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. 2018 Jul 3;5:180080. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2018.80

Table 3. Overview of the variables included in the dataset (Data Citation 1).

Variable Name Raw data Methods Processed data Details
Precipitation One file per sensor, geopositionRain gauge tips at 0.254, 0.2, or 0.1 mm; or cumulative values at 5 or 30 min resolution Tip depuration,Cubic spline interpolation on the cumulative rainfall curve,Rainfall accumulation,Data gap filling One file per catchment,Precipitation time series at maximum temporal resolution matching discharge, and at 1 hr and 1 day resolutions Units: rainfall (mm).Some stations (JTU, CHA) lack rain gauge tip data as the logger was programmed to store cumulative values only
Streamflow One file per sensor, geoposition,Water level instantaneous measurements at 5, 15, or 30 min resolution Water level validation,Discharge calculation,Restricted data gap filling One file per catchment,Streamflow time series at maximum temporal resolution, and at 1 hr and 1 day resolutions Units: water level (cm), streamflow (l s−1 km−2).Weir dimensions used to convert water level to discharge for each station in Table 6
Catchment characteristics Geographic information data Calculations using Geographic Information Systems software and custom scripts Matrix of physical characteristics (rows) for each catchment (columns)Maps of each catchment or pair of catchments Categories: shape, drainage, elevation, topography, subsurface, climate, rainfall intensity, land cover and land use
Hydrological indices   Hydrological index calculation based on custom scripts, averaged over their monitoring periods Matrix of hydrological indices (rows) for each catchment (columns) Categories: water yield, hydrological regulation, water balance, magnitude, frequency, duration, timing, flashiness