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Data description paper
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Data description paper |
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GRQA: Global River Water Quality Archive
Department of Geography, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, Tartu, 51003, Estonia
Giuseppe Amatulli
School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
Center for Research Computing, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA
Alexander Kmoch
Department of Geography, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, Tartu, 51003, Estonia
Longzhu Shen
HyperAmp, Barnwell Road, Cambridge CB5 8RQ, UK
Spatial-Ecology, Meaderville House, Wheal Buller, Redruth TR16 6ST, UK
Evelyn Uuemaa
Department of Geography, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, Tartu, 51003, Estonia
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Water quality modeling is essential for understanding and mitigating water quality deterioration in river networks due to agricultural and industrial pollution. Improving the availability and usability of open data is vital to support global water quality modeling efforts. The GRQA extends the spatial and temporal coverage of previously available water quality data and provides a reproducible workflow for combining multi-source water quality datasets.
Water quality modeling is essential for understanding and mitigating water quality deterioration...
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