Selection of a network of large lakes and reservoirs suitable for global environmental change analysis using Earth Observation

Politi, E., MacCallum, S., Cutler, M. E. J., Merchant, C. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4687-9850, Rowan, J. S. and Dawson, T. P. (2016) Selection of a network of large lakes and reservoirs suitable for global environmental change analysis using Earth Observation. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 37 (13). pp. 3042-3060. ISSN 0143-1161 doi: 10.1080/01431161.2016.1192702

Abstract/Summary

The Globo Lakes project, a global observatory of lake responses to environmental change, aims to exploit current satellite missions and long remote-sensing archives to synoptically study multiple lake ecosystems, assess their current condition, reconstruct past trends to system trajectories, and assess lake sensitivity to multiple drivers of change. Here we describe the selection protocol for including lakes in the global observatory based upon remote-sensing techniques and an initial pool of the largest 3721 lakes and reservoirs in the world, as listed in the Global Lakes and Wetlands Database. An 18-year-long archive of satellite data was used to create spatial and temporal filters for the identification of water bodies that are appropriate for remote-sensing methods.Further criteria were applied and tested to ensure the candidate sites span a wide range of ecological settings and characteristics; a total 960 lakes, lagoons, and reservoirs were selected. The methodology proposed here is applicable to new generation satellites,such as the European Space Agency Sentinel-series.

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Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
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