Data, Models & Maps | Waterlines Africa

Category	Dataset	Main Variables	Coverage	Resolution	Frequency	Official Download
Rainfall	CHIRPS	Precipitation	50°S - 50°N	0.05° (~5 km)	Daily, Pentad, Monthly	https://data.chc.ucsb.edu/products/CHIRPS-2.0/
Rainfall	GPM IMERG	Precipitation	Global	0.1°	Half-hourly	https://gpm.nasa.gov/data/directory
Rainfall	GSMaP	Precipitation	Global	0.1°	Hourly	https://sharaku.eorc.jaxa.jp/GSMaP/
Rainfall	PERSIANN	Precipitation	Global	0.04°	Hourly/Daily	https://chrsdata.eng.uci.edu/
Rainfall	MSWEP	Multi-source precipitation	Global	0.1°	3-hourly/Daily	https://www.gloh2o.org/mswep/
Temperature & Climate	ERA5	Temperature, wind, humidity, pressure	Global	0.25°	Hourly	https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/
Temperature & Climate	ERA5-Land	Land surface variables	Global Land	9 km	Hourly	https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/
Temperature & Climate	MERRA-2	Atmospheric reanalysis	Global	0.5° x 0.625°	Hourly	https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Temperature & Climate	TerraClimate	Climate & Water Balance	Global Land	4 km	Monthly	https://www.climatologylab.org/terraclimate.html
Temperature & Climate	WorldClim	Climate Normals	Global	1 km	Historical	https://www.worldclim.org/
Rivers	HydroRIVERS	River Network	Global	Vector	Static	https://www.hydrosheds.org/products/hydrorivers
Rivers	MERIT Hydro	Rivers, flow direction	Global	90 m	Static	http://hydro.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~yamadai/MERIT_Hydro/
Rivers	HydroSHEDS	Rivers & Drainage	Global	15 - 90 m	Static	https://www.hydrosheds.org/
Rivers	Global River Widths from Landsat (GRWL)	River centerlines & widths	Global	30 m	Static	https://uncglobalhydrology.org/grwl
Watersheds	HydroBASINS	Watershed Boundaries	Global	Level 1 - 12	Static	https://www.hydrosheds.org/products/hydrobasins
Watersheds	HydroATLAS	Basin Attributes	Global	Multiple scales	Static	https://www.hydrosheds.org/hydroatlas
Lakes & Reservoirs	HydroLAKES	Lakes	Global	Vector	Static	https://www.hydrosheds.org/products/hydrolakes
Lakes & Reservoirs	GRanD	Reservoirs	Global	Vector	Static	https://globaldamwatch.org/grand/
Lakes & Reservoirs	Global Dam Watch	Dams	Global	Vector	Periodic	https://globaldamwatch.org/
Groundwater	GRACE	Water Storage	Global	~100 km	Monthly	https://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/
Groundwater	GLDAS	Soil Moisture, Runoff	Global	0.25°	3-hourly	https://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov/gldas
Soil Moisture	SMAP	Soil Moisture	Global	9 km	Daily	https://nsidc.org/data/smap
Soil Moisture	ESA CCI Soil Moisture	Soil Moisture	Global	0.25°	Daily	https://climate.esa.int/en/projects/soil-moisture/
Snow	MODIS Snow	Snow Cover	Global	500 m	Daily	https://nsidc.org/data/modis
Snow	IMS Snow	Snow & Ice	Northern Hemisphere	4 km	Daily	https://nsidc.org/data/g02156
Floods	GloFAS	Streamflow & Flood Forecast	Global	0.1°	Daily	https://global-flood.emergency.copernicus.eu/
Floods	Dartmouth Flood Observatory	Flood Events	Global	Event	Near Real-Time	http://floodobservatory.colorado.edu/
Floods	NASA Global Flood Mapping	Flood Extent	Global	Satellite	Near Real-Time	https://floodmap.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/
Drought	SPEIbase	SPEI Index	Global	0.5°	Monthly	https://spei.csic.es/
Drought	Global Drought Observatory	Drought Indicators	Global	Multiple	Daily	https://drought.emergency.copernicus.eu/
Streamflow	GRDC	River Discharge	Global	Station	Daily/Monthly	https://www.bafg.de/GRDC/
Streamflow	USGS NWIS	Streamflow	USA	Station	Real-Time	https://waterdata.usgs.gov/
Streamflow	CAMELS	Basin Hydrology	Multiple Countries	Basin	Daily	https://ral.ucar.edu/solutions/products/camels
Evapo- transpiration	MOD16	Evapotranspiration	Global	500 m	8-Day	https://lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/mod16a2v061/
Evapo- transpiration	SSEBop	Evapotranspiration	Global	1 km	Monthly	https://earlywarning.usgs.gov/fews/product/460
Land Cover	ESA WorldCover	Land Cover	Global	10 m	Annual	https://worldcover2021.esa.int/
Land Cover	Copernicus Global Land Cover	Land Cover	Global	100 m	Annual	https://land.copernicus.eu/global/
Elevation	SRTM DEM	Elevation	Global	30 m	Static	https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
Elevation	Copernicus DEM	Elevation	Global	30 m	Static	https://dataspace.copernicus.eu/
Elevation	MERIT DEM	Elevation	Global	90 m	Static	http://hydro.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~yamadai/MERIT_DEM/
Surface Water	JRC Global Surface Water	Water Occurrence	Global	30 m	Monthly/Annual	https://global-surface-water.appspot.com/
Ocean	HYCOM	Ocean Currents	Global	1/12°	Daily	https://www.hycom.org/
Ocean	NOAA OISST	Sea Surface Temperature	Global	0.25°	Daily	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/optimum-interpolation-sst
Forest & Watersheds	Global Forest Watch	Forest Change	Global	30 m	Near Real-Time	https://www.globalforestwatch.org/
Earth Observation	Google Earth Engine Data Catalog	Hundreds of environmental datasets	Global	Various	Various	https://developers.google.com/earth-engine/datasets
Earth Observation	NASA Earthdata	Thousands of Earth science datasets	Global	Various	Various	https://earthdata.nasa.gov/
GIS Data	OpenStreetMap	Rivers, lakes, canals, dams	Global	Vector	Continuously Updated	https://download.geofabrik.de/
Environmental Data	OpenLandMap	Soil, terrain, climate	Global	250 m - 1 km	Various	https://openlandmap.org/

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