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DOI | 10.1029/2019WR024873 |
MERIT Hydro: A High-Resolution Global Hydrography Map Based on Latest Topography Dataset | |
Yamazaki, Dai1,2; Ikeshima, Daiki2; Sosa, Jeison3; Bates, Paul D.3; Allen, George H.4; Pavelsky, Tamlin M.5 | |
2019-06-01 | |
发表期刊 | WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH |
ISSN | 0043-1397 |
EISSN | 1944-7973 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 55期号:6页码:5053-5073 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Japan; England; USA |
英文摘要 | High-resolution raster hydrography maps are a fundamental data source for many geoscience applications. Here we introduce MERIT Hydro, a new global flow direction map at 3-arc sec resolution (similar to 90 m at the equator) derived from the latest elevation data (MERIT DEM) and water body data sets (G1WBM, Global Surface Water Occurrence, and OpenStreetMap). We developed a new algorithm to extract river networks near automatically by separating actual inland basins from dummy depressions caused by the errors in input elevation data. After a minimum amount of hand editing, the constructed hydrography map shows good agreement with existing quality-controlled river network data sets in terms of flow accumulation area and river basin shape. The location of river streamlines was realistically aligned with existing satellite-based global river channel data. Relative error in the drainage area was <0.05 for 90% of Global Runoff Data Center (GRDC) gauges, confirming the accuracy of the delineated global river networks. Discrepancies in flow accumulation area were found mostly in arid river basins containing depressions that are occasionally connected at high water levels and thus resulting in uncertain watershed boundaries. MERIT Hydro improves on existing global hydrography data sets in terms of spatial coverage (between N90 and S60) and representation of small streams, mainly due to increased availability of high-quality baseline geospatial data sets. The new flow direction and flow accumulation maps, along with accompanying supplementary layers on hydrologically adjusted elevation and channel width, will advance geoscience studies related to river hydrology at both global and local scales. Plain Language Summary Rivers play important roles in global hydrological and biogeochemical cycles, and many socioeconomic activities also depend on water resources in river basins. Global-scale frontier studies of river networks and surface waters require that all rivers on the Earth are precisely mapped at high resolution, but until now, no such map has been produced. Here we present MERIT Hydro, the first high-resolution, global map of river networks developed by combining the latest global map of land surface elevation with the latest maps of water bodies that were built using satellites and open databases. Surface flow direction of each 3-arc sec pixel (similar to 90-m size at the equator) is mapped across the entire globe except Antarctica, and many supplemental maps (such as flow accumulation area, river width, and a vectorized river network) are generated. MERIT Hydro thus represents a major advance in our ability to represent the global river network and is a data set that is anticipated to enhance a wide range of geoscience applications including flood risk assessment, aquatic carbon emissions, and climate modeling. |
英文关键词 | global hydrology hydrography river network topography |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000477616900031 |
WOS关键词 | DRAINAGE ; WATER ; RIVER ; MODEL |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Limnology ; Water Resources |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Marine & Freshwater Biology ; Water Resources |
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/183985 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Tokyo, Inst Ind Sci, Tokyo, Japan; 2.Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Tokyo, Japan; 3.Univ Bristol, Sch Geog Sci, Bristol, Avon, England; 4.Texas A&M Univ, Dept Geog, College Stn, TX USA; 5.Univ N Carolina, Dept Geol Sci, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Yamazaki, Dai,Ikeshima, Daiki,Sosa, Jeison,et al. MERIT Hydro: A High-Resolution Global Hydrography Map Based on Latest Topography Dataset[J]. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH,2019,55(6):5053-5073. |
APA | Yamazaki, Dai,Ikeshima, Daiki,Sosa, Jeison,Bates, Paul D.,Allen, George H.,&Pavelsky, Tamlin M..(2019).MERIT Hydro: A High-Resolution Global Hydrography Map Based on Latest Topography Dataset.WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH,55(6),5053-5073. |
MLA | Yamazaki, Dai,et al."MERIT Hydro: A High-Resolution Global Hydrography Map Based on Latest Topography Dataset".WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH 55.6(2019):5053-5073. |
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