Terrestrial Condition Assessment (TCA) Climate Exposure Temperature (Image Service)

<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p style='font-weight:bold;margin:0 0 11 0;'><a href='https://data.fs.usda.gov/geodata/rastergateway/TCA/TCA_Temperature_Exposure.zip' style='text-decoration:underline;'><span style='text-decoration:underline;'><span>Direct Download (Raster Data Gateway)</span></span></a></p><p style='margin:0 0 11 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'><span>Objective:</span></span><span><span> </span></span><span><span>Characterize climate departures for the </span></span><span><span>most recent 5 years as compared with the historical record,</span></span><span><span> identifying locations where </span></span><span><span>recent conditions indicate a significant change from the historical baseline</span></span><span><span>.</span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 11 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'><span>Data:</span></span><span><span> </span></span><span><span>Gridded coverages based on PRISM climate data were used to calculate departure of mean temperature in winter (Dec. – Feb.), spring (Mar. – May), summer (Jun. – Aug.), and fall (Sep. – Nov.) for the recent 5-year period as compared with previous years in the historical record. Data were summarized at the Subsection scale of the USFS National Hierarchy of Ecological Units and applied to the corresponding landscape (LTA). There is a one-year lag between the most recent available PRISM data and the TCA Assessment year, for example, the 2024 TCA Assessment used 2019-2023 data for the most recent time period, and 1900-2018 data for the historical baseline.</span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 11 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'><span>Data Format:</span></span><span><span> Raster data are continuous; </span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 11 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'><span>Units: </span></span><span><span>Fahrenheit</span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 11 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'><span>Spatial Resolution:</span></span><span><span> 4000m (4km)</span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 11 0;'><span style='font-weight:bold;'><span>Source data:</span></span><span><span> </span></span><a href='http://www.prism.oregonstate.edu/' style='text-decoration:underline;'><span style='text-decoration:underline;'><span>PRISM</span></span></a></p><p style='font-weight:bold;margin:0 0 11 0;'><span><span>Additional Resources:</span></span></p><p style='margin:0 0 11 0;'><span><span>Details on </span></span><a href='https://usfs.box.com/s/79vx1b42xg8u6ivjombxjes36nzfhgml' style='text-decoration:underline;'><span style='text-decoration:underline;'><span>Method Changes and Source Data Versions</span></span></a></p><p style='margin:0 0 11 0;'><span><span>Overview of the Terrestrial Condition Assessment: </span></span><a href='https://terrestrial-condition-assessment-usfs.hub.arcgis.com/' style='text-decoration:underline;'><span style='text-decoration:underline;'><span>TCA Hubsite</span></span></a><span><span> or </span></span><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf0P3cAq1rs&amp;list=PLwRbAc4x5n94rLca1CXXuugtRDt_G666M&amp;index=19' style='text-decoration:underline;'><span style='text-decoration:underline;'><span>Landfire Office Hour Presentation</span></span></a></p><p style='margin:0 0 11 0;'><span><span>Explore the results of the most recent assessment: </span></span><a href='https://apps.fs.usda.gov/gtac-toolsms/tca/' style='text-decoration:underline;'><span style='text-decoration:underline;'><span>TCA Interactive Data Viewer</span></span></a></p><p><span><span>Learn more about the TCA KPI: Dashboard link when available</span></span></p></div></div></div>

Tags: climate, conus, environment, fahrenheit, geoscientificinformation, prism, tca, temperature
Organization: Department of Agriculture