Annual time-series on permanent and seasonal surface water
This dataset offers yearly data on the spatial extent of permanent and seasonal water. The original dataset classifies water seasonality with a 30 m resolution, distinguishing permanent and seasonal water. We aggregated these data to 300 m, reporting on per-pixel percentages of each class.
permanent | Per-pixel densities of permanent water cover (%)
| content | description |
|---|---|
| value_range | 0…100 |
seasonal | Per-pixel densities of seasonal water cover (%)
| content | description |
|---|---|
| value_range | 0…100 |
# data call without specifying subdataset and resolution
list_data("GSW")
# data call for specific subdataset
list_data("GSW/permanent")
# data call to subdataset with a specific resolution
list_data("GSW/permanent/300m")[1] Pekel, Cottam, Gorelick, and Belward (2016)