R-ArcticNET provides a specialized subset of the UNESCO River Discharge Data Base for the entire land area draining into the Arctic Ocean, Hudson Bay, James Bay, and the Northern Bering Strait. The dataset is maintained by the University of New Hampshire and was last updated in 1990. Future planned additions include simulated river networks and temperature and precipitation data.
Use Cases
- Modeling pan-Arctic hydrological cycles based on river discharge data.
- Assessing water resource availability in Arctic regions based on the described hydrometeorological data.
- Studying climate change impacts on Arctic river systems based on the regional discharge network.
- Validating simulated river network models against the UNESCO River Discharge Data Base subset.
Strengths
- Covers the entire land area draining into the Arctic Ocean, a significant spatial scope.
- Integrates data from the authoritative UNESCO River Discharge Data Base (RivDIS).
Limitations
- Last updated 1990-12-31 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- University of New Hampshire, using a subset of the UNESCO River Discharge Data Base (RivDIS).
- Collection Method
- Electronic network aggregating regional hydrometeorological data.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- 1990-12-31
- Geography
- Pan-Arctic region, including land draining into the Arctic Ocean, Hudson Bay, James Bay, and the Northern Bering Strait.