Lakes/Reservoirs Data Access and Tools

NASA has lakes and reservoirs datasets that help researchers explore the size, health and other aspects of waterbodies. Access a range of data and data tools such as AppEEARS, HEG, and the MODID/VIIRS Subsetting Tools Suite to make the most of lakes and reservoirs data.

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Dataset	Platforms	Instruments	Temporal Extent	Location Keywords	Data Format
Global-Gridded Daily Methane Emissions from Inland Dam-Reservoir Systems	MODELS	Computer	2002-01-01 to 2015-12-31	GLOBAL	netCDF-4 classic
LBA Regional Freshwater Wetlands, 1-Degree (Stillwell-Soller et al.)	NOT APPLICABLE	NOT APPLICABLE	1995-01-01 to 1995-09-01		multiple
LBA Regional Hydrographic Data, 1-Degree, Release 2.2 (Cogley)	NOT APPLICABLE	NOT APPLICABLE	1970-01-01 to 1990-01-01		multiple
LBA-ECO LC-07 Amazon Floodplain Lake Chlorophyll from MODIS, Para, Brazil: 2002-2003	Terra	MODIS	2002-04-01 to 2003-12-31	AMAZONIA	GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-07 Bathymetric Survey of Floodplain Lake, Lago Curuai, Para, Brazil: 2004	SATELLITES, FIELD INVESTIGATION	TM, ECHO SOUNDERS	2004-06-01 to 2004-06-30		GeoTIFF
Location and Permanency of Water Bodies in the African Sahel Region from 2003-2011	COMPUTERS, Terra, Aqua	MODIS	2003-01-01 to 2011-12-31		netCDF-3
Maps of Vegetation Types and Physiographic Features, Toolik Lake Area, Alaska	COMPUTERS	Computer	1990-01-01 to 2014-08-31		Shapefile
Merged Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B OLCI Global Binned CyAN Project, True Color (TC) Data, version 5.0	Sentinel-3A, Sentinel-3B	OLCI	2016-04-25	GLOBAL OCEAN	netCDF-4
Merged Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B OLCI Regional Binned Inland Waters (ILW) Data, version 5.0	Sentinel-3A, Sentinel-3B	OLCI	2016-04-25 to Present	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALASKA	netCDF-4
Merged Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B OLCI Regional Mapped CyAN Project, True Color (TC) Data, version 6.0	Sentinel-3A, Sentinel-3B	OLCI	2016-04-25 to Present	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALASKA	netCDF-4

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Featured Lakes/Reservoirs Observation Method: SWOT

NASA's Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) platform monitors Earth’s surface water and measures how water bodies, such as lakes and rivers, change over time. SWOTS measures water surface heights using its primary instrument, the Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn).

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NASA's Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission Data Release

Recently released datasets from the SWOT mission provide scientists with previously unavailable measurements of Earth's surface water.

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Hydrocron: A New Tool for SWOT Time Series Analysis

Hydrocron enables users to receive all Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) observations for a specific river ID within a specified date range.

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Diving Into SWOT Hydrology Data

A workshop hosted by NASA's Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) explored data and resources for working with observations from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission.

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SWOT Swath Visualizer

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Swath Visualizer provides a visualization of two instruments’ coverage of Earth's surface: the Ka-band Radar Interferometer and altimeter.

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