Supplementary dataset for "Global water gaps under future warming levels"
<p>The folder contains water gap data relative to the paper:<br>Rosa, L., Sangiorgio, M. Global water gaps under future warming levels. Nat Commun 16, 1192 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56517-2</p> <p>All water gaps data are in km3/yr.</p> <p><br>Gridded data(NetCDF at 0.5°)<br> - baseline<br> water_gap_baseline.nc: Baseline water gap in the period 2001-2010<br> - 1.5°C warming (5 models + average)<br> water_gap_15C_average.nc: Water gap under 1.5°C warming (multi-model average)<br> water_gap_15C_h08_ipsl-cm6a-lr.nc: Water gap under 1.5°C warming (h08 + ipsl-cm6a-lr)<br> water_gap_15C_h08_mri-esm2-0.nc: Water gap under 1.5°C warming (h08 + mri-esm2-0)<br> water_gap_15C_h08_ukesm1-0-ll.nc: Water gap under 1.5°C warming (h08 + ukesm1-0-ll)<br> water_gap_15C_h08_mpi-esm1-2-hr.nc: Water gap under 1.5°C warming (h08 + mpi-esm1-2-hr)<br> water_gap_15C_h08_gfdl-esm4.nc: Water gap under 1.5°C warming (h08 + gfdl-esm4)<br> - 3°C warming (5 models + average)<br> water_gap_3C_average.nc: Water gap under 3°C warming (multi-model average)<br> water_gap_3C_h08_ipsl-cm6a-lr.nc: Water gap under 3°C warming (h08 + ipsl-cm6a-lr)<br> water_gap_3C_h08_mri-esm2-0.nc: Water gap under 3°C warming (h08 + mri-esm2-0)<br> water_gap_3C_h08_ukesm1-0-ll.nc: Water gap under 3°C warming (h08 + ukesm1-0-ll)<br> water_gap_3C_h08_mpi-esm1-2-hr.nc: Water gap under 3°C warming (h08 + mpi-esm1-2-hr)<br> water_gap_3C_h08_gfdl-esm4.nc: Water gap under 3°C warming (h08 + gfdl-esm4)</p> <p><br>Aggregated data (.xlsx)<br> - source_data.xlsx: Water gap aggregated by country and basin for all the considered scenarios (including multi-model average and agreement analysis)</p> <p>Note: the global water gap obtained by summing all the countries/basins is not completely equivalent to the sum of all the pixels because some pixels' center is outside the polygon of the corresponding country/basin (differences in the order of 1km/yr3, <0.3%). See sheet "Figure 3" A249:N251 (countries) and "Figure 5" A235:N237 (basins) for further details.</p>
ShareScore
40/100
Overall dataset sharing score
Score breakdown
These five areas show where the dataset supports — or may limit — practical reuse.
- Stewardship
- 4
- Harmonization
- 4
- Access
- 20
- Reuse readiness
- 8
- Engagement
- 4