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Data description paper |
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A lake salinity dataset produced via microwave and optical imageries
Mingming Deng
State Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Science for Water Security, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Ronghua Ma
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Science for Water Security, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China
Lixin Wang
School of Ecology and Environment, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot 010021, China
State Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Science for Water Security, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China
Kun Xue
State Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Science for Water Security, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China
Junfeng Xiong
State Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Science for Water Security, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 211135, China
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Lake salinity is an important parameter to characterize physical and biogeochemical processes. We proposed a microwave-optical integrated framework for high-precision salinity estimation, producing a 10 m resolution Inner Mongolia Xinjiang Lake zone lake salinity dataset (2016–2024). Salinity increased significantly in Lake Daihai and Lake Dalinor. The dataset can contribute to research on salinization prevention and salinity budget research.
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