historical simulations and two 86-year future scenario simulations (2015–2100) under scenarios SSP245 and SSP585. The historical results demonstrate that the root mean square errors of temperature and salinity in the dynamical downscaling dataset are much smaller than those from CMIP6 (the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6) climate models. The common biases, such as the too deep and too thick Atlantic layer in climate models, are reduced significantly by dynamical downscaling. This dataset serves as a crucial long-term data source for climate change assessments and scientific research in the Arctic Ocean, providing valuable information for the scientific community. The Arctic is one of Earth’s regions most susceptible to climate change. However, the in-situ long-term observations used for climate research are relatively sparse in the Arctic Ocean, and the simulations from current climate models exhibit remarkable biases in the Arctic. Here we present an Arctic Ocean dynamical downscaling dataset based on a high-resolution ice-ocean coupled model FESOM and a climate model FIO-ESM. The dataset includes 115-year (1900–2014) historical simulations and two 86-year future scenario simulations (2015–2100) under scenarios SSP245 and SSP585. The historical results demonstrate that the root mean square errors of temperature and salinity in the dynamical downscaling dataset are much smaller than those from CMIP6 (the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6) climate models. The common biases, such as the too deep and too thick Atlantic layer in climate models, are reduced significantly by dynamical downscaling. This dataset serves as a crucial long-term data source for climate change assessments and scientific research in the Arctic Ocean, providing valuable information for the scientific community.

# Data on: Projecting spatiotemporal dynamics of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in the mainland of China [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vdncjsz1z](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vdncjsz1z) This dataset is the data used in the paper of Global change biology entitled "Projecting spatiotemporal dynamics of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in the mainland of China". We use an integrated multi-model, multi-scenario framework to assess the impact of global climate change on SFTS disease in the mainland of China. ## Description of the data and file structure The predicted annual incidence of national SFTS cases with or without human population reduction under four RCPs under different climate change scenarios (RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6.0, and RCP8.5) in the 2030s, 2050s, and 2080s. The value represents the annual incidence, and the unit is 105/year. The Dataset-1 file includes the predicted annual incidence of national SFTS cases with a fixed future human population under different climate change scenarios (RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6.0, and RCP8.5) in the 2030s, 2050s, and 2080s. The Dataset-2 file includes the predicted annual incidence of national SFTS cases in the 2030s, 2050s, and 2080s with human population reduction (SSP2) under four RCPs. ## Sharing/Access information Data was derived from the following sources: * https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16969 This dataset is the data used in the paper of Global change biology entitled "Projecting spatiotemporal dynamics of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in the mainland of China". We use an integrated multi-model, multi-scenario framework to assess the impact of global climate change on SFTS disease in the mainland of China. The SFTS incidence in three time periods (2030-2039, 2050-2059, 2080-2089) is predicted to be increased as compared to the 2010s in the context of various RCPs. The projected spatiotemporal dynamics of SFTS will be heterogeneous across provinces. Notably, we predict possible outbreaks in Xinjiang and Yunnan in the future, where only sporadic cases have been reported previously. These findings highlight the need for population awareness of SFTS in endemic regions, and enhanced monitoring in potential risk areas.  See the Materials and methods section in the original paper. The code used in the statistical analyses are present in the paper and/or the Supplementary Materials.

Matlab program and data for the paper “An energy consumption rectification method based on Bayesian linear regression and heating degree-days". "simulation model.zip" is the heating house model in Trnsys simulation software. "Example1" and "Example2" is the Matlab program and data in this paper.

Data from: 30 Years Brings Changes to the Arthropod Community of Kibale National Park, Uganda by Opito, E.A., T. Alanko, U. Kalbitzer, M. Nummelin, P. Omeja, A. Valtonen, and Colin A. Chapman. 2023, Biotropica, Article DOI: 10.1111/btp.13206

We monitored golden-cheeked warbler territories in 10 plots within an urban preserve to determine abundance, delineate territories, and document breeding success. We determined environmental conditions across the study period to examine temporal and landscape effects. We then used these data to estimate adult survival and productivity and relate these vital rates to environmental conditions experienced during our study period. We used supported covariates to predict potential effects on this population 25 years into the future. These data and code are associated with the publication in Ecosphere entitled "Urban land cover and El Nino events negatively impact population viability of an endangered North American songbird." We performed an integrated population model to evaluate the effect of climate patterns and urban land cover on the viability of an endangered wood-warbler breeding in central Texas. We used territory monitroing data from 2011–2019 to predict viability of the population 25 years into the future. We assembled and conducted the analysis in R.

