RectifHydPlus: Forty Year Hydropower Generation Reanalysis for Conterminous United States

This dataset contains the following files:

• RectifHydPlus.zip – the RectifHydPlus dataset, split into two files:
  o RectifHydPlus_HIST-backfilled_MWh.csv: Estimated actual monthly net generation from 590 Hydropower Plants (>10MW nameplate) in CONUS, 1980 – 2019, with EIA observed monthly data backfilled where available.
  o RectifHydPlus_HIST-validation_MWh.csv: Estimated actual monthly net generation from 590 Hydropower Plants (>10MW nameplate) in CONUS, 1980 – 2019, with no backfilling from EIA observed monthly data.
  o RectifHydPlus_CONTROL_MWh.csv: Hydrological control monthly net generation from 590 Hydropower Plants (>10MW nameplate) in CONUS, 1980 – 2019, with no backfilling from EIA observed monthly data.
• RectifHydPlus_code.zip: Full data processing pipeline, coded using R {targets} framework. This is a snapshot release (v1.0) of the code repository stored at https://code.ornl.gov/turnersw/rectifhydplus
• RectifHydPlus_inputs.zip: Complete set of input data used to create RectifHydPlus, organized for direct entry into “/data/” directory of the RectifHydPlus reproducible data pipeline
• RectifHydPlus_misc.zip:
  o RectifHydPlus_daily-release.csv: Estimated daily penstock release for
  o RectifHydPlus_reference-table.csv: A reference table that links each RectifHydPlus identifier (RHPID) to relevant water-related datasets.