CAMELS: Catchment Attributes and Meteorology for Large-sample Studies - Dataset Downloads

Spatial Coverage

Maximum (North) Latitude

50.0° N to 25.0° N

Minimum (West) Longitude

125.0° W to 66.0° W

Temporal Coverage

Begin datetime

1980-01-01 00:00:00

End datetime

2014-12-31 23:59:59

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Project

CAMELS: Catchment Attributes and MEteorology for Large-sample Studies, the hydrometeorological time series together with the catchment attributes constitute the CAMELS dataset: Catchment Attributes and MEteorology for Large-sample Studies.

Version & Date

2.0

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Resources

https://dx.doi.org/10.5065/D6MW2F4D

Description

When publishing results using this data set, the recommended cite for this data set is:

A. Newman; K. Sampson; M. P. Clark; A. Bock; R. J. Viger; D. Blodgett, 2014. A large-sample watershed-scale hydrometeorological dataset for the contiguous USA. Boulder, CO: UCAR/NCAR. https://dx.doi.org/10.5065/D6MW2F4D
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-209-2015

Description

The paper describing the hydrometeorological time series is:

A. J. Newman, M. P. Clark, K. Sampson, A. Wood, L. E. Hay, A. Bock, R. J. Viger, D. Blodgett, L. Brekke, J. R. Arnold, T. Hopson, and Q. Duan: Development of a large-sample watershed-scale hydrometeorological dataset for the contiguous USA: dataset characteristics and assessment of regional variability in hydrologic model performance. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 209-223, doi:10.5194/hess-19-209-2015, 2015

CAMELS catchment attributes Resources

https://doi.org/10.5065/D6G73C3Q

Description

When publishing results using this data set, the recommended cite for this data set is:

N. Addor, A. Newman, M. Mizukami, and M. P. Clark, 2017. Catchment attributes for large-sample studies. Boulder, CO: UCAR/NCAR. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6G73C3Q
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-5293-2017

Description

The paper describing the catchment attributes is:

Addor, N., Newman, A. J., Mizukami, N. and Clark, M. P.: The CAMELS data set: catchment attributes and meteorology for large-sample studies, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 5293–5313, doi:10.5194/hess-21-5293-2017, 2017.

Contact

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Andrew Newman

Project Scientist II

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