ESA Lakes Climate Change Initiative (Lakes_cci) v2.1 - CEDA Archive
ESA CCI satellite-derived lake essential climate variable dataset covering 2000+ lakes (1992-2022): lake water level (altimetry), water extent, surface water temperature, ice cover, ice thickness and water-leaving reflectance, as global daily NetCDF.
catalogue.ceda.ac.uk
At a glance
- Region
- United Kingdom (Global)
- Coverage
- Global
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Space Agency
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- lake water level
- lake surface temperature
- lake ice
- water extent
- satellite
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: lake water level
- 02
Change over time
See how lakes and wetlands have grown or shrunk.
- 03
Risk screening
Screen projects and assets for climate risk.
Because it has: lake surface temperature
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
Bias correction
Correct and downscale climate model output for a site.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
CEDA Archive offers OPeNDAP and anonymous FTP access
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
Related water data
- Lakes_cci Data Access Portal (laketemp.net)Global | Free
- ESA Lakes Climate Change Initiative Products (CEDA Archive)Global | Free
- ESA CCI Inland WatersGlobal | Free
- GloboLakes Lake Surface Water Temperature v4.0 (CEDA)Global | Free
- ESA CCI LakesGlobal | Free
- Sentinel-2 Water BodiesGlobal | Free
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