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Supporting data for: "Rainfall thresholds for postfire debris-flow initiation vary with short-duration rainfall climatology"

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posted on 2025-03-28, 16:41 authored by David CavagnaroDavid Cavagnaro, Scott W. McCoy scottmccoy@unr.edu, Donald N. Lindsay, Luke A. McGuire, Daniel Trugman
README for supporting data for "Rainfall thresholds for postfire debris-flow initiation vary with short-duration rainfall climatology"
Cavagnaro, D.B., McCoy, S.W., Lindsay, D.N., McGuire, L.A., Kean, J.W., Trugman, D.T.

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DATA:

DFObsHydroclimatePubNew_attributes.xlsx
Excel file containing data on each event as well as associated climatological metrics.

ROC_by_fire_computed.csv
CSV file containing computed thresholds for each fire as well as summary statistics of relevant metrics.

raster1yr15ma_10k2.txt
TXT file containing Atlas14 1yr 15min rainfall intensities for the full study area.

rasterprism_10k.txt
TXT file containing PRISM mean annual precipitation for the full study area.

a14_f2000.asc
TXT file containing Atlas14 1yr 15min rainfall intensities for burned areas.
All cells outside of burn perimeters are set to NULL (-9999).

prism_f2000_snapped.asc
TXT file containing PRISM mean annual precipitation for burned areas.
All cells outside of burn perimeters are set to NULL (-9999).

a14_f2000_10d.asc
ASC file containing Atlas14 1yr 15min rainfall intensities for burned areas above 10 degrees slope.
All cells outside of burn perimeters and/or less than 10 degrees slope are set to NULL (-9999).

prism_f2000_10d_snapped.asc
ASC file containing PRISM mean annual precipitation for burned areas above 10 degrees slope.
All cells outside of burn perimeters and/or less than 10 degrees slope are set to NULL (-9999).

GaugesForSyntheticExperiment folder
Folder containing CSV files of precipitation data for selected gauges across the study area.

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CODES:

ThresholdFinder_PUBLIC.py
Uses ROC method to compute fire-wide thresholds and creates relevant figures.

ClimateKDE_PUBLIC.py
Plots kernel density distributions of climate parameters, calculates spatial density of observations, and creates relevant figure.

SyntheticThresholds_PUBLIC.py
Uses gauge data to perform synthetic threshold experiment and creates relevant supplemental figure.

HydroclimateDecisionTree_PUBLIC.py
Uses decision tree method to compute variable importance and creates relevant figure.

Funding

Collaborative Research: Steepland dynamics and steady-state forms resulting from debris flows

Directorate for Geosciences

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