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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-4833-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-4833-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Long-term irrigation water use datasets from multiple Earth Observation-based methods in major irrigated regions
Pierre Laluet
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
Jacopo Dari
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, National Research Council, Perugia, Italy
Louise Busschaert
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Zdenko Heyvaert
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
currently at: ECMWF, Research Department, Reading, RG2 9AX, UK
Gabrielle De Lannoy
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Pia Langhans
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
Sara Modanesi
Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, National Research Council, Perugia, Italy
Christian Massari
Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, National Research Council, Perugia, Italy
Luca Brocca
Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection, National Research Council, Perugia, Italy
Carla Saltalippi
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Renato Morbidelli
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Clément Albergel
European Space Agency Climate Office, ECSAT, Didcot, UK
Wouter Dorigo
Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
Data sets
Regional datasets of long-term and coarse resolution irrigation estimates from space Pierre Laluet et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14988197
Short summary
We developed a long-term dataset collection of irrigation water use based on about two decades of satellite observations, three distinct approaches, and many input datasets. The collection provides monthly estimates for major agricultural regions and helps describe how irrigation varies across locations, seasons, and years. It offers a foundation for improving how irrigation is quantified, compared across methods, and integrated into large-scale hydrological and climate studies.
We developed a long-term dataset collection of irrigation water use based on about two decades...
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