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GLOBathy: The global lakes bathymetry dataset

Bathymetric maps for over 1.4 million waterbodies worldwide aligned with HydroLAKES, estimating maximum depths and storage-depth curves using a GIS-based framework.

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At a glance

Region
Global
Coverage
Global
Access
Free
Category
Research
Last updated
2022

What's inside

  • Lakes & Reservoirs
  • Water Storage

What you can do with it

Typical work that data of this type supports.

  1. 01

    Storage tracking

    Follow storage and releases through the season.

    Because it has: Lakes & Reservoirs

  2. 02

    Change over time

    See how lakes and wetlands have grown or shrunk.

  3. 03

    Operations

    Support release and supply decisions.

Where AI adds value

Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.

  1. 01

    Storage from space

    Estimate volume from satellite water area and altimetry.

  2. 02

    Release decisions

    Optimise releases against inflow forecasts.

  3. 03

    Shrinkage alerts

    Detect water bodies that are drying or being encroached.

Machine access and documentation

Data paper

GLOBathy: The global lakes bathymetry dataset

Scientific Data 2022

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