Standard data package, Monthly Forecast of River flow

Data Delivery Details

This standard package for monthly forecast data (World-Wide HYPE) includes:

Geographical domain	Choice of one region (see World-Wide HYPE model)
Model version	WWH1.3.3
Variable	River discharge (m3/s)
Temporal and spatial resolution	Monthly mean per catchment
Thresholds per catchment	River discharge at (m³/s) for 10th, 33rd, 66th, 90th percentiles.¹
Data Period	1-7-month ahead
Forcing meteo data	HydroGFD 2.0² + 51 ensemble members from ECMWF SEAS5 (forecasts) ³
Forecast skill	Continuous Ranked Probability Skill Score (Score)⁴ per catchment
Data delivery frequency	Monthly delivery⁵
Data delivery period	One year, automatic renewal if not canceled ahead
Data format	NetCDF for time series, thresholds and skill. Shape file for catchment borders
Price	Ask us

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Notes:

We provide thresholds (based on percentiles) of river flow in each catchment based on historical data. This allows to categorize the forecasted river flow into different conditions: above normal (>66^th percentile), near normal (between 33rd and 66^th percentile), below normal (<33th percentile), extreme low (<10^th percentile) and extreme high (>90^th percentile).
Berg, P., Donnelly, C., and Gustafsson, D. (2018). Near-real-time adjusted reanalysis forcing data for hydrology, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 989–1000, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-989-2018. Temperature and precipitation from the HydroGFD dataset can be ordered as customized data package – contact us!
For time periods more than ten days ahead, the meteorological models are less reliable. Monthly forecasts are therefore based on an ensemble of climate model results. Currently, we use 51 bias-adjusted ensemble members of meteorological forecasts from ECMWF.
Forecast skill in each catchment is given as model result vs perfect model for period 1993-2015.
Historical forecasts can be delivered as customized data package – contact us!

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Global Regions From The World-Wide HYPE Model

Monthly river forecast from the HYPE model is described and evaluated only for Europe (E-HYPE) by:

Pechlivanidis, I. G., Crochemore, L., Rosberg, J., & Bosshard, T. (2020). What are the key drivers controlling the quality of seasonal streamflow forecasts?Water Resources Research, 56, e2019WR026987. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR026987

The standard package includes time series for some 10 000 – 30 000 catchments in each region. Click on the maps below to enlarge them.