The data include four types: water levels of 244 lakes extracted in CryoSat-2 L1B Baseline D (2010-2020); water levels of 356 lakes extracted in ICESat-2 ATL13 (2018-2020); water levels of 125 lakes extracted in Sentinel-3A SRAL L2 (2016- 2020); water levels in 120 lakes extracted from Sentinel-3B SRAL L2 (2018-2020). Data include date, decimal date, water level, standard deviation, and geographic location of each lake. Please see the paper for detailed data processing procedures.

File naming and required software

File naming: the lake water level data under the data folder is stored in text format. The name of the file is "ID.txt", where id represents the ID number of the lake. For example, 1.txt represents this file to describe the lake water level with lake ID 1; The data under the location folder represents the location of each lake, and the ID number in the file name can be corresponding in the field ID.
Data reading method: all text files in the data set can be opened directly with text programs (such as Notepad), and can also be read in batches by programs written in MATLAB, python, etc; Shapefile (SHP) can be read with ArcGIS.

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Xu, F., Zhang, G. (2021). Lake-level over the Tibetan Plateau using multi-sensor satellite altimetry data (2010-2020). A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles, DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127251. (Download the reference： RIS | Bibtex )

Related Literatures:

1. Xu, F., Zhang, G., Yi, S., & Chen, W. (2021). Seasonal trends and cycles of