Russian River Integrated Hydrologic Model: an integrated hydrology and river operations model used to evaluate water use and climate change scenarios in the Russian River watershed

The Russian River watershed, situated in coastal, northern California, experiences hydrologic extremes, including periodic droughts and flooding. Water managers are working to maintain sustainable water supplies and environmental flows, while mitigating flood risks. This data release documents an integrated hydrology and river operations model for the Russian River watershed. This model is distinct from models in previous studies because it represents surface-groundwater interactions and uses climate forcings to estimate dynamic water use demands that are superimposed onto both reservoir operations and water supply constraints. The model was used to examine six historical (1990-2015) and eight future (2016-2099) water use and climate change scenarios. This USGS model application data release contains all of the input and output files for the scenarios described in the associated journal article.