An enhanced Pfafstetter catchment reference system. Data repository for published article
ANUCatchment.zip
The ANUCatchment version 2.3.7 programs and User Guide including an updated version of the Pfafstetter program used to produce the results reported in this paper. The updated version contains minor changes to the handling of missing data and output summary statistics
Input_data.zip
The input spatial data used by the Pfafstetter program to produce the nested catchment outputs reported in this paper. See the ANUCatchment User Guide (in ANUCatchment.zip) for description of the data in sub-folders work and ncb. The folder modelledflow contains the modelled flow rasters employed by Runs L1-R1-0 (in the eMast sub-folder) and L1-R2-0 (in the AWAP sub-folder)
Output_data.zip
Results of the five test runs. Sub-folder names adhere with the Run IDs used in the manuscript (Table 1). Included data files:
1. boundaryid.csv - Sequential number for clockwise ordering of basins around the coastline (zero if not coastal) – joins to the Pfafstetter basin layer (testrun_inputs/work/pfafbasins) via the BASIN field
2. NCBPfafstetter.dbf - Table of Pfafstetter codes by sub-catchment. Joins to the testrun_inputs/ncb/subcat layer using the NCB_ID field
3. pfafcatunit.dbf - Lookup table for sub-catchments with nested catchment ID at each level of sub-division. Joins to the testrun_inputs/ncb/subcat layer using the NCB_ID field
4. pfafstetter.log – terminal output produced by the Pfafstetter program
5. pfafunits_areasl1……pfafunits_areasl45.csv – Area (km2) of basin & sub-basin units at level n
6. pfafunits_areastats.csv – Basin and sub-basin area statistics by level (extracted from the log file)
Type
Collection
Title
An enhanced Pfafstetter catchment reference system. Data repository for published article
Collection Type
Dataset
Access Privileges
Fenner School of Environment & Society
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
10.25911/5bff55b3c096e
Metadata Language
English
Data Language
English
Significance Statement
The Pfafstetter system delineates and codes hierarchically nested catchments to support a variety of hydrological and environmental applications. Its simple coding scheme denotes stream network position, enabling systematic analysis of the impacts of any activity on a river section without need for a GIS. The paper, “An enhanced Pfafstetter catchment reference system“ (Stein, 2018), describes and tests enhancements to the widely used Pfafstetter system. This collection is a repository of the data and software that was reported in this paper.
Brief Description
The modified Pfafstetter system was tested by applying it to the task of delineating and coding hierarchically nested catchments for the Australian continent. Five test runs compared elements of the original and modified Pfafstetter system. This collection contains the ANUCatchment software toolkit that includes a program to implement the modified Pfafstetter system, the spatial layers that provided the input data for the Pfafstetter program and the results produced for each of the test runs. See the paper for more details.
Full Description
ANUCatchment.zip
The ANUCatchment version 2.3.7 programs and User Guide including an updated version of the Pfafstetter program used to produce the results reported in this paper. The updated version contains minor changes to the handling of missing data and output summary statistics
Input_data.zip
The input spatial data used by the Pfafstetter program to produce the nested catchment outputs reported in this paper. See the ANUCatchment User Guide (in ANUCatchment.zip) for description of the data in sub-folders work and ncb. The folder modelledflow contains the modelled flow rasters employed by Runs L1-R1-0 (in the eMast sub-folder) and L1-R2-0 (in the AWAP sub-folder)
Output_data.zip
Results of the five test runs. Sub-folder names adhere with the Run IDs used in the manuscript (Table 1). Included data files:
1. boundaryid.csv - Sequential number for clockwise ordering of basins around the coastline (zero if not coastal) – joins to the Pfafstetter basin layer (testrun_inputs/work/pfafbasins) via the BASIN field
2. NCBPfafstetter.dbf - Table of Pfafstetter codes by sub-catchment. Joins to the testrun_inputs/ncb/subcat layer using the NCB_ID field
3. pfafcatunit.dbf - Lookup table for sub-catchments with nested catchment ID at each level of sub-division. Joins to the testrun_inputs/ncb/subcat layer using the NCB_ID field
4. pfafstetter.log – terminal output produced by the Pfafstetter program
5. pfafunits_areasl1……pfafunits_areasl45.csv – Area (km2) of basin & sub-basin units at level n
6. pfafunits_areastats.csv – Basin and sub-basin area statistics by level (extracted from the log file)
Contact Email
janet.stein@alumni.anu.edu.au
Contact Address
Fenner School of Environment & Society
The Australian National University
Building 141, Linnaeus Way
Canberra, ACT, 2601
Principal Investigator
Janet Stein
Supervisors
Janet Stein
Fields of Research
120504 - Land Use and Environmental Planning
Time Period
2018
Year of data publication
2018
Creator(s) for Citation
Stein
Janet
Publisher for Citation
The Australian National University Data Commons
Publications
10.1029/2018WR023218
Stein, J. L. (2018). An enhanced Pfafstetter catchment reference system. Water Resources Research, 54. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR023218
An enhanced Pfafstetter catchment reference system.
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Access Rights Type
Open
Licence Type
CC-BY - Attribution
Retention Period
Indefinitely
Extent or Quantity
3
Data Management Plan
No
Status: Published
Published to:
Published to:
- Australian National University
- Australian National Data Service
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