U.S. national water and energy land dataset for integrated multisector dynamics research.

ABSTRACT: Understanding resource demands and tradeoffs among energy, water, and land socioeconomic sectors requires an explicit consideration of spatial scale. However, incorporation of land dynamics within the energy-water nexus has been limited due inconsistent spatial units of observation from disparate data sources. Herein we describe the development of a National Water and Energy Land Dataset (NWELD) for the conterminous United States. NWELD is a 30-m, 86-layer rasterized dataset depicting the land use of mappable components of the United States energy sector life cycles (and related water used for energy), specifically the extraction, development, production, storage, distribution, and operation of eight renewable and non-renewable technologies. Through geospatial processing and programming, t

SUBMITTER: Sturtevant J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9021314 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature