Last update: 11/12/2017 by Valerio Barbarossa

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This Readme file pertains to the FLO1K database described in:
Barbarossa, V; Huijbregts, MAJ; Beusen, AHW; Beck, H; King, H; Schipper, AM. FLO1K, 
global maps of mean, maximum and minimum annual streamflow at 1 km resolution from 
1960 through 2015. (Sci. Data, 2017)

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DISCLAIMER
This data was produced with the utmost care, based on methods described in the above article.
It can be used by anyone for noncommercial academic research purposes only. 
The authors are not responsible for any inappropriate use. 
Please cite the above article when using any part of this data in your work.

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Contents of this folder:
FLO1K time series in NetCDF-4 CF-compliant format. 3 files, one for each annual flow metric: 
- FLO1K.ts.1960.2015.qav.nc: mean annual flow; mean over the 12 mean monthly streamflow values of the year.
- FLO1K.ts.1960.2015.qma.nc: maximum annual flow; maximum mean monthly streamflow of the year.
- FLO1K.ts.1960.2015.qmi.nc: minimum annual flow; minimum mean monthly streamflow of the year.

All three files are on 30 arc seconds (approx. 1 km) spatial resolution (21600 rows and 43200 columns).

There also are three zipped files (detailed information is provided in the manuscript).
trained_models.zip: ANNs ensamble saved in pmml format (cross-platform compatible, one model
                    for each repetition-variable)and rds (R list of 20 repetitions of trained ANNs 
                    from the "nnet" package, one list per variable). CSV file containing the 
                    transformation parameters applied to the covariates (box-cox and standardization).
FLO1K_upscaled_30min.zip: FLO1K time series upscaled to 30 arc minutes in NetCDF-4 CF-compliant format.
FLO1K_upscaled_5min.zip: FLO1K time series upscaled to 5 arc minutes in NetCDF-4 CF-compliant format.

For additional information, please contact vbarbarossa@science.ru.nl
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