Select regulated reservoir data in the Arctic drainage basin

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Overview Research Site Status and Provenance Access and Downloads

Section 1: Overview

Name of Research Project

Related Project	Part
Core Modelling and Forecasting Team	WRM

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Dataset Title

Select regulated reservoir data in the Arctic drainage basin

Additional Information

GeoNetwork record: www.gwfnet.net/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/1d20e7a1-ac8e-40fd-82be-59e977502f5b

Creators and Contributors

Name	Role	Email	Institution
Andrew Tefs	Originator	andrew.tefs@ucalgary.ca	University of Calgary
Tricia Stadnyk	Collaborator		University of Calgary

Abstract

In order to study the historic operations of regulated waterbodies and to predict future conditions (outflow from lakes and level of reservoir), we collect streamflow and water level data for regulated lakes and waterbodies throughout the Arctic drainage basin. This dataset contains historic, measured timeseries for discrete locations describing key hydrometric variables (inflow, outflow, and reservoir levels) for regulated waterbodies throughout the Arctic drainage basin (primarily Nelson, Churchill, Moose, Albany, Yukon, Yenisey, Ob, and Lena rivers). These data are collected from open-source (governmental and non-governmental) organizations and used with acknowledgement.

Purpose

The purpose is to develop a reservoir module that will work with any hydrological models and land surface schemes. As part of this work, reservoir data from dozens of reservoirs across the Arctic drainage basin was collected. This project supports the Water Resources Management theme of the Core Modelling and Forecasting Team.

Plain Language Summary

Keywords

Keyword
hydrology
hydroelectric reservoir
streamflow
lakes
modelling

Citations

Section 3: Status and Provenance

Dataset Version

Dataset Creation Date

Status of data collection/production

○ Planned

○ In Progress

○ Abandoned

◉ Complete

Dataset Completion or Abandonment Date

Data Update Frequency

○ Continually

○ Daily

○ Weekly

○ Biweekly

○ Monthly

○ Anually

○ As needed

◉ Irregular

○ None planned

○ Unknown

Creation Software

Software	Version	File Formats
NA

Primary Source of Data

◻ Unknown/Unspecified

◻ Census

◻ Field collected samples

◻ Field experiment

◻ Field observation

▣ Field survey

◻ Human biological samples

◻ Lab experiment

◻ Model simulation

◻ Previously collected

◻ Qualitative (from observations or interviews)

◻ Social survey

◻ Traditional knowledge

◻ Other Source of Data (Please specify in field below)

Other Source of Data (if applicable)

Data Lineage (if applicable). Please include versions (e.g., input and forcing data, models, and coupling modules; instrument measurements; surveys; sample collections; etc.)

Section 4: Access and Downloads

Access to the Dataset

Does the data have access restrictions?

▣ No restriction (data is currently open to public)

◻ Limited (data is currently under embargo until publication)

◻ Limited (data involves intellectual property issues related to local or traditional knowledge)

◻ Limited (release of data may cause harm to the environment or to the public)

◻ Limited (pre-existing data has been used and is subject to access restrictions)

◻ Limited (data involves human subjects)

◻ Limited (data is supported by industry partnerships)

◻ Limited (data is supported by government partnerships)

Downloading and Characteristics of the Dataset

Download Links and Instructions

Contact Andrew Tefs (andrew.tefs@uclgary.ca)

Data Sources:
-Water Survey of Canada (WSC). (2020). Water Survey of Canada. Ottawa: Environment Canada available at: https://wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/mainmenu/historical_data_index_e.html
-Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC). (2020). Monthly data of the 560 stations Arctic‐HYCOS basic network available at: https://www.bafg.de/GRDC/EN/04_spcldtbss/41_ARDB/ArcticHYCOSData.html?nn=201698
-United States Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS). (2020). Global Reservoirs and Lakes Monitor (G-REALM). United States Department of Agriculture's. available at: https://ipad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorer/global_reservoir/

Total Size of all Dataset Files (GB)

0.2

File formats and online databases

◻ Link to online database or web services (e.g., WISKI, ECCC)

◻ Archive files (.zip, .rar, .7z, .tar, .tgz, .tar.gz, etc.)

▣ CSV files (.csv - comma or tab separated value files)

◻ Excel document files (.xlsx, .xls)

◻ Image files (e.g., .tiff, .jpeg, .png, .gif, etc.)

◻ NetCDF files (.netcdf, .nc)

▣ Text files (.txt)

◻ Word document files (.docx, .doc)

◻ Other (Please specify in field below)

Other Data Formats (if applicable)

List of Parameters and Variables

Parameter/Variable	Unit	Frequency	Source
streamflow	m3/s	daily	Water Survey of Canada (WSC). (2020). Water Survey of Canada. Ottawa: Environment Canada available at: https://wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/mainmenu/historical_data_index_e.html">https://wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/mainmenu/historical_data_index_e.html
streamflow	m3/s	daily	Global Runoff Data Centre (GRDC). (2020). Monthly data of the 560 stations Arctic‐HYCOS basic network available at: https://www.bafg.de/GRDC/EN/04_spcldtbss/41_ARDB/ArcticHYCOSData.html?nn=201698
reservoir level	m	daily	Water Survey of Canada (WSC). (2020). Water Survey of Canada. Ottawa: Environment Canada available at: https://wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/mainmenu/historical_data_index_e.html">https://wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/mainmenu/historical_data_index_e.html
reservoir level	m	10-day	United States Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS). (2020). Global Reservoirs and Lakes Monitor (G-REALM). United States Department of Agriculture's. available at: https://ipad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorer/global_reservoir/

T-2021-02-22-c1qy0yKSrZ0OgIXAruy1Mog Dataset 1.2

Begin Date	End Date
1971-01-01	2018-12-31

West Boundary Longitude	-180
East Boundary Longitude	180
North Boundary Latitude	85
South Boundary Latitude	40