CAMELS-CH: Hydro-meteorological Time Series and Attributes for 331 Catchments (Eawag DORA)
Large-sample hydro-meteorological dataset for hydrologic Switzerland: 331 basins (incl. parts of AT, FR, DE, IT), 40 years (1981-2020) of daily streamflow, water levels, precipitation, temperature, snow water equivalent, plus static attributes (topography, climate, soil, hydrogeology, geology, land use, glaciers). Record in the Eawag/Lib4RI DORA repository.
dora.lib4ri.ch
At a glance
- Region
- Switzerland (Europe)
- Coverage
- 331 catchments, 1981-2020
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research Institute
- Last updated
- 2023
What's inside
- streamflow
- water level
- climate forcing
- snow water equivalent
- catchment attributes
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
Because it has: streamflow
- 02
Low flows
Set environmental flows and check what is left in the river in a dry year.
- 03
Storage tracking
Follow storage and releases through the season.
Because it has: water level
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
- 02
Ungauged basins
Combine with catchment data to estimate flow where there is no gauge.
- 03
Storage from space
Estimate volume from satellite water area and altimetry.
Related water data
- CAMELS-CH Reproducibility Guide and Dataset (Switzerland)Europe | Free
- CAMELS-CH: 331 catchments in hydrologic Switzerland (DORA record)Europe | Free
- CAMELS-DE on RADAR4KIT (KIT Research Data Repository)Europe | Free
- CAMELS-DE: Hydro-meteorological Time Series and Attributes for 1582 German Catchments (FreiDok)Europe | Free
- CAMELS-DK: Danish Catchments with Groundwater Information (GEUS Dataverse)Europe | Free
- Switzerland FOEN Hydro Linked Data Service (LINDAS)Europe | Free
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