Global Hydropower Simulation - 20th century

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.

本资源汇集了20世纪1,593座水电站的时间序列数据，这些电站总体上代表了全球现有水电站装机容量的半数以上（以2016年进行研究时的情况为准）。该时间序列数据通过强制施加详细的水电站模型，以月度分辨率（1906-2000年）模拟20世纪的来水情况而产生——模型包含电站规格、储水动态和现实操作方案。

您可以通过下载Rdata文件以及open_file.R脚本开始探索这些数据。您将能够找到模拟的月度分辨率时间序列输出，包括每座水电站的水电生产、储水水位和放水量。

参考文献：
[1] Ng, J. Y., Turner, S. W., & Galelli, S. (2017). 厄尔尼诺南方涛动对全球水电生产的影响。环境研究快报，12(3)，034010。