SWOT Lake Water Surface Elevation
Water surface elevation, area, and storage change for lakes and reservoirs from SWOT Ka-band radar interferometry. Version 2.0 detects lakes >6.25 ha with cm-level height accuracy and 21-day repeat
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At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global lakes >6.25 ha, 21-day repeat
- Access
- Registration Required
- Category
- Space Agency
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- Lake Water Level
- Surface Area
- Storage Change
- Satellite Altimetry
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
No-gauge areas
Monitor places with no ground stations.
Because it has: Satellite 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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