Global Aggregation of Stream Silica (GlASS) (ver. 2.0, July 2025)

Riverine silicon (Si) plays a vital role in governing primary production, water quality, and carbon sequestration. The Global Aggregation of Stream Silica (GlASS) database was constructed to assess changes in riverine Si concentrations and fluxes, their relationship to available nutrients, and to evaluate mechanisms driving these patterns. GlASS includes dissolved Si (DSi), dissolved inorganic nitrogen, and dissolved inorganic phosphorus concentrations at daily to quarterly time steps, daily discharge, and watershed characteristics for rivers with drainage areas ranging less than 1 square kilometer to more than 4 million square kilometers and spanning nine climate zones. Chemistry and discharge data range between years 1963 and 2024. Watershed and climate data range between 1948 and 2024. GlASS uses publicly available datasets, ensuring transparency and reproducibility. Original data sources are cited, data quality assurance workflows are public, and input files to a common load model are provided.

First posted - October 4, 2024
Revised - July 11, 2025 (version 2.0)