California Hydrological Simulations with Natural and Human Influences

Hydrological simulations for California derived from the PCR-GLOBWB model, including drought analysis. The data was created by Niko Wanders of Utrecht University to support a 2017 review paper on the human-water interface in hydrological modeling. The dataset's specific temporal coverage is not stated in the provided metadata.

Use Cases

• Modeling water availability based on simulated hydrological variables.
• Analyzing drought patterns and severity for California.
• Studying the impact of human water use on regional hydrology.
• Validating other hydrological models against PCR-GLOBWB outputs for California.

Strengths

• Data is derived from the established PCR-GLOBWB hydrological model.
• Includes analysis of drought, a key environmental stressor.
• Created to support a peer-reviewed scientific publication.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Utrecht University

Collection Method

Derived from PCR-GLOBWB model simulations.

Geography

California