ResME: Global Model for Methane Emissions from Hydroelectric Reservoirs

ResME is a process-based model for estimating methane emissions from hydropower reservoirs. The collection includes code to run the model, inputs for a subset of global reservoirs with published field measurements, and global output for hydropower reservoir methane emissions. It was created by Kyle Delwiche of Stanford University.

Use Cases

• Calibrating mechanistic emission models based on published field measurements.
• Estimating global methane budgets from hydropower infrastructure.
• Analyzing the climate impact of specific reservoirs using process-based inputs.

Strengths

• Model is process-based, suggesting a mechanistic rather than purely statistical approach.
• Inputs are provided for a subset of global reservoirs with published field measurements, enabling validation.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Kyle Delwiche, Stanford University

Collection Method

Process-based modeling, likely incorporating published field measurements.

Geography

Global