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Abstract
River discharge information is crucial for various applications, but the measurement process often remains impeded by factors that hinder near real-time (NRT) data availability in India. However, leveraging telemetry-based water surface elevation (WSE) data across the country provides an opportunity to convert it into river discharge. This conversion is made possible by utilizing rating curves (RCs) derived from historical collocated measurements of WSE and discharge. In this study, NRT WSE from the Central Water Commission (CWC) flood portal is obtained via the web-scraping tool. Through the application of RCs, discharge data is extended across 210 gauging stations in India from the year 2020 to the present, encompassing sub-daily discharge during the non-monsoon and hourly discharge series during monsoon (June-September) across the Indian rivers. Annually, the study generated over 800,000 discharge data points for Indian rivers, accounting for more than 4000 discharge measurements per station annually. These comprehensive datasets provide valuable insights for water resource and flood management research, offering NRT access to WSE, and discharge, along with the local RCs.
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Scientific Data is an open-access journal focused on data, publishing descriptions of research datasets and articles on data sharing across natural sciences, medicine, engineering, and social sciences. Its goal is to enhance the sharing and reuse of scientific data, encourage broader data sharing, and acknowledge those who share their data.
The journal primarily publishes Data Descriptors, which offer detailed descriptions of research datasets, including data collection methods and technical analyses validating data quality. These descriptors aim to facilitate data reuse rather than testing hypotheses or presenting new interpretations, methods, or in-depth analyses.