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Sentinel-2 Water Bodies

Near real-time water extent at 10m resolution from ESA Copernicus

land.copernicus.eu

At a glance

Region
Global
Coverage
Global at 10m resolution
Access
Free
Category
Research
Last updated
2025

What's inside

  • Remote Sensing
  • Water Extent
  • Real-time
  • Satellite

What you can do with it

Typical work that data of this type supports.

  1. 01

    No-gauge areas

    Monitor places with no ground stations.

    Because it has: Remote Sensing

  2. 02

    Long records

    Use consistent records going back decades.

  3. 03

    Change mapping

    Map changes in water, land and vegetation.

Where AI adds value

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

  1. 01

    Segmentation

    Map water, crops and land use pixel by pixel with deep learning.

  2. 02

    Data fusion

    Blend satellite and ground data into one better estimate.

  3. 03

    Change detection

    Find what changed, at national scale, automatically.

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