Thirteen years of research in the upper Seym River basin, a 18,100 km² catchment area in the East European Plain's steppe zone, investigates interannual surface runoff changes. The Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences conducted this study, analyzing climatic and anthropogenic factors like urbanization. The dataset represents findings from investigations concluded around 1991.
Use Cases
- Modeling the contribution of urban territory to surface flow within the 18,100 km² Seym basin catchment area.
- Analyzing 13-year time-series data on overland flow to correlate changes with climatic factor variations.
- Estimating the influence of anthropogenic factors, specifically rising urbanization, on river basin hydrology in the steppe zone.
Strengths
- 13-year longitudinal investigation period provides a multi-year perspective.
- Focus on a defined 18,100 km² catchment area within the East European Plain.
Limitations
- Data is temporally stale, with the last update recorded in 1991.
- Specific row counts, column names, and measurement methodologies are unknown.
- Geographic scope is limited to a single river basin in the Kursk Region.
Provenance
- Source
- Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, via NASA Earthdata.
- Collection Method
- Research investigation on interannual changes of surface overland flow.
- Time Range
- 13-year investigation period, concluding circa 1991.
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- Upper part of the Seym River basin (left tributary of the Desna), steppe zone of the East European Plain, Kursk Region. Catchment area is 18,100 km².