Table 2. Description of model covariates.
Variable | Description | Years Available | URL / Source |
---|---|---|---|
CRflow.spr | Seasonal Columbia River flow as measured at The Dalles Dam (USGS site 14105700) | 1978-present | http://waterservices.usgs.gov/rest/DV-Service.html |
CRflow.sum | |||
CRtemp.spr | Seasonal Columbia River temperatures at The Dalles Dam (USGS site 14105700) | 1997-present | http://waterservices.usgs.gov/rest/DV-Service.html |
CRtemp.sum | |||
cui.win | Seasonal coastal upwelling index | 1946-present | http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/products/PFELData/upwell/monthly/upanoms.mon |
cui.spr | |||
cui.sum | |||
cui.aut | |||
mei.win | Seasonal Multivariate ENSO Index | 1950-present | https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/enso/mei/ |
mei.spr | |||
mei.sum | |||
mei.aut | |||
npgo.win | Seasonal North Pacific Gyre Oscillation | 1950-present | http://www.o3d.org/npgo/npgo.php |
npgo.spr | |||
npgo.sum | |||
npgo.aut | |||
npi.win | Seasonal North Pacific Index (index of Aleutian Low Pressure) | 1899-present | https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/npindex_monthly.txt |
npi.spr | |||
npi.sum | |||
npi.aut | |||
oni.win | Seasonal Oceanic NiƱo Index | 1950-present | http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/ensoyears.shtml |
oni.spr | |||
oni.sum | |||
oni.aut | |||
ersstWACoast.win | Seasonal sea surface temperature for coastal Washington | 1900-present | https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/ersst/v5/netcdf/ |
ersstWACoast.spr | |||
ersstWACoast.sum | |||
ersstWACoast.aut | |||
ersstArc.win | Seasonal sea surface temperature from Johnstone and Mantua (2014) | 1900-present | https://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/cmb/ersst/v5/netcdf/ |
ersstArc.spr | |||
ersstArc.sum | |||
ersstArc.aut | |||
transport.win | Seasonal measure of Sverdrup transport along the Washington coast, most correlated with the temperatures in the upper 20 meters. | 1967-present | |
transport.spr | |||
transport.sum | |||
transport.aut |
Description of the environmental variable names, the years of available data, and the website location of the data.