Environmental Data Initiative (EDI) Data Portal
LTER-affiliated ecological data repository hosting major freshwater datasets such as LakeBeD-US (500M+ lake water-quality observations), LAGOS and GLCP, with DOI-based access.
portal.edirepository.org
At a glance
- Region
- USA (North America)
- Coverage
- USA / global ecology
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- lake water quality
- limnology
- time series
- vertical profiles
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
PASTA+ REST API at pasta.lternet.edu; programmatic package access
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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- Atlantic DataStream - Atlantic Canada Water QualityNorth America | Free
- CalOOS Data Portal (California Ocean Observing Systems)North America | Free
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