Jason-3 / Sentinel-6 Radar Altimetry for Rivers and Lakes
EUMETSAT and NASA provide radar altimetry data from the Jason and Sentinel-6 missions, used to derive water surface heights for large rivers, lakes, and reservoirs from space.
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At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research
What's inside
- Radar Altimetry
- Water Surface Height
- River Level
- Lake Level
Terms explained
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 Level
- 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: Radar Altimetry
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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