A global inventory of reservoir hydraulic head and energy storage potential derived from Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite observations. The dataset provides a globally consistent, observation-based assessment of reservoir energy storage resources and their variability, created by Lin Huang and last updated in June 2026.
Use Cases
- Assessing hydropower resources based on satellite-derived reservoir water surface elevations.
- Investigating reservoir energy storage variability for climate resilience planning.
- Modeling coupled water-energy systems using globally consistent hydraulic head data.
- Supporting sustainable energy transition analyses with dynamic reservoir storage potential.
Strengths
- First global observation-based inventory of reservoir hydraulic head and energy storage potential.
- Derived from direct satellite observations (SWOT), enabling dynamic characterization.
- Globally consistent assessment of reservoir energy storage resources.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified as the last update date is in the future (2026-06-04).
Provenance
- Source
- Lin Huang via figshare
- Collection Method
- Combined satellite-derived water surface elevations from SWOT with reservoir information.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-04 03:50:42
- Geography
- Global