dataset · Europe
Hydrology-related climate impact indicators from 1970 to 2100 derived from bias adjusted European climate projections
This dataset provides water variables and indicators based on hydrological impact modelling, forced by bias adjusted regional climate simulations from the European Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (EURO-CORDEX). The dataset contains Essential Climate Variable (ECV) data in the form of daily mean river discharge and a set of climate impact indicators (CIIs) for both water quantity and quality. ECV datasets provide the empirical evidence needed to understand the current climate
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Licence: CC-BY-4.0
Evidence quality: 39.3
Listed in cds public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- daily mean river discharge (ECV) · climate impact indicators (CIIs) for water quantity and quality · aridity actual and potential · flood recurrence (return values of annual maximum river discharge) · maximum and minimum river discharge · mean runoff · mean soil moisture · wetness actual and potential · total nitrogen and total phosphorus concentration and load (catchments and local streams) · water temperature (catchments and local streams)
- Coverage docs-verified
- Europe (pan-European domain) · 1970 to 2100
- Resolution docs-verified
- Catchment scale and 5 km x 5 km grid; daily time step for river discharge; CIIs as 30-year mean values
- Update frequency docs-verified
- Irregular intervals
- Formats docs-verified
- NetCDF-4
- Access docs-verified
- CC-BY-4.0 licence; downloaded via the Copernicus Climate Data Store, which shows Login - Register on the page; no API key or tool auth in entry
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Screening climate-change shifts in river flows and flood return-period magnitudes for European catchment assessments · Drought and low-flow context using minimum discharge, aridity and soil moisture indicators for water resources planning · Nutrient load and water temperature screening for catchment water quality context · Future-period (2011-2040, 2041-2070, 2071-2100) comparison against the 1971-2000 reference for climate risk appraisal
- Audience llm-inferred
- hydrologists · water resources engineers · flood risk consultants · climate risk analysts · environmental consultants · water quality scientists · planners
Limitations
- Constraints docs-verified
- Model output, not observations; river discharge is simulated by E-HYPEcatch · Future degree-scenario periods differ by GCM, so actual time periods vary by model · Updates on irregular intervals · Available version 1.0 only · Europe-only domain
Evidence
- https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/catalogue/v1/collections/sis-hydrology-variables-derived-projections
- https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/sis-hydrology-variables-derived-projections
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.