Global monthly sectoral water withdrawal and allocation datasets (QUAlloc, water use and allocation model) at 10 km spatial resolution

Output data of water withdrawals and water allocation per water source from the sectoral water use and allocation model (QUAlloc).

Dataset properties:

spatial resolution: 10 km (global-scale)

temporal resolution: monthly time-step

period: 1980 - 2019

units: m3/month

Output datasets:     __allocated_to__monthlyTot_1980_2019.nc

"withdrawal": refers to the water that is withdrawn at a water source level to satisfy the demands within an allocation zone

"demand": refers to the withdrawn water that is supplied to each location (cell) where there are demands to satisfy

"domestic"

"irrigation"

"livestock"

"manufacture"

"thermoelectric"

"renewable_surfacewater": refers to water obtained from the surface water system components (e.g., direct runoff, base flow, interflow, etc.)

"renewable_groundwater": refers to water obtained from aquifers that are recharged by percolation from the upper soil layers

"nonrenewable_groundwater": refers to water obtained from aquifers not replenished on a human time scale

The sectoral water use and allocation model used, QUAlloc, can be found at: https://github.com/SustainableWaterSystems/QUAlloc.