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Global karst springs hydrograph dataset for research and management of the world’s fastest-flowing groundwater

Christophe Apolit
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Timothy Bechtel
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Daniel Bittner
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Matej Blatnik
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Terry Bolger
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Zhao Chen
Gabriele Chiogna
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Gemma Coxon
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Pantaleone de Vita
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Joanna Doummar
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Jannis Epting
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John Gunn
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Fang Guo
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Nicholas Howden
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Guanghui Jiang
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Greg Jones
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Hervé Jourde
Ivo Karmann
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Oliver Koit
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Jannes Kordilla
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Isabella Serena Liso
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Zaihua Liu
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Nicolas Massei
Mario Parise
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Junbing Pu
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Nataša Ravbar
Antonio Santo
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Vianney Sivelle
Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund
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Zoran Stevanovic
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Cameron Wood
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Stephen Worthington
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Andreas Hartmann

Abstract

Karst aquifers provide drinking water for 10% of the world’s population, support agriculture, groundwater-dependent activities, and ecosystems. These aquifers are characterised by complex groundwater-flow systems, hence, they are extremely vulnerable and protecting them requires an in-depth understanding of the systems. Poor data accessibility has limited advances in karst research and realistic representation of karst processes in large-scale hydrological studies. In this study, we present World Karst Spring hydrograph (WoKaS) database, a community-wide effort to improve data accessibility. WoKaS is the first global karst springs discharge database with over 400 spring observations collected from articles, hydrological databases and researchers. The dataset’s coverage compares to the global distribution of carbonate rocks with some bias towards the latitudes of more developed countries. WoKaS database will ensure easy access to a large-sample of good quality datasets suitable for a wide range of applications: comparative studies, trend analysis and model evaluation. This database will largely contribute to research advancement in karst hydrology, supports karst groundwater management, and promotes international and interdisciplinary collaborations.
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insu-02524019 , version 1 (31-03-2020)

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Tunde Olarinoye, Tom Gleeson, Vera Marx, Stefan Seeger, Rouhollah Adinehvand, et al.. Global karst springs hydrograph dataset for research and management of the world’s fastest-flowing groundwater. Scientific Data , 2020, 7 (1), 9 p. ⟨10.1038/s41597-019-0346-5⟩. ⟨insu-02524019⟩
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