Hydrological, data for a better understanding of water

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GloFAS River Discharge Reanalysis

Global Flood Awareness System (Copernicus Emergency Management Service)
Daily modelled river discharge on a 0.05° grid since 1979

Rivers (Natural Earth) over Blue Marble (NASA GIBS)

Source: Copernicus / ECMWF
Resolution: 0.05° (about 5 km)
Time span: 1979–present
Access type: API (external)
Formats: GRIB2, NetCDF
Coverage: Global land
Provider: ewds.climate.copernicus.eu/datase…

Open source Download manifest

curl "https://hydrological.org/api/v1/datasets/glofas-reanalysis/links?bbox=-75,-20,-50,5" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

import cdsapi  # pip install cdsapi
c = cdsapi.Client(url="https://ewds.climate.copernicus.eu/api", key="YOUR_KEY")
c.retrieve("cems-glofas-historical", {
    "system_version": ["version_4_0"],
    "hydrological_model": ["lisflood"],
    "product_type": ["consolidated"],
    "variable": ["river_discharge_in_the_last_24_hours"],
    "hyear": ["2020"],
    "hmonth": ["01"],
    "hday": ["01", "02", "03"],
    "data_format": "netcdf",
    "area": [5, -75, -20, -50],
}, "glofas_2020.nc")

const res = await fetch("https://hydrological.org/api/v1/datasets/glofas-reanalysis/links?bbox=-75,-20,-50,5");
const { groups } = await res.json();
for (const g of groups) g.links.forEach(l => console.log(l.url));

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