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Simone Persiano, Alessio Pugliese, Alberto Aloe, Jon Olav Skøien, Attilio Castellarin, and Alberto Pistocchi
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Wei Wan, Jie Zhang, Liyun Dai, Hong Liang, Ting Yang, Baojian Liu, Zhizhou Guo, Heng Hu, and Limin Zhao
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Linan Guo, Hongxing Zheng, Yanhong Wu, Lanxin Fan, Mengxuan Wen, Junsheng Li, Fangfang Zhang, Liping Zhu, and Bing Zhang
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Utkarsh Mital, Dipankar Dwivedi, James B. Brown, and Carl I. Steefel
Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-67, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-67, 2022
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We present a new dataset that estimates small-scale variations in precipitation and temperature in mountainous terrain. The dataset is generated using a new machine learning method that extracts relationships between climate and topography from existing coarse-scale datasets. The generated dataset is shown to capture small-scale variations more reliably than existing datasets, and constitutes a valuable resource to model the water-cycle in the mountains of Colorado, western United States.
Ibrahim Demir, Zhongrun Xiang, Bekir Demiray, and Muhammed Sit
Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-52, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2022-52, 2022
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We provided a large benchmark dataset, WaterBench, with valuable features for the hydrological modeling. This dataset designed to support cutting-edge deep learning studies for a more accurate streamflow forecast model. We also proposed a modeling task for comparative model studies and provided sample models with codes and results as the benchmark for reference. This makes up for the lack of benchmarks in earth science research.
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Short summary
Data are needed to detect environmental problems, find their solutions, and identify knowledge gaps. Existing datasets have limited availability, sample size and/or frequency, or geographic scope. Here, we begin to address these limitations by collecting, cleaning, standardizing, and compiling the Surface Water Chemistry (SWatCh) database. SWatCh contains global surface water chemistry data for seven continents, 24 variables, 33 722 sites, and > 5 million samples collected between 1960 and 2022.
Data are needed to detect environmental problems, find their solutions, and identify knowledge...
