He Wabash River Watershed covers an area of greater than 33,000 square miles in extreme west-central Ohio, the central 4/5 of Indiana (not including the extreme northern areas that drain into the Great Lakes and the extreme southern strip that drains directly into the Ohio River) and the southeastern ¼ of Illinois. Major cities such as Indianapolis, Champaign, Urbana, Terre Haute, Lafayette and Vincennes, fall within this watershed. Atmospheric and surface water data have been calculated in monthly increments for this region. This includes maximum, minimum and average temperatures, as well as the monthly average temperature range. There is also precipitation data: total precipitation, days of light, moderate, heavy and the total number of days of precipitation. There is also water balance data for actual evapotranspiration, deficit, surplus and estimated water runoff, which is often a proxy for streamflow data. The time range of the data is 1961 through 1990.
Your Project 2 assignment consists of two parts: Part A, includes graphs that will help you understand and interpret changes in precipitation, temperature and other factors and their potential relationship to global warming. Project 2, Part B will be a 2000-word essay.