Global monthly sectoral water withdrawal and allocation datasets (QUAlloc, water use and allocation model) at 10 km spatial resolution

<p>Output data of water withdrawals and water allocation per water source from the sectoral water use and allocation model (QUAlloc).</p> <p>Dataset properties:</p> <ul> <li>spatial resolution: 10 km (global-scale)</li> <li>temporal resolution: monthly time-step</li> <li>period: 1980 - 2019</li> <li>units: m3/month</li> </ul> <p>Output datasets:<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;data_type&gt;_&lt;sector_name&gt;_allocated_to_&lt;source_type&gt;_monthlyTot_1980_2019.nc</p> <ul> <li>&lt;data_type&gt;<br> <ul> <li>"withdrawal": refers to the water that is withdrawn at a water source level to satisfy the demands within an allocation zone</li> <li>"demand": refers to the withdrawn water that is supplied to each location (cell) where there are demands to satisfy</li> </ul> </li> <li>&lt;sector_name&gt; <ul> <li>"domestic"</li> <li>"irrigation"</li> <li>"livestock"</li> <li>"manufacture"</li> <li>"thermoelectric"</li> </ul> </li> <li>&lt;source_type&gt; <ul> <li>"renewable_surfacewater": refers to water obtained from the surface water system components (e.g., direct runoff, base flow, interflow, etc.)</li> <li>"renewable_groundwater": refers to water obtained from aquifers that are recharged by percolation from the upper soil layers</li> <li>"nonrenewable_groundwater": refers to water obtained from aquifers not replenished on a human time scale</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>The sectoral water use and allocation model used, QUAlloc, can be found at: https://github.com/SustainableWaterSystems/QUAlloc.</p>