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3. Lake / inland operational
ESA CCI Lakes v2.x
ESA CCI / CEDA
Specification
- Code
AL10- Reliability
- A Reliable
- Variables delivered
- Lake chlorophyll-a, turbidity, lake surface water temperature, water extent
- Resolution
1000 m- Cadence
- DAILY
- Coverage
- 1992 → 2020 (v2.0.2 · v2.1 extends further)
- Cost
- FREE
- Login required
- CEDA registration
- Latency
- Archive
- CSV direct?
- Via OPeNDAP → xarray → .to_csv()
Applicability by site
LOW — 1 km, and the lake mask is unlikely to include Chakaria's ponds
LOW — sub-kilometre water bodies
MEDIUM — a consistent 28-year record IF Dhaka's lakes are in the mask
Access
- Route
- CEDA archive · OPeNDAP
- Endpoint / asset ID
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk (ESA CCI Lakes)- Pipeline step
- 2 Download
- Documentation
- https://climate.esa.int/en/projects/lakes/
No automated route. This source is fetched manually:
(manual - CEDA).
What to watch for
VALIDATION STATUS
ESA CCI quality assurance
KNOWN LIMITATION
Only ~2000 named lakes globally are included. Check the mask FIRST — this may be entirely inapplicable to your sites.