Input files for irrigation and paddy field implementation over South Asia in WRF-CLM4 (in EN)

The dataset consists of NetCDF files containing irrigation and paddy field input data for WRF-CLM4 simulations over South Asia for years 1990 to 2014. The fields are the irrigation water use for paddy and non-paddy crops and the fraction of water use coming from ground and surface water sources. The files also contain grid cell area fractions of irrigated crops, irrigation paddy crops, and rainfed paddy crops. The dataset is created by combining the global map of irrigated area dataset, irrigation water use estimation of Huang et al. (2018) and agricultural census based estimates over northern India.