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Global Water Bodies Dataset (Copernicus)
Copernicus Global Land Service providing near-real-time global water body detection and monitoring at 100m resolution
land.copernicus.eu
At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global 100m resolution water body mapping
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research Institute
What's inside
- Water Bodies
- Remote Sensing
- Surface Water
- Real-time Data
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
- 02
Change over time
See how lakes and wetlands have grown or shrunk.
- 03
No-gauge areas
Monitor places with no ground stations.
Because it has: Remote Sensing
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.
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