High-temporal-resolution water level and storage change data sets for lakes on the Tibetan Plateau during 2000–2017 using multiple altimetric missions and Landsat-derived lake shoreline positions

Li, Xingdong; Long, Di; Huang, Qi; Han, Pengfei; Zhao, Fanyu; Wada, Yoshihide

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-1603-2019

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-1603-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-1603-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

Data description paper

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28 Oct 2019

Data description paper |

| 28 Oct 2019

High-temporal-resolution water level and storage change data sets for lakes on the Tibetan Plateau during 2000–2017 using multiple altimetric missions and Landsat-derived lake shoreline positions

Xingdong Li, Di Long, Qi Huang, Pengfei Han, Fanyu Zhao, and Yoshihide Wada

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-1603-2019-supplement

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A high temporal resolution lake data set from multisource altimetric missions and Landsat archives of water level and storage changes on the Tibetan Plateau during 2000‒2017 X. Li, D. Long, Q. Huang, P. Han, F. Zhao, and Y. Wada https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.898411

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Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau experienced rapid changes (mainly expanding) in the past 2 decades. Here we provide a data set of high temporal resolution and accuracy reflecting changes in water level and storage of Tibetan lakes. A novel source of water levels generated from Landsat archives was validated with in situ data and adopted to resolve the inconsistency in existing studies, benefiting monitoring of lake overflow floods, seasonal and interannual variability, and long-term trends.