Water Observations from Space (WOfS) - data.gov.au
Australian Water Observations from Space surface-water summary product, a gridded Landsat-derived dataset indicating where surface water has been observed across mainland Australia and Tasmania.
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At a glance
- Region
- Australia (Oceania)
- Coverage
- Australia
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- Surface water extent
- Satellite
- Gridded
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 extent
- 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
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.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
CKAN API on data.gov.au; also available as cloud-optimized rasters
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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