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GENERAL INFORMATION
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1. Title of Dataset: Flux of submarine fresh groundwater discharge of Pearl River Delta estimated by a high-resolution integrated flow model


2. Author Information

Xiaoli Wang 1,2, Yong Tian 1, *, Jiang Yu 3, Michele Lancia 1, Ji Chen 2, Yi Zheng 1, Charles B. Andrews1,4, Chunmiao Zheng 1, 5, *

1 State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Integrated Surface Water-Groundwater Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
2 Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
3 Institute of Water Sciences, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China.
4 S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, USA.
5 EIT Institute for Advanced Study, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. 

Corresponding authors: Yong Tian (tiany@sustech.edu.cn); Chunmiao Zheng (zhengcm@sustech.edu.cn)

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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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Directory of Files:
   A. Filename:  chd_grid_aster_xl.shp
      Short description:  This file demonstrates the spatial distribution of multi-year averaged daily submarine fresh groundwater discharge flux along the coast of Pearl River Delta, simulated by the integrated flow model. 
       Files with other extensions for example .dbf, .sbn, .sbx, .shx, are index file and attribute files. 

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DATA DESCRIPTION FOR: [FILENAME]
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1. Number of variables: 8

2. Number of cases/rows: 1015

3. Missing data codes: N/A
        Code/symbol        Definition
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4. Variable List

    A. Name: FID
       Description: Serial number of grid cell

    B. Name: Shape
       Description: Type of features
       polygon, point, polyline

    C. Name: HRU_ID
       Description: Serial number of the grid cell as a hydrologic response unit (HRU)

    D. Name: ROW
       Description: Serial number of the row of the grid cell

    E. Name: Column
       Description: Serial number of the column of the grid cell

    F. Name: sfgd
       Description: Value of submarine fresh groundwater discharge flux, in unit of cubic meter per day

    G. Name: subarea
       Description: The region each grid cell belongs to.
       Daya Bay, Dapeng Bay, Huangmao Sea and PRE (short for Pearl River Estuary)

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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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