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Tethys – A Python Package for Spatial and Temporal Downscaling of Global Water Withdrawals Cover

Tethys – A Python Package for Spatial and Temporal Downscaling of Global Water Withdrawals

Open Access
|Feb 2018

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Major inputs and outputs of Tethys by six sectors.

Figure 2

Downscaled sectoral (domestic, electricity generation and irrigation) monthly distributions of water withdrawals in USA from annual estimates in 2010.

Figure 3

Flowchart of Tethys.

Table 1

Input file names and their corresponding sectors.

NameContent
pop_tot.csvPopulation
irrA.csvirrigated area for each region, AEZ and crop type
withd_irrV.csvWater Withdrawal of Irrigation
withd_dom.csvWater Withdrawal of Domestic
withd_elec.csvWater Withdrawal of Industrial-Electricity
withd_liv.csvWater Withdrawal of Livestock
rgn_tot_withd_liv.csvWater Withdrawal of Livestock (total)
withd_manuf.csvWater Withdrawal of Industrial-Manufacturing
withd_mining.csvWater Withdrawal of Resource Extraction
Table 2

Output file names and their corresponding sectors.

SectorSD ResultsTD results
Domesticwddomtwddom
Electricity Generationwdelectwdelec
Irrigationwdirrtwdirr
Livestockwdlivtwdliv
Manufacturingwdmfgtwdmfg
Miningwdmintwdmin
Non-Agriculturewdnonag
Totalwdtotal
Figure 4

Example of diagnostics plot for comparison between observed and simulated monthly averaged domestic water withdrawal (normalized) in five cities.

Figure 5

Example of diagnostics plot for comparison between observed and simulated monthly averaged electricity generation (normalized) in nine countries.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jors.197 | Journal eISSN: 2049-9647
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 29, 2017
Accepted on: Dec 7, 2017
Published on: Feb 9, 2018
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2018 Xinya Li, Chris R. Vernon, Mohamad I. Hejazi, Robert P. Link, Zhongwei Huang, Lu Liu, Leyang Feng, published by Ubiquity Press
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