Hydrological and Drought Variables for Tianshan Mountain Region, 1960-2024

Huaijun Wang provides precipitation, temperature, runoff, soil moisture, potential evapotranspiration, terrestrial water storage, and DSI data for the Tianshan Mountain region. The dataset covers a 64-year period from 1960 to 2024 and includes associated R code for machine learning analysis. It supports the research paper on divergent drought trends and drivers across two basin types in Central Asia.

Use Cases

• Analyze long-term trends in terrestrial water storage anomalies to identify drought patterns in Central Asia.
• Model the relationship between precipitation, temperature, and soil moisture using the provided time-series variables.
• Apply the included R code to predict the Drought Severity Index (DSI) from climatic drivers like potential evapotranspiration and runoff.
• Compare hydrological responses and drought drivers between different basin types within the Tianshan Mountain region.

Strengths

• Covers a 64-year time range from 1960 to 2024, enabling long-term trend analysis.
• Includes multiple key hydrological variables: precipitation, temperature, runoff, soil moisture, potential evapotranspiration, and terrestrial water storage.
• Dataset size of 183.7 MB indicates substantial data volume for the region and time period.

Limitations

• Specific row counts and spatial resolution for the geospatial data are not provided.
• Data is confined to the Tianshan Mountain region, limiting generalizability to other geographic areas.

Provenance

Source

Huaijun Wang via figshare.

Collection Method

Data compiled for the analysis in the associated research paper; specific collection methods are not detailed.

Time Range

1960 to 2024

Freshness

Last updated in March 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Geography

Tianshan Mountain region, Central Asia.