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Coupled Hydrology-Human Activity Information (CHHAI) dataset


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Created: Jul 17, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. (UTC)
Last updated: Mar 24, 2026 at 2:34 p.m. (UTC) (Metadata update)
Published date: Mar 24, 2026 at 2:34 p.m. (UTC)
DOI: 10.4211/hs.e011b48fabd2465eb5135275d2f3a93e
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Abstract

To enhance hydrologic modeling, the hydrology community has developed benchmark datasets, such as those from the Model Parameter Estimation Experiment (MOPEX) and the Distributed Model Intercomparison Project (DMIP), which provide standardized input data for model evaluation and parameter estimation. However, these past experiments and datasets primarily focus on modeling natural hydrologic processes, leaving a critical gap in understanding the role of human influences. Human activities, including dam operations, river channelization, groundwater pumping, irrigation, inter-basin water transfers, and urbanization, can profoundly alter local hydrologic systems. These effects vary widely across the world, presenting unique challenges that require comprehensive data to address. In response, a wide range of sociohydrological frameworks and coupled human-water models have been developed to explicitly incorporate human activities into hydrologic modeling. As the demand for incorporating human behavior into models grows, there is an increasing need for reliable, human-water datasets that capture these interactions for validation, verification and model comparison. Inspired by MOPEX, we introduce the Coupled Hydrology-Human Activity Information (CHHAI) dataset, a benchmark dataset that integrates coupled human-water data from river and lake basins across all continents, excluding Antarctica. CHHAI incorporates data from over twenty basins that cover various human impacts such as reservoir management, flood protection, river management policies, land use changes, and water use and withdrawal. Each basin reflects distinct challenges, providing a diverse and globally representative resource for researchers studying these processes. By offering standardized datasets for modeling and analysis, CHHAI aims to enhance our understanding of interactions between people and water and support the development of improved strategies for managing coupled human-water systems.

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Spatial

Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
North Latitude
53.9000°
East Longitude
150.0000°
South Latitude
-36.6000°
West Longitude
-123.4000°

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Funding Agencies

This resource was created using funding from the following sources:
Agency Name Award Title Award Number
U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program DGE-2235784
National Science Foundation Office of International Science and Engineering None 2114701
U.S. National Science Foundation None 2332263

How to Cite

Boschee, A., A. Alborzi, A. Alexander, S. B. H. Ali, B. Arheimer, G. Blöschl, A. Castelletti, X. Chen, A. Dogra, E. Du, J. Duku, A. Fiori, M. Garcia, S. P. Gopalan, S. Grimaldi, N. Hanasaki, Y. Kim, H. Kreibich, C. Li, R. Mahendran, M. Matin, P. Medeiros, A. Mehran, A. A. M. Neto, F. Nakai, S. Nakamura, P. Nguyen, J. Nobert, A. Owusu, B. Pereira, P. Pouladi, M. Pouladi, M. Sadegh, M. Sangiorgio, L. Schoppa, A. Shrestha, M. Sivapalan, D. Sousa, S. V. Sunkara, F. Tian, F. Trabelsi, N. Velpuri, E. Volpi, J. Wang, S. Wang, J. Wu, X. Yuan, A. AghaKouchak (2026). Coupled Hydrology-Human Activity Information (CHHAI) dataset, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.e011b48fabd2465eb5135275d2f3a93e

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