National Cryosphere Desert Data Center (NCDC) - Hydrology datasets
Chinese national data center (Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, CAS) providing glacier, frozen soil, desert and hydrology datasets, including runoff measurements, precipitation, streamflow indices time series and basin-scale hydrological model products for western China and global large-sample analyses.
ncdc.ac.cn
At a glance
- Region
- China (Asia)
- Coverage
- China / Global
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research Institute
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- Hydrology
- Runoff
- Glacier
- Streamflow
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: Hydrology
- 02
Low flows
Set environmental flows and check what is left in the river in a dry year.
- 03
Melt runoff
Forecast snowmelt contributions to rivers.
Because it has: Glacier
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
Cloud-free snow maps
Fill snow cover hidden by cloud with ML.
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