Aim: Climate change threatens freshwater faunal diversity. To prioritize areas for conservation, patterns in the distribution of species must be understood. We apply genetic analysis and species distribution models to identify patterns in the distribution of freshwater amphipods around Xinjiang, China, and project the impact of climate change on endemic species. Location: Xinjiang, China. Methods: A time-calibrated tree containing 37 freshwater amphipod molecular samples from Xinjiang is built to calculate phylogenetic diversity, the standardized effect sizes of phylogenetic diversity, weighted endemism, and phylogenetic endemism, in 100 × 100 km grid cells. Niche differentiation among species in an area of high phylogenetic endemism is explored using n-dimensional hypervolumes and principal components analyses. Present-day and projected future suitability of habitat of endemic freshwater amphipod species is described using species distribution models. Results: Areas of high freshwater amphipod diversity occur along the western boundary of Xinjiang; Areas north of Irtysh River, Tian Shan mountains, and the eastern margin of Pamir, have high phylogenetic endemism. Seasonal temperature and average annual water temperature contribute most to niche differentiation between geographically related freshwater species, negatively affect the projected distributions of endemic amphipods, and with continued warming, reduce future range distributions or latitudinal shifts of species. Main Conclusions: High freshwater amphipod phylogenetic endemism occurs in Xinjiang. Environmental factors are responsible for niche differentiation of endemic species. Future climate change will substantially affect the geographic distributions of endemic amphipods. Conservation efforts should be prioritized in areas with highly concentrated phylogenetic endemism. # Diversity of endemic cold-water amphipods threatened by climate warming in northwestern China [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h44j0zpsg](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.h44j0zpsg) Datasets for phylogenetic analysis. ## Description of the data and file structure 1.gene\_partition.txt: Used to explain the position of each gene in a tandem sequence. 2.xinjiang\_28S\_COI.fasta: A file of tandem sequence. 3.RAxML\_xinjiang\_tree.tre: A phylogenetic tree from the 52-tip data set. 4.MCMC\_tree.tre: A time-calibrated tree using three calibration points. ##

Project: Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) datasets - These data have been generated as part of the internationally-coordinated Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6; see also GMD Special Issue: http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/special_issue590.html). The simulation data provides a basis for climate research designed to answer fundamental science questions and serves as resource for authors of the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-AR6). CMIP6 is a project coordinated by the Working Group on Coupled Modelling (WGCM) as part of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). Phase 6 builds on previous phases executed under the leadership of the Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison (PCMDI) and relies on the Earth System Grid Federation (ESGF) and the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) along with numerous related activities for implementation. The original data is hosted and partially replicated on a federated collection of data nodes, and most of the data relied on by the IPCC is being archived for long-term preservation at the IPCC Data Distribution Centre (IPCC DDC) hosted by the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ). The project includes simulations from about 120 global climate models and around 45 institutions and organizations worldwide. Summary: These data include the subset used by IPCC AR6 WGI authors of the datasets originally published in ESGF for 'CMIP6.ScenarioMIP.DKRZ.MPI-ESM1-2-HR.ssp126' with the full Data Reference Syntax following the template 'mip_era.activity_id.institution_id.source_id.experiment_id.member_id.table_id.variable_id.grid_label.version'. The MPI-ESM1.2-HR climate model, released in 2017, includes the following components: aerosol: none, prescribed MACv2-SP, atmos: ECHAM6.3 (spectral T127; 384 x 192 longitude/latitude; 95 levels; top level 0.01 hPa), land: JSBACH3.20, landIce: none/prescribed, ocean: MPIOM1.63 (tripolar TP04, approximately 0.4deg; 802 x 404 longitude/latitude; 40 levels; top grid cell 0-12 m), ocnBgchem: HAMOCC6, seaIce: unnamed (thermodynamic (Semtner zero-layer) dynamic (Hibler 79) sea ice model). The model was run by the Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, Hamburg 20146, Germany (DKRZ) in native nominal resolutions: aerosol: 100 km, atmos: 100 km, land: 100 km, landIce: none, ocean: 50 km, ocnBgchem: 50 km, seaIce: 50 km.