Copernicus Global Water Bodies 100m
Monthly surface water extent mapping at 100m resolution using Sentinel-1 SAR and Sentinel-2 optical imagery. Detects maximum and minimum water extent with seasonal dynamics globally
land.copernicus.eu
At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global, 100m resolution, monthly updates
- Access
- Free
- Category
- International
What's inside
- Surface Water Extent
- Water Body Mapping
- Seasonal Water Dynamics
- Inland Water
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Storage tracking
Follow storage and releases through the season.
Because it has: Surface Water Extent
- 02
Change over time
See how lakes and wetlands have grown or shrunk.
- 03
No-gauge areas
Monitor places with no ground stations.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Storage from space
Estimate volume from satellite water area and altimetry.
- 02
Release decisions
Optimise releases against inflow forecasts.
- 03
Segmentation
Map water, crops and land use pixel by pixel with deep learning.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
land.copernicus.eu WMS/WCS water-bodies-global-100m
Licence: Copernicus open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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