Global WaterPack - The development of global surface water over the past 20 years at daily temporal resolution

Open surface water across the globe is essential for many life forms and is an important source for human settlements, agriculture, and industry. The presence and variation in time and space is influenced by different natural conditions (e.g. climate, topography, geology) and human use (e.g. irrigat...

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Published in:Scientific data 2024-05, Vol.11 (1), p.472-472, Article 472
Main Authors: Klein, Igor, Uereyen, Soner, Sogno, Patrick, Twele, André, Hirner, Andreas, Kuenzer, Claudia
Format: Article
Language:English
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Data Descriptor
Datasets
Freezing
Geology
Human settlements
Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Spatial discrimination
Spatial distribution
Surface water
Temporal distribution
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Summary:Open surface water across the globe is essential for many life forms and is an important source for human settlements, agriculture, and industry. The presence and variation in time and space is influenced by different natural conditions (e.g. climate, topography, geology) and human use (e.g. irrigation, flood protection). The information on the spatial and temporal distribution of open surface water is fundamental for many disciplines and is also required as an essential parameter for hydrological and climatological modelling. Here, we present a dataset derived from satellite earth observation, which is based on more than 6.3 million single MODIS products with a volume of approx. 300 TB. The resulting dataset reflects the situation of open surface water on a global scale for each day over the time period from 2003 to 2022 at a spatial resolution of 250 m. The dataset enables the analysis of the development of lake and reservoir surface areas, freezing cycles, and inundation areas.
ISSN:2052-4463
2052-4463
DOI:10.1038/s41597-024-03328-7