Basic descriptions
This dataset provides maximum bloom extent (MBE, in km2) and median bloom occurrence (BO, in %) for 21,878 freshwater lakes worldwide in the entire period (1980s-2010s) and three sub-periods (1980–1990s, 2000s and 2010s), which was generated using Landsat satellite observation between 1982 to 2019.
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Data download
The shapefiles are publicly available at this lab webpage via the following link:
http://lake.geodata.cn/data/datadetails.html?dataguid=52233571845320&docid=253
Related Publications
Hou, X., Feng, L.*, Dai, Y., Hu, C., Gibson, L., Tang, J., Lee, Z., Wang, Y., Cai, X., & Liu, J. (2022). Global mapping reveals increase in lacustrine algal blooms over the past decade. Nature Geoscience, 15: 130–134.