UFRGS Large Scale Hydrology - South America Simulated River Discharge & Reservoir Dataset
UFRGS Large Scale Hydrology lab dataset combining in-situ (ANA) and altimetry (Theia/HydroWeb) sources for South American rivers and reservoirs, downloadable as NetCDF.
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At a glance
- Region
- Brazil (South America)
- Coverage
- South America
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Academic
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- water levels
- river discharge
- reservoir storage
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Storage tracking
Follow storage and releases through the season.
Because it has: water levels
- 02
Change over time
See how lakes and wetlands have grown or shrunk.
- 03
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
Because it has: river discharge
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Storage from space
Estimate volume from satellite water area and altimetry.
- 02
Release decisions
Optimise releases against inflow forecasts.
- 03
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
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