Global Reservoir Evaporation Dataset

This dataset contains the monthly evaporation rate and volumes for 7242 reservoirs from March 1984 to December 2016 across the world. The evaporation rate was calculated using the three datasets viz. (1) TerraClimate; (2) ERA5; (3) Princeton Global Forcings. The surface area of these reservoirs is obtained from the Global reservoir surface area dataset (GRSAD). The detailed descriptions for this dataset are presented in Tian et al (2021,2022). The basic information of the global reservoirs was provided by the Global Reservoir and Dam Database (GRanD).<br> When using the data, please cite the following references:<br> Tian, W., Liu, X., Wang, K., Bai, P., Liu, C., &amp; Liang, X. (2022). Estimation of Global Reservoir Evaporation Losses. Journal of Hydrology, 127524.<br> Tian, W., Liu, X., Wang, K., Bai, P., &amp; Liu, C. (2021). Estimation of reservoir evaporation losses for China. Journal of Hydrology, 596, 126142.