DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14260400
title: The Swiss Groundwater Database

description: Data related to the manuscript under consideration in Scientific data titled "A national-scale database of groundwater level data for Switzerland".

Raoul A. Collenteur (raoul.collenteur@hydroconsult.ch) and Christian Moeck (christian.moeck@eawag.ch).

General Information-------------------

This repository contains the data of the Swiss Groundwater Database, consisting of nearly 1000 groundwater level time series from all over Switzerland. These data are augmented with meteorological data and environmental descriptors. The authors (listed above) appreciate being informed about usage of the data to keep track of its usage, and welcome collaboration to further enhance the database in the future. We recommend using the data in 0_data/final for subsequent analyses. For analyses requiring gap-filled groundwater time series, the groundwater level data from the folder "0_data/imputation" can be used.

File structure--------------

- 0_data/--- final => final Swiss Groundwater Database. USE THIS DATA FOR ANALYSES--- raw => raw data received from the data providers--- processed => processed data--- gis => all the GIS data used--- imputation => gapless time series, imputed time series are provided for the period 1980-2023- 1_scripts => all the scripts to process the data.- 2_figures => Figures produced by the scripts for the paper--- ts => figures of all the time series--- imputed => summary figures for the imputation

Data Sources------------

Groundwater levels:- Groundwater level time series data were obtained through direct requests to the Swiss cantonal authorities and the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN).--- https://www.bafu.admin.ch/de/naqua and https://www.kgk-cgc.ch/geodaten/kantonale_geoportale

Soil:- Soil properties in 250 m resolution--- Tomislav Hengl, Jorge Mendes de Jesus, Gerard B. M. Heuvelink, Maria Ruiperez Gonzalez, Milan Kilibarda, Aleksandar Blagoti¥c, Wei Shangguan, Marvin N. Wright, Xiaoyuan Geng, Bernhard Bauer-Marschallinger, Mario Antonio Guevara, Rodrigo Vargas, Robert A. MacMillan, Niels H. Batjes, Johan G. B. Leenaars, Eloi Ribeiro, Ichsani Wheeler, Stephan Mantel, and Bas Kempen. SoilGrids250m:Global gridded soil information based on machine learning. PLOS ONE, 12(2):e0169748, February 2017. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169748. URL https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0169748. Publisher: Public Library of Science.

Hydrogeology:-   Groundwater occurrence/availability and aquifer type - Hydrogeologische Karte der Schweiz: Grundwasservorkommen 1:500000--- opendata.swiss, . URL https://opendata.swiss/de/dataset/hydrogeologische-karte-der-schweiz-grundwasservorkommen-1-500000.

Slope, Altitude, Distance to nearest river:- SwissALTI3D--- https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/height-model-swissalti3d

Land use:- George B¸ttner, Jan Feranec, Gabriel Jaffrain, L¥aszl¥o Mari, Gergely Maucha, and Tomas Soukup. The CORINE land cover 2000 project. EARSeL eProceedings, 3(3):331ñ346, 2004. doi: https://doi.org/10.2909/ddacbd5e-068f-4e52-a596-d606e8de7f40.--- https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/corine-land-cover

Meteorological data: - The temperature and precipitation data (RhiresD and TabsD) is provided by the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss.--- https://opendatadocs.meteoswiss.ch/c-climate-data/c3-ground-based-climate-data

Lithology, Tectonic unit, Genesis- Geologische Karte der Schweiz 1:500000--- opendata.swiss, . URL https://opendata.swiss/de/dataset/geologische-karte-der-schweiz-1-500000.

Disclaimer----------

Please carefully read the License before using or redistributing this data. If you are from a commercial enterprise, please be aware that this data cannot replace the original groundwater data provided by the Authorities and always ask the authorities (i.e., cantonal offices) to deliver the data. This database is primarily aimed at scientists.