Data sources

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Databases

• SAEON Data Portal

(search data portal for several datasets from research and monitoring sites):

https://catalogue.saeon.ac.za/

• University of Pretoria Modelling Observatory:

(official link to be added)

Climate

• South Africa Department of Water & Sanitation

DWS meteorological stations (search meteorological stations by drainage regions / primary catchment): https://www.dws.gov.za/Hydrology/Verified/hymain.aspx

• South African Weather Service

rainfall, temperature, wind speed, wind direction, relative humidity and solar radiation (search for stations located in South Africa, only students can access data for free): https://www.weathersa.co.za/home/equiries_climatedata

• CHIRPS satellite rainfall estimates

gridded-rainfall estimates based on absolute location (search for rainfall by latitude and longitude) website: https://www.chc.ucsb.edu/data/chirps database: https://data.chc.ucsb.edu/products/CHIRPS-2.0/

• ARCGIS GIS for Climate Hub

monthly temperature and rainfall data (search for stations in network using graphical interface): https://climate-arcgis-content.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/esri::world-historical-climate-monthly-averages-for-ghcn-d-stations-for-1981-2010/explore

Streamflow

• South Africa Department of Water & Sanitation, verified hydrology data (search river stations by drainage regions / primary catchment): https://www.dws.gov.za/Hydrology/Verified/hymain.aspx

Reservoir data

• South Africa Department of Water & Sanitation, verified hydrology data (search reservoirs & components by drainage regions / primary catchment): https://www.dws.gov.za/Hydrology/Verified/hymain.aspx

Groundwater levels

• South African Groundwater Data (http://www.dwa.gov.za/Groundwater/)

Topography

• ALOS PALSAR – Radiometric Terrain Correction, https://asf.alaska.edu/data-sets/derived-data-sets/alos-palsar-rtc/alos-palsar-radiometric-terrain-correction/

Geological maps

• 250 000 Geological map of South Africa (http://daffarcgis.nda.agric.za/portal/home/item.html?id=1ed487cf01984ab2a4bca9db7ecd4d87)

Land cover maps

• National landcover

2020 South African National Landcover Data and the CALC system (https://egis.environment.gov.za/sa_national_land_cover_datasets) 2014 South African National Land-Cover (http://bgis.sanbi.org/Projects/Detail/44)

• Western Cape

Provincial: 2013/2014 Western Cape Landcover product (http://bgis.sanbi.org/SpatialDataset/Detail/610) Dataset: Rebelo, A., and Holden, P. 2020. Mapping land-use/land-cover in strategic water source areas in the Upper Berg and Breede Catchments (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g-put7oky4z_poGk9ySlZeHDVZXyyyJx/view) Dataset: Holden, P., and Rebelo A. 2019. Mapping Invasive Alien Trees in strategic water source areas in the Berg and Breede Catchments (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dM7dAnYCUsB3ia8yJT5Ph2iO374_azqI/view)

• KwaZulu-Natal

Dataset: Rebelo, A.J., S. Gokool, and P. B. Holden 2021. Mapping Invasive Alien Trees and Shrubs in strategic water source areas in the uMngeni Catchment (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NerUPUdprYvXFcCZKwo1y6FdPBdiHIml/view)