Descriptor

The data is described in detail in our data descriptor publication, referenced in the abstract.

Files

The files forcings_pub.nc and forcings_paper.nc contain spatiotemporal meteorological data. The files ancillary_pub.nc and ancillary_paper.nc contain spatial ancillary data, matching the grid of the forcings. Ancillary data includes geology, soil, land use and orography. The files ending with "_paper.nc" were used in our modeling publication, but we offer an alternative format more suited for most use cases with the files ending in "_pub.nc". The data in both versions is identical, the main difference is that the data in publication format has dimension (latitude, longitude, time), with NaN-values for cells outside our study area. The data in paper format has (cell_id, time), where "cell_id" is a unique identifier for each grid cell. This flattens the grid and makes it dense, so it can be conveniently fed into a neural network (see code linked below for a PyTorch DataLoader tailored to this data).

Code

The code to preprocess the data from the raw sources, test it and load it as PyTorch dataloader can be found in our repository.

Data Sources and Disclaimer

• Meteorological data was derived from the ERA5-Land dataset. The data was downloaded from the Copernicus Climate Change Service. The results contain modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (2022). Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

• Hydrogeological information was derived from the International Hydrogeological Map of Europe (IHME), version 1.2, © Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaft und Rohstoffe, 2022.

• Land Cover information was obtained from the Corine Land Cover Map (CLC), version 2012. Generated using European Union’s Copernicus Land Monitoring Service information; https://doi.org/10.2909/916c0ee7-9711-4996-9876-95ea45ce1d27. The Corine Land Cover Map data was created with funding by the European union. It was adapted and modified by the authors. The authors’ activities are not officially endorsed by the Union.
• Soil type information was obtained from the dataset European Soil Database Derived Data, created by the European Soil Data Centre with funding by the European union. It was adapted and modified by the authors. The authors’ activities are not officially endorsed by the Union.
• Orographic information was derived from the European Union Digital Elevation Map (EU-DEM). Generated using European Union’s Copernicus Land Monitoring Service information. The European Union Digital Elevation Map created with funding by the European union. It was adapted and modified by the authors. The authors’ activities are not officially endorsed by the Union.