| Acronym
or Abbreviation |
Definition |
| AOGCM |
Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model |
| CCSM |
Climate Change Simulation Model |
| CIG |
Climate Impacts Group |
| COOP |
COoperative Observer Program |
| CRCM-CCSM |
Canadian Regional Climate Model - NCAR Community Climate Model version 3 |
| CRCM-CGM3 |
Canadian Regional Climate Model - Canadian Global Climate Model version 3 |
| CV |
Coefficient of Variation |
| DEM |
Digital Elevation Model |
| DO |
Disolved Oxygen |
| DOGAMI |
Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
| GCM |
Global Climate Models |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| HRM3-HADCM3 |
Hadley Regional Model version 3 - Hadley Centre Climate Model version 3 |
| HRU |
Hydrologic Response Units |
| LULC |
Land Use/Land Cover |
| MATLAB |
Matrix Laboratory |
| NARCCAP |
North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program |
| NLCD |
National Land Cover Dataset |
| NRCS |
National Resources Conservation Service |
| NSE |
Nash Sutcliffe Efficiency |
| OCCRI |
Oregon Climate Change Research Institute |
| OWRD |
Oregon Water Resources Department |
| PNW |
Pacific Northwest |
| PRECIP |
Total Precipitation |
| PRISM |
Precipitation Elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model |
| PRMS |
Precipitation Runoff Modeling System |
| R2 |
Coefficient of determination |
| RCM |
Regional Climate Model |
| RCM3-CGCM |
Regional Climate Model - Canadian Global Climate Model version 3 |
| SSURGO |
Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database |
| TASMAX |
Maximum daily surface air temperature |
| TASMIN |
Minimum daily surface air temperature |
| TMAX |
Maximum temperature |
| TMIN |
Minimum temperature |
| USGS |
U.S. Geological Survey |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
