ICIMOD Library - Reference Climate Dataset for the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra Basins (HI-AWARE WP2)
ICIMOD/HI-AWARE working paper and accompanying reference climate dataset documenting a gridded climate baseline for the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra basins, used to bias-correct hydrological and climate analyses across the upstream HKH. Open-access record on ICIMOD's digital library.
lib.icimod.org
At a glance
- Region
- Nepal (Asia)
- Coverage
- Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra basins
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research Institute
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- Climate
- Reference dataset
- Gridded climate
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Risk screening
Screen projects and assets for climate risk.
Because it has: Climate
- 02
Future water
Estimate water availability under future scenarios.
- 03
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Bias correction
Correct and downscale climate model output for a site.
- 02
Emulators
Replace slow model runs with fast ML emulators.
- 03
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
Related water data
- ICIMOD Library - Climatic and Hydrological Atlas of NepalAsia | Free
- Nepal Department of Hydrology and MeteorologyAsia | Free
- ICIMOD HI-CHAP - HKH Climate and Hydrology Visualization & Access PortalAsia | Free
- IMD Regional Climate Centre (RA II) - South Asia Gridded Rainfall & IMDAA ReanalysisAsia | Free
- N-WASH MIS (Nepal)Asia | Free
- Nepal River Watch Data Management SystemAsia | Free
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