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    • Global River Discharge, 1807-1991, V[ersion]. 1.1 (RivDIS)

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The Global Monthly River Discharge Data Set (RivDIS) contains monthly averaged discharge measurements for 1,018 stations located throughout the world from 1807-1991. The period of record varies widely from station to station with a mean of 21.5 years. The data are derived from the published UNESCO archives for river discharge, and checked against information obtained from the Global Runoff Center in Koblenz, Germany through the U.S. National Geophysical Data Center in Boulder, Colorado.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date September 14, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 14, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2756230785-ORNL_CLOUD
    Data First Published 2023-08-23
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-08-24
    Category Hydroclimatology, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Vorosmarty, C. J., B. M. Fekete, and B. A. Tucker. 1998. Global River Discharge, 1807-1991, V. 1.1 (RivDIS). ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge Tennessee, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/199
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    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/199
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -178.5 -47.35 176.73 72.12
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 01818278167f7e3e6643dcda436d6a2671e5038f84a24a83583ba0c90c3f8558
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial
    Temporal 1807-01-01T00:00:00Z/1991-09-30T23:59:59Z

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