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Articles | Volume 18, issue 3
Articles | Volume 18, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-1783-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-1783-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 3
Data description article
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10 Mar 2026
Data description article |  | 10 Mar 2026

Reconstructing nineteenth-century Danube river water levels with transformer-based computer vision

Malte Rehbein

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We transformed nineteenth-century hand-drawn Bavarian Danube gauge charts into daily water-level records using a largely automated, human-checked image analysis workflow. Tests at several gauges show the method reproduces levels with high accuracy while significantly cutting manual effort. The resulting open scientific datasets and traceable sources enable researchers and planners to study past floods and droughts, improve long records, and inform river management and climate impact assessments.
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