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Global hydrological dataset of daily streamflow data from the Reference Observatory of Basins for INternational hydrological climate change detection (ROBIN), 1863 - 2022

The Reference Observatory of Basins for INternational hydrological climate change detection (ROBIN) dataset is a global hydrological dataset containing publicly available daily flow data for 2,386 gauging stations across the globe which have natural or near-natural catchments. Metadata is also provided alongside these stations for the Full ROBIN Dataset consisting of 3,060 gauging stations. Data were quality controlled by the central ROBIN team before being added to the dataset, and two levels of data quality are applied to guide users towards appropriate the data usage. Most records have data of at least 40 years with minimal missing data with data records starting in the late 19th Century for some sites through to 2022. ROBIN represents a significant advance in global-scale, accessible streamflow data. The project was funded the UK Natural Environment Research Council Global Partnership Seedcorn Fund - NE/W004038/1 and the NC-International programme [NE/X006247/1] delivering National Capability Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/3b077711-f183-42f1-bac6-c892922c81f4

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Date (Publication)
2024-05-28
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/3b077711-f183-42f1-bac6-c892922c81f4
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doi: / 10.5285/3b077711-f183-42f1-bac6-c892922c81f4
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Turner, S., Hannaford, J., Barker, L.J., Suman, G., Armitage, R., Killeen, A., Griffin, A., Davies, H., Kumar, A., Dixon, H., Albuquerque, M.T.D., Almeida Ribeiro, N., Alvarez-Garreton, C., Amoussou, E., Arheimer, B., Asano, Y., Berezowski, T., Bodian, A., Boutaghane, H., Capell, R., Dakhaoui, H., Daňhelka, J., Do, H.X., Ekkawatpanit, C., El Khalki, E.M., Fleig, A.K., Fonseca, R., Giraldo-Osorio, J.D., Goula, A.B.T., Hanel, M., Hodgkins, G., Horton, S., Kan, C., Kingston, D.G., Laaha, G., Laugesen, R., Lopes, W., Mager, S., Markonis, Y., Mediero, L., Midgley, G., Murphy, C., O'Connor, P., Pedersen, A.I., Pham, H.T., Piniewski, M., Rachdane, M., Renard, B., Saidi, M.E., Schmocker-Facker, P., Stahl, K., Thyler, M., Toucher, M., Tramblay, Y., Uusikivi, J., Venegas-Cordero, N., Vissesri, S., Watson, A., Westra, S., Whitfield, P.H. (2024). Global hydrological dataset of daily streamflow data from the Reference Observatory of Basins for INternational hydrological climate change detection (ROBIN), 1863 - 2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/3b077711-f183-42f1-bac6-c892922c81f4
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Turner, S.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8358-8775
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Hannaford, J.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5256-3310
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Barker, L.J.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2913-0664
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Suman, G.
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Armitage, R.
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5338-4756
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Killeen, A.
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Griffin, A.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8645-4561
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Davies, H.
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Kumar, A.
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Dixon, H.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7415-063X
Point of contact
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Turner, S.
Author
  Polytechnic University/CERNAS - Albuquerque, M.T.D.
Author
  University of Évora - Almeida Ribeiro, N.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6884-2808
Author
  Center for Climate and Resilience Research - Alvarez-Garreton, C.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5381-4863
Author
  University of Parakou - Amoussou, E.
Author
  Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute - Arheimer, B.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8314-0735
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  University of Tokyo - Asano, Y.
Author
  Gdansk University of Technology - Berezowski, T.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4074-0866
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  Gaston Berger University - Bodian, A.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3107-6019
Author
  Badji Mokhtar - Annaba University - Boutaghane, H.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8260-0397
Author
  Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute - Capell, R.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7784-1313
Author
  Université Tunis El Manar - Dakhaoui, H.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5271-4350
Author
  Czech Hydrometeorological Institute - Daňhelka, J.
Author
  Nong Lam University – Ho Chi Minh City - Do, H.X.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9169-579X
Author
  Tohoku University - Ekkawatpanit, C.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6723-1303
Author
  Mohammed VI Polytechnic University - El Khalki, E.M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9337-4367
Author
  Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate - Fleig, A.K.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0956-8255
Author
  Institute of Earth Science (IES), University of Évora - Fonseca, R.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6389-2822
Author
  Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Giraldo-Osorio, J.D.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6205-3341
Author
  University of Abobo-Adjamé - Goula, A.B.T.
Author
  Czech University of Life Sciences Prague - Hanel, M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8317-6711
Author
  United States Geological Survey - Hodgkins, G.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4916-5565
Author
  University of Canterbury, Christchurch - Horton, S.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5879-1464
Author
  Swiss Federal Office for the Environment - Kan, C.
Author
  University of Otago, Dunedin - Kingston, D.G.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4205-4181
Author
  University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) - Laaha, G.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6793-9640
Author
  Bureau of Meteorology, Canberra - Laugesen, R.
Author
  National Water and Sanitation Agency (ANA) - Lopes, W.
Author
  University of Otago - Mager, S.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6610-5874
Author
  Czech University of Life Sciences Prague - Markonis, Y.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0144-8969
Author
  Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Mediero, L.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9346-6592
Author
  Stellenbosch University - Midgley, G.
Author
  Maynooth University - Murphy, C.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4891-2650
Author
  Maynooth University - O'Connor, P.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7755-0831
Author
  Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate - Pedersen, A.I.
Author
  University of Danang - Pham, H.T.
Author
  Warsaw University of Life Sciences - Piniewski, M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7930-4549
Author
  Cadi Ayyad University - Rachdane, M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7280-3951
Author
  Aix Marseille University - Renard, B.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8447-5430
Author
  Cadi Ayyad University - Saidi, M.E.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8949-2547
Author
  Swiss Federal Office for the Environment - Schmocker-Facker, P.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4488-2052
Author
  University of Freiburg - Stahl, K.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2159-9441
Author
  University of Adelaide - Thyler, M.
Author
  South African Environmental Observation Network - Toucher, M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4691-0715
Author
  Research Institute for Development (IRD) - Tramblay, Y.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0481-5330
Author
  Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) - Uusikivi, J.
https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5637-4069
Author
  Warsaw University of Life Sciences - Venegas-Cordero, N.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0154-6529
Author
  Chulalongkorn University - Vissesri, S.
Author
  Stellenbosch University - Watson, A.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5998-6933
Author
  University of Adelaide - Westra, S.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4023-6061
Author
  University of Saskatchewan - Whitfield, P.H.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6937-9459
Custodian
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Publisher
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Owner
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Turner, S., Hannaford, J., Barker, L.J., Suman, G., Armitage, R., Killeen, A., Griffin, A., Davies, H., Kumar, A., Dixon, H., Albuquerque, M.T.D., Almeida Ribeiro, N., Alvarez-Garreton, C., Amoussou, E., Arheimer, B., Asano, Y., Berezowski, T., Bodian, A., Boutaghane, H., Capell, R., Dakhaoui, H., Daňhelka, J., Do, H.X., Ekkawatpanit, C., El Khalki, E.M., Fleig, A.K., Fonseca, R., Giraldo-Osorio, J.D., Goula, A.B.T., Hanel, M., Hodgkins, G., Horton, S., Kan, C., Kingston, D.G., Laaha, G., Laugesen, R., Lopes, W., Mager, S., Markonis, Y., Mediero, L., Midgley, G., Murphy, C., O'Connor, P., Pedersen, A.I., Pham, H.T., Piniewski, M., Rachdane, M., Renard, B., Saidi, M.E., Schmocker-Facker, P., Stahl, K., Thyler, M., Toucher, M., Tramblay, Y., Uusikivi, J., Venegas-Cordero, N., Vissesri, S., Watson, A., Westra, S., Whitfield, P.H. (2024). Global hydrological dataset of daily streamflow data from the Reference Observatory of Basins for INternational hydrological climate change detection (ROBIN), 1863 - 2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/3b077711-f183-42f1-bac6-c892922c81f4
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Begin date
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2010-12-08
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Data were provided by national measuring agencies following a selection process from their wider networks. Following submission of data and metadata to the ROBIN Network, a quality control process was conducted centrally to assess the quality and suitability of the station's inclusion in the dataset. Daily streamflow records were visually screened for change points, visually anomalous conditions indicating methodology changes or infilled data gaps and obvious errors in the data. Stations were removed if they showed signs of not having a sufficiently ‘near-natural' regime, and edits were made over datasets to remove obviously erroneous data periods.
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Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK
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