RAT 3.0 Companion: Global Reservoir Assessment Input Data and Scripts

Reservoir Assessment Tool 3.0 companion data provides default inputs for the scalable water management software. The package includes global elevation data, reservoir and dam locations, river networks, soil parameters, and test data to facilitate setup and execution. This data was authored by Sanchit Minocha of the University of Washington.

Use Cases

• Initialize reservoir storage change models based on global elevation and reservoir data.
• Test the installation and configuration of the RAT 3.0 hydrological modeling software.
• Execute the integrated routing model using the provided Fortran code.
• Run the VIC hydrological model within RAT using the global soil and domain parameters.

Strengths

• Includes a global database covering reservoirs, dams, river basins, and elevation data.
• Provides separate parameter files and test data specifically for the RAT 3.0 software platform.
• Packages the routing model's Fortran code for user installation.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count, file formats, and last update date are unknown.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

University of Washington

Collection Method

Likely compiled from satellite remote sensing data and global topographic datasets for the Reservoir Assessment Tool.

Geography

Global