City level water withdrawal and scarcity accounts of China
Water withdrawal data for 63 sectors across all 343 prefectural cities in China, enabling city-level water scarcity assessment and sustainable water management.
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At a glance
- Region
- East Asia
- Coverage
- China
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- Hydrological Data
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: Hydrological Data
- 02
Low flows
Set environmental flows and check what is left in the river in a dry year.
- 03
Drought indices
Track SPI and SPEI style indices for declarations and relief.
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
Onset forecasts
Predict drought onset months ahead from climate signals.
Machine access and documentation
Data paper
City level water withdrawal and scarcity accounts of China
Scientific Data 2024
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