Projected Change in Aridity Index from 2016-2075 for the Colorado Plateau
Future annual aridity index (AI, precipitation divided by potential evapotranspiration [PET]) was calculated from monthly temperature and precipitation data extracted from 10 General Circulation Models from the Coupled-Model Intercomparison Project, Phase 5 (CMIP5) downscaled to 1/8° spatial resolution (Maurer et al. …