Global Hydropower Simulation - 20th century


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Owners: Jia Yi Ng
Type: Resource
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Created: Nov 19, 2019 at 7:55 a.m.
Last updated: Nov 27, 2019 at 5:29 a.m. (Metadata update)
Published date: Nov 27, 2019 at 5:29 a.m.
DOI: 10.4211/hs.db4f64e38ae44889857746613d9da5fc
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Abstract

This resource contains the 20th century time series data for 1,593 hydropower dams, which collectively represent more than half of the world’s existing installed hydropower capacity (in 2016 when we conducted the study). The time series were generated by forcing a detailed dam model with monthly-resolution, 20th century (1906-2000) inflows—the model includes plant specifications, storage dynamics and realistic operating schemes.

Start exploring the data by downloading the Rdata together with the open_file.R script. You will be able to find monthly-resolution time series outputs of our simulation, including the hydropower production, storage level, and water releases for each dam.

Reference:
[1] Ng, J. Y., Turner, S. W., & Galelli, S. (2017). Influence of El Niño Southern Oscillation on global hydropower production. Environmental Research Letters, 12(3), 034010.

Coverage

Spatial

Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
North Latitude
68.8200°
East Longitude
176.8150°
South Latitude
-45.8800°
West Longitude
-125.5870°

Temporal

Start Date: 01/01/1906
End Date: 12/31/2000
Leaflet Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors

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Related Resources

This resource is referenced by Ng, J. Y., Turner, S. W., & Galelli, S. (2017). Influence of El Niño Southern Oscillation on global hydropower production. Environmental Research Letters, 12(3), 034010. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa5ef8
This resource belongs to the following collections:
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Global Hydropower Simulation Collection Jia Yi Ng  Discoverable &  Shareable Open Access

Credits

Funding Agencies

This resource was created using funding from the following sources:
Agency Name Award Title Award Number
SUTD-MIT International Design Centre (IDC) Research Grant IDG 21400101

How to Cite

Ng, J. Y., S. Turner, S. Galelli (2019). Global Hydropower Simulation - 20th century, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.db4f64e38ae44889857746613d9da5fc

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