Evaluating Seawater Intrusion Forecast Uncertainty under Climate Change in Pajaro Valley, California: Model Archive
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Scott E Boyce, USGS; Brian Lockwood; Casey Meusel; Marisa M Earll, USGS; United States Department of the Interior. United States Geological Survey
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Project Citation:
Boyce, Scott E, Lockwood, Brian, Meusel, Casey, Earll, Marisa M, and United States Department of the Interior. United States Geological Survey. Evaluating Seawater Intrusion Forecast Uncertainty under Climate Change in Pajaro Valley, California: Model Archive. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-11-14. https://doi.org/10.3886/E240275V1
Project Description
Project Title:
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Evaluating Seawater Intrusion Forecast Uncertainty under Climate Change in Pajaro Valley, California: Model Archive
Summary:
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Climate change and climate variability impacts such as rising sea levels have the potential to exacerbate seawater intrusion and the strain on coastal freshwater resources in already stressed groundwater basins such as those in the Pajaro Valley groundwater basin, California. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) developed the Pajaro Valley Hydrologic model (PVHM) to quantitatively assess aquifer-system responses to climatic variation, surface-water deliveries, and seawater intrusion.The PVHM historical model (1963-2018) was updated, extended, and re-calibrated using a combination of manual adjustments to parameters and an assisted parameter estimation PEST++ software (White et al., 2020) to minimize differences between simulated values and historical observations of streamflow, groundwater levels, and agricultural pumping. Three future climate scenarios (2013-2100) were developed for the PVHM, using three climate projections from global general circulation models (GCMs) representing hot and dry conditions, average conditions, and cool and wet conditions. The climate ensemble was used to conduct a first-order second moment uncertainty analysis of groundwater level and seawater intrusion forecasts using PEST++ software (White et al., 2020). Understanding the reliability and uncertainty of forecasts is important for developing climate adaptation strategies such as developing protective thresholds, particularly at the basin scale where the impacts are felt, and adaptation is implemented. This USGS data release contains all of the input and output files for the historical updated PVHM and the three future climate scenarios described in the associated journal article.
Purpose
The Pajaro Valley Hydrologic Model (PVHM) was updated to the latest MODFLOW-OWHM software (Boyce et al., 2020), extended through 2022, and re-calibrated for years 1963-2018. The PVHM was first published model in 2014 (https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2014/5111/pdf/sir2014-5111.pdf) and has been used as a tool to evaluate historical changes in groundwater levels and seawater intrusion that have occurred due to anthropogenic pumping in the Pajaro Valley Groundwater Basin, California. This data release archives the updated and extended PVHM with 3 future climate scenarios. The development of the model input and output files included in this data release are documented in the accompanying journal article, “Evaluating Seawater Intrusion Forecast Uncertainty under Climate Change in the Pajaro Valley, California”.
Purpose
The Pajaro Valley Hydrologic Model (PVHM) was updated to the latest MODFLOW-OWHM software (Boyce et al., 2020), extended through 2022, and re-calibrated for years 1963-2018. The PVHM was first published model in 2014 (https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2014/5111/pdf/sir2014-5111.pdf) and has been used as a tool to evaluate historical changes in groundwater levels and seawater intrusion that have occurred due to anthropogenic pumping in the Pajaro Valley Groundwater Basin, California. This data release archives the updated and extended PVHM with 3 future climate scenarios. The development of the model input and output files included in this data release are documented in the accompanying journal article, “Evaluating Seawater Intrusion Forecast Uncertainty under Climate Change in the Pajaro Valley, California”.
Funding Sources:
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USGS California Water Science Center
Original Distribution URL:
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https://doi.org/10.5066/P9LWQX18
Scope of Project
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Climatology;
Hydrology;
Water Quality
Geographic Coverage:
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Monterey County,
California,
Santa Cruz County,
Pajaro Valley
Time Period(s):
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10/1/1963 – 12/31/2099
Data Type(s):
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geographic information system (GIS) data
Methodology
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Water Resources
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