Table 3 Description of the CLM5 hydrological datasets.

From: Characterizing uncertainty in Community Land Model version 5 hydrological applications in the United States

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File Naming Convention & Description

Data Description*

 

1500_ensemble_parameters.csv

Description of 1,500 parameter sets

Data Dimension: 1,501 (R) × 16 (C). C1: Parameter set ID; C2‒C16: 15 hydrological parameters in the same order as listed in Table 1

 

Features_CAMELS_basins.csv

Feature values of 464 CAMELS basins used for clustering

Data Dimension: 465 (R) × 27 (C). C1: Number; C2: Basin ID; C3: Latitude; C4: Longitude; C5: Cluster ID; C6‒C27: 22 feature as listed in Supplementary Table 1

 

Features_CONUS_cells.csv

Feature values of 50,629 1/8° grid cells over the CONUS

Data Dimension: 50,630 (R) × 26 (C). C1: Number; C2: Latitude; C3: Longitude; C4: Cluster ID; C5‒C26: 22 feature as listed in Supplementary Table 1

[Met]_forcing/e.g., NLDAS2_forcing/

Parameter_id.csv

~1,300 parameter set ID that successfully finish CLM5 runs for all 464 basins

Data Dimension: ~1,300 (R) × 1 (C). C1: Successful parameter set ID, consistent with the 1500_ensemble_parameters.csv

[Met]_forcing/Flow_series_default_parameter

Daily streamflow (in m3/s) time series of CLM5 simulations from 2005‒2014 using default parameters (extracted from the netcdf files) for 464 CAMELS basins

[basin ID_daily].csv e.g., 01030500_daily.csv

Data Dimension: 3,651 (R) × 5 (C). C1‒C3: dates (year, month, day); C4: CLM5 flow; C5: observed flow from CAMELS datasets

[Met]_forcing/Flow_series_ensemble_parameter

Ensemble daily streamflow (in m3/s) time series of CLM5 simulations from 2005‒2014 using ~1,300 parameter sets (extracted from the netcdf files) for 464 CAMELS basins

[basin ID_daily_ensemble].csv

e.g., 01030500_daily_ensemble.csv

Data Dimension: 3,651 (R) × ~1,300 (C). C1‒C~1300: CLM5 daily flow using the ensemble parameters. Consecutive number is used in the column which is associated with parameter ID in Parameter_id.csv

[Met]_forcing/Flow_ET_metrics

28 error metric values for the default parameter run and ~1,300 ensemble parameter runs for the 464 CAMELS basins. Units are shown in the CLM5_default_parameter_28_metrics.csv

CLM5_default_parameter_28_metrics.csv

Data Dimension: 465 (R) × 33 (C). C1: Number; C2: Basin ID; C3: Latitude; C4: Longitude; C5: Cluster ID; C6‒C33: values of 28 error metrics as listed in Table 2

[CLM5_ensemble_metric].csv

e.g., CLM5_ensemble_daily_KGE.csv

Data Dimension: 465 (R) × ~1,300 (C). C1: Basin ID; C2: Latitude; C3: Longitude; C4: Cluster ID; C5‒C~1300: error metric values for ensemble parameters. Consecutive number is used in the column which is associated with parameter ID in Parameter_id.csv

[Met]_forcing/Sensitivity_scores

Normalized sensitivity score [0‒1] using the Delta moment-independent method for 28 error metrics at 464 CAMELS basins

[delta_metric].csv e.g., delta_daily_KGE.csv

Data Dimension: 465 (R) × 19 (C). C1: Basin ID; C2: Latitude; C3: Longitude; C4: Cluster ID; C5‒C19: Normalized sensitivity score for 15 hydrological parameters in the same order as listed in Table 1

  1. *Note: In “Data Description”, C = column, R = Row. C[i] indicates the ith column of a data file.