TY - JOUR
T1 - Global karst springs hydrograph dataset for research and management of the world’s fastest-flowing groundwater
AU - WoKAS
AU - Olarinoye, Tunde
AU - Gleeson, Tom
AU - Marx, Vera
AU - Seeger, Stefan
AU - Adinehvand, Rouhollah
AU - Allocca, Vincenzo
AU - Andreo, Bartolome
AU - Apaéstegui, James
AU - Apolit, Christophe
AU - Arfib, Bruno
AU - Auler, Augusto
AU - Barberá, Juan Antonio
AU - Batiot-Guilhe, Christelle
AU - Bechtel, Timothy
AU - Binet, Stephane
AU - Bittner, Daniel
AU - Blatnik, Matej
AU - Bolger, Terry
AU - Brunet, Pascal
AU - Charlier, Jean Baptiste
AU - Chen, Zhao
AU - Chiogna, Gabriele
AU - Coxon, Gemma
AU - De Vita, Pantaleone
AU - Doummar, Joanna
AU - Epting, Jannis
AU - Fournier, Matthieu
AU - Goldscheider, Nico
AU - Gunn, John
AU - Guo, Fang
AU - Guyot, Jean Loup
AU - Howden, Nicholas
AU - Huggenberger, Peter
AU - Hunt, Brian
AU - Jeannin, Pierre Yves
AU - Jiang, Guanghui
AU - Jones, Greg
AU - Jourde, Herve
AU - Karmann, Ivo
AU - Koit, Oliver
AU - Kordilla, Jannes
AU - Labat, David
AU - Ladouche, Bernard
AU - Liso, Isabella Serena
AU - Liu, Zaihua
AU - Massei, Nicolas
AU - Mazzilli, Naomi
AU - Mudarra, Matías
AU - Parise, Mario
AU - Hartmann, Andreas
PY - 2020/2/20
Y1 - 2020/2/20
N2 - Karst aquifers provide drinking water for 10% of the world’s population, support agriculture, groundwater-dependent activities, and ecosystems. These aquifers are characterised by complex groundwater-flow systems, hence, they are extremely vulnerable and protecting them requires an in-depth understanding of the systems. Poor data accessibility has limited advances in karst research and realistic representation of karst processes in large-scale hydrological studies. In this study, we present World Karst Spring hydrograph (WoKaS) database, a community-wide effort to improve data accessibility. WoKaS is the first global karst springs discharge database with over 400 spring observations collected from articles, hydrological databases and researchers. The dataset’s coverage compares to the global distribution of carbonate rocks with some bias towards the latitudes of more developed countries. WoKaS database will ensure easy access to a large-sample of good quality datasets suitable for a wide range of applications: comparative studies, trend analysis and model evaluation. This database will largely contribute to research advancement in karst hydrology, supports karst groundwater management, and promotes international and interdisciplinary collaborations.
AB - Karst aquifers provide drinking water for 10% of the world’s population, support agriculture, groundwater-dependent activities, and ecosystems. These aquifers are characterised by complex groundwater-flow systems, hence, they are extremely vulnerable and protecting them requires an in-depth understanding of the systems. Poor data accessibility has limited advances in karst research and realistic representation of karst processes in large-scale hydrological studies. In this study, we present World Karst Spring hydrograph (WoKaS) database, a community-wide effort to improve data accessibility. WoKaS is the first global karst springs discharge database with over 400 spring observations collected from articles, hydrological databases and researchers. The dataset’s coverage compares to the global distribution of carbonate rocks with some bias towards the latitudes of more developed countries. WoKaS database will ensure easy access to a large-sample of good quality datasets suitable for a wide range of applications: comparative studies, trend analysis and model evaluation. This database will largely contribute to research advancement in karst hydrology, supports karst groundwater management, and promotes international and interdisciplinary collaborations.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41597-019-0346-5
DO - 10.1038/s41597-019-0346-5
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
C2 - 32080203
AN - SCOPUS:85079736156
SN - 2052-4463
VL - 7
JO - Scientific Data
JF - Scientific Data
IS - 1
M1 - 59
ER -