RRR: Global River Water Storage and Residence Time

This dataset contains the input and output files for a 2024 study analyzing global patterns in river water storage dependent on residence time. It is built upon foundational datasets including MERIT-Basins for river network topology and multiple GLDAS land surface models for hydrological variables. The analysis covers approximately 2.94 million river reaches and their corresponding catchments globally.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between river water storage and residence time across global catchments.
• Validating hydrological models using a processed global river network and catchment dataset.
• Studying the impact of upstream network topology on downstream water storage dynamics.

Strengths

• Based on a peer-reviewed publication from 2024, ensuring scientific rigor.
• Covers a large, global-scale network of approximately 2.94 million river reaches and catchments.
• Built upon established, high-quality foundational datasets like MERIT-Basins and NASA GLDAS models.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as specific column names, file formats, and exact temporal coverage are not provided in the source descriptions.
• The dataset inherits known bugs from its source data, including two missing catchments and an incomplete attribute table for one river reach.
• The exact size of the dataset and its last update date are unknown.

Provenance

Source

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, authored by Elyssa L. Collins and collaborators.

Collection Method

Derived from and built upon MERIT-Basins (v1.0) and multiple NASA GLDAS Land Surface Model datasets.

Geography

Global