CAMELS-DE-1h: hourly hydro-meteorological time series, weather forecasts, and attributes for 1611 catchments in Germany

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CAMELS-DE-1h provides a comprehensive and harmonized collection of hydro-meteorological data for 1611 catchments across Germany. The time series data cover the period from 2001 to 2024 and provide measurements of discharge, water level, and meteorological variables in hourly resolution for all catchments. The metorological variables are aggregated to the catchment areas from the gridded data sources RADKLIM-YW and HOSTRADA (DWD) and encompass the variables precipitation, air temperature, humidity, water vapor mixing ratio, global radiation, air pressure, cloud cover, dew point temperature, wind speed, and wind direction.
In addition, deterministic and ensemble weather forecasts with a 48-hour lead time, readily processed for all catchments from the ICON-D2 model (DWD), are included for the period 2021 to 2024. The dataset also provides static catchment attributes encompassing topography, soils, land cover, hydrogeology, and human influences. Furthermore, to serve as a baseline for further model development, the dataset includes discharge simulation results from a regionally trained LSTM and a catchment-calibrated HBV (Hydrologiska Byråns Vattenbalansavdelning) conceptual model.
A comprehensive description of the dataset can be found in the accompanying data description paper.

Key features of CAMELS-DE-1h:
1. Hydro-meteorological time series data in hourly resolution (2001–2024)
2. Historical deterministic and ensemble weather forecasts from ICON-D2 with a 48-hour lead time (2021–2024)
3. Catchment attributes
4. Benchmark discharge simulation results from an LSTM and the HBV model

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2026.045
Related Identifier Cites https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-5625-2024
Metadata Access http://doidb.wdc-terra.org/oaip/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:doidb.wdc-terra.org:8677
Provenance
Creator Dolich, Alexander ORCID logo; Acuna Espinoza, Eduardo ORCID logo; Ehret, Uwe ORCID logo; Kraft, Michael (ORCID: 0009-0000-4870-155X); Bondy, Jan ORCID logo; Meuer, Johannes ORCID logo; Loritz, Ralf ORCID logo
Publisher GFZ Data Services
Contributor Dolich, Alexander
Publication Year 2026
Funding Reference Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) 16IS24088A ; VolkswagenStiftung
Rights CC BY 4.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact Dolich, Alexander (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany)
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Geospheric Sciences
Spatial Coverage (6.001W, 47.151S, 15.009E, 54.699N); 1611 catchments across Germany, hourly hydro-meteorological time series data covering the period 2001 - 2024, all timestamps are in UTC+0.