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Future hydropower monthly profile for RCP scenarios

Package version
DescriptionChanges in the hydropower monthly profile due to climate change (RCP scenarios 2.6, 4.5 and 8.5). The data is harmonized to the total production over the year
Last changesNot documented
Geographical scopeSwitzerland
Geographical resolutionRun of river and Storage lakes
Temporal scope and resolution1995-2060 (5 years, monthly resolution)
DownloadData package (zip)
cross-hydropower-climate-2022-02-24.zip(7 kB)

Individual data files
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hydroMonth_climate_norm.csv (11 kB)
Meta dataREADME.md
datapackage.json
SourcesBFE, 1996-2019. Gesamte Erzeugung und Abgabe elektrischer Energie in der Schweiz
Marcucci, A., Panos, E., Guidati, G., Lordan-Perret, R., Schlecht, I., Giardini,D., 2020. JASM framework and drivers definition. Technical Report. ETH Zurich, Paul Scherrer Institute and U. Basel - JASM
Schlecht I. and Weigt H., 2020. Hydro inflows for Switzerland under CH2018 climate scenarios
Brunner, M.I., Bjoernsen Gurung, A., Zappa, M., Zekollari, H., Farinotti, D., Staehli, M., 2019. Present and future water scarcity in switzerland: Potential for alleviation through reservoirs and lakes. Science of The Total Environment 666, 1033-1047
Data licensesCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
ContactAdriana Marcucci
Gianfranco Guidati
Institution/ProjectCROSS
Cite asMarcucci, A., Guidati, G.(2022). Future hydropower monthly profile for RCP scenarios. CROSS. https://sweet-cross.ch/data/hydropower-climate/2022-02-24/


Field documentation
Hydropower monthly profile (hydroMonth climate norm.csv)
Field NameType (Format)Description
plant_typetextPower plant type: Run of river (RoR) or Storage Lake (Dam)
MonthnumberMonth
RCP26_YEARnumberProduction for RCP 2.6 scenario in YEAR (1995, 2010, 2020, 2025, 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045, 2050, 2055, 2060)
RCP45_YEARnumberProduction for RCP 4.5 scenario in YEAR (1995, 2010, 2020, 2025, 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045, 2050, 2055, 2060)
RCP85_YEARnumberProduction for RCP 8.5 scenario in YEAR (1995, 2010, 2020, 2025, 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045, 2050, 2055, 2060)