Models and Data for Limnology | This list is a USA-centric (not USA exclusive) collection of models and data sources for limnology. Items are only included if they have publicly available data or source-code.

Databases

International

Wikipedia Lists of Lakes

World Lake Database

Global Lakes and Wetlands Database

Global Reservoir and Dam Database (GranD)

Global Lake Database (GLDB)

Database for Hydrological Time Series of Inland Waters (DAHITI)

StreamPULSE: High frequency stream metabolism data

GEMS-GLORI world river discharge database

Greenhouse gas emissions from lakes and impoundments (Delsontro et al. 2018)

Global Lake and River Ice Phenology Database

Global Surface Water Dataset (GSW)

USA

USA National Lakes Assessment (NLA)

USA National Eutrophication Survey (NES)

USA National Hydography Dataset (NHD)

USA National Inventory of Dams (NID)

USA National Water Information System (NWIS)

USA Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

American Rivers Dam Removal List

USGS Dam Removal Science Database

National Lake Morphometry Database

A Reservoir Morphology Database for the Conterminous United States

National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA)

The Hydro Network-Linked Data Index (NLDI)

Dam Metrics Representing Stream Fragmentation and Flow Alteration

National Anthropogenic Barrier Dataset (NABD)

National Surface Water Survey (NSWS)

Changes in anthropogenic influences on streams and rivers in the conterminous U.S. over the last 40 years

Canada

Canada Hydro Features Database (Canvec)

National Water Data Archive (HYDAT)

Europe

European Environment Agency - Waterbase (EEA)

Water Framework Directive - Catchment Data Explorer

UK

UK - Water Framework Directive - Waterbodies (WFD)

UK Lakes Portal

Australia

Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric (AHGF)

Sweden

Water Information System Sweden

Netherlands

Rijkswaterstaat (“National Waterlevels”)

Regional

North America

North American River Width Data Set (NARWidth)

Florida

Minnesota

MN DNR (LakeFinder)

Lake Bathymetric Outlines, Contours, Vegetation, and DEM

Oregon

Atlas of Oregon Lakes

Wisconsin

Vermont

Eastern US

Lake multi-scaled geospatial and temporal database (LAGOSNE)

Western US

Georeferenced Lake Nutrient Chemistry Database (GLNC)

British Columbia

BC Freshwater Atlas

North American Great Lakes

Great Lakes Hydrography Dataset (GLHD)

Models

Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC)

General Lake Model (GLM)

HYdrological Predictions for the Environment (HYPE)

Water Ecosystems Tool (GOTM-FABM-PCLake)

Raven Hydrological Modelling Framework