Table 2 Datasets used in model input and evaluation.

From: Tibetan Plateau Runoff and Evapotranspiration Dataset by an observation-constrained cryosphere-hydrology model

Data type

Yellow

Yangtze

Mekong

Salween

Brahmaputra

Ganges

Indus

Precipitation

CMA (https://data.cma.cn/en)

CMFD80

TPFMD81

ERA533

IGSR82

TPFMD

ERA5-land34

Other six meteorological variables

CMFD

CMFD

GLDAS83

Leaf area index (LAI)

GLASS84

Fraction of photosynthetically active radiation (FPAR)

Glacier data (glacier extent, debris-cover)

Second Glacier Inventory of China85,86,87,88

ICIMOD71

Digital elevation model (DEM)

SRTM (http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/)

Land use

USGS (http://edc2.usgs.gov/glcc/glcc.php)

Soil organic carbon

SRIC-World Soil Information (https://soilgrids.org/)

Soil data (soil type, soil depth)

FAO (http://www.fao.org/geonetwork/srv/en/main.home)

In situ discharge observations

Ministry of Water Resources of China (http://www.mwr.gov.cn/english/)

TP-River project29

WAPDA29

Land surface temperature

MODIS89

Snow data (snow depth, snow cover)

SSM/I snow depth (https://data.tpdc.ac.cn/zh-hans/data/47acf141-2c86-4e1f-8f68-036ae57d268e)

M*D10A1GL06 snow cover90

  1. For a comprehensive exploration of these datasets, please refer to the Supplement “Part 1.1”.