Water Occurrence (1984-2020)
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Suggested citation
Jean-Francois Pekel, Andrew Cottam, Noel Gorelick, Alan S. Belward, High-resolution mapping of global surface water and its long-term changes. Nature 540, 418-422 (2016). (doi:10.1038/nature20584) If you are using the data as a layer in a published map, please include the following attribution text: 'Source: EC JRC/Google'
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Date or time period of observation
1984-2020
Frequency of update
Geographic coverage
Cautions
The provided occurrence accommodates for variations in data acquisition over time (i.e. temporal deepness and frequency density of the satellite observations) in order to provide a consistent characterization of the water dynamic over time.