Articles | Volume 12, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1141-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1141-2020
Data description paper
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19 May 2020
Data description paper |  | 19 May 2020

Satellite-based remote sensing data set of global surface water storage change from 1992 to 2018

Riccardo Tortini, Nina Noujdina, Samantha Yeo, Martina Ricko, Charon M. Birkett, Ankush Khandelwal, Vipin Kumar, Miriam E. Marlier, and Dennis P. Lettenmaier

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We present a global collection of satellite-derived time series of surface water volume changes for 347 lakes and reservoirs for 1992–2018. These changes were estimated using a statistical relationship between water surface elevation and area measured from satellite, even during periods when either elevation or area was not available. These records represent the most complete global surface water time series, and they are of fundamental importance to baseline future satellite missions.
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