Digital Earth Africa - Copernicus Global Land Lake Water Quality Specs
Digital Earth Africa documentation for the Copernicus Global Land lake water quality product (turbidity, trophic state index, chlorophyll proxies) derived from Sentinel-3/OLCI and made analysis-ready over Africa.
docs.digitalearthafrica.org
At a glance
- Region
- South Africa (Africa)
- Coverage
- Africa
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Regional
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- lake water quality
- turbidity
- chlorophyll
- Sentinel-3
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Hotspots and trends
Find where contamination is high and whether it is getting worse.
Because it has: lake water quality
- 02
Compliance checks
Compare samples against drinking water and discharge standards.
- 03
Storage tracking
Follow storage and releases through the season.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Risk maps
Predict contamination where no samples exist, from geology, land use and climate.
- 02
Anomaly alerts
Catch sudden spikes in sensor or lab data automatically.
- 03
Storage from space
Estimate volume from satellite water area and altimetry.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
Data accessible via DE Africa Open Data Cube / STAC and OWS endpoints
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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