Datasets

DEM

NASA SRTM 30 m (Global)

30 meter digital elevation model

NASA / USGS30 m2000GlobalDownload with free login

Land Use

ESA WorldCover

Global land cover at 10 m from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2

ESA10 m2020–2021GlobalDirect download (external)

ET

MODIS ET (MOD16)

500 m evapotranspiration and latent heat every 8 days

NASA500 m2000–presentGlobalDownload with free login

Flow

Global Discharge Stations

Daily and monthly river discharge from more than 10,000 stations

GRDCStation data1806–presentGlobalRequest from provider

Management

GRanD Reservoirs

Georeferenced large dams and their reservoir polygons

Lehner et al. (2011)PolygonsStatic (v1.3)GlobalDirect download (external)

Agricultural

FAO AQUASTAT (Irrigation)

Country statistics on water resources, use and irrigation

FAOCountry/region1958–presentGlobalDirect download (external)

DEM

Copernicus DEM GLO-30

30 m global digital surface model from TanDEM-X

ESA / Copernicus30 m2011–2015GlobalDirect download (external)

Climate

ERA5 Hourly Reanalysis

Hourly global atmospheric reanalysis since 1940

ECMWF / Copernicus0.25°1940–presentGlobalAPI (external)

Climate

ERA5-Land

0.1° land reanalysis for hydrological forcing

ECMWF / Copernicus0.1°1950–presentGlobalAPI (external)

Climate

CHIRPS v2.0

0.05° rainfall since 1981 for drought monitoring

UCSB CHC0.05°1981–present50°S – 50°NDirect download (external)

Soils

SoilGrids 250 m

Global soil properties at six depths with uncertainty

ISRIC250 mStatic (2020)GlobalAPI (external)

Observations

GRACE and GRACE-FO Mascons

Monthly terrestrial water storage anomalies since 2002

NASA JPL0.5° grid2002–presentGlobalDownload with free login

DEM

ALOS World 3D 30 m (AW3D30)

30 m surface model from PRISM optical stereo

JAXA30 m2006–2011GlobalRegistration with provider

DEM

ASTER GDEM v3

30 m global elevation from ASTER stereo imagery

NASA / METI30 m2000–2013GlobalDownload with free login

Observations

ASTER Global Water Bodies Database

30 m water body map produced with ASTER GDEM

NASA / METI30 m2000–2013GlobalDownload with free login

Land Use

Annual NLCD

Yearly 30 m land cover for the conterminous United States

USGS / MRLC30 m1985–2024Conterminous United StatesDirect download (external)

Management

Aqueduct 4.0 Water Risk Atlas

Baseline and future water stress by sub-basin

WRISub-basins1979–2019 baseline, 2030 to 2080 projectionsGlobalDirect download (external)

Flow

CAMELS (US)

671 minimally disturbed US catchments

NCARCatchment1980–2014Conterminous United StatesDirect download (external)

Climate

CHELSA v2.1

1 km downscaled climate, 1979 to present and projections

WSL30 arc-seconds1979–2019 monthly, 1981–2010 normalsGlobalDirect download (external)

Land Use

CORINE Land Cover

European land cover in 44 classes since 1990

Copernicus / EEA100 m raster, 25 ha vector1990–2018Europe (EEA38 and UK)Download with free login

Climate

CRU TS

Monthly 0.5° station-based climate since 1901

CRU / UEA0.5°1901–presentGlobalDirect download (external)

Flow

Caravan

Streamflow, forcing and attributes for thousands of catchments

Kratzert et al.Catchment1981–2020GlobalDirect download (external)

DEM

Copernicus DEM GLO-90

90 m global digital surface model

ESA / Copernicus90 m2011–2015GlobalDirect download (external)

Land Use

Copernicus Global Land Cover 100 m

100 m land cover with cover fractions, 2015 to 2019

Copernicus100 m2015–2019GlobalDirect download (external)