Hydrological variables derived with the Multi-Error-Removed Improved-Terrain (MERIT) Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
This dataset used flow direction data (based on the MERIT DEM dataset) modeled in combination withwater body datasets (G1WBM, GSWO, and OpenStreetMap) to extract river networks.
riverDensity | Per-pixel percent cover of rivers
| content | description |
|---|---|
| value_range | 0…100 |
# data call without specifying subdataset and resolution
list_data("MERIT_hydro")
# data call for specific subdataset
list_data("MERIT_hydro/riverDensity")
# data call to subdataset with a specific resolution
list_data("MERIT_hydro/riverDensity/300m")[1] Yamazaki, Ikeshima, Sosa, Bates, Allen, and Pavelsky (2019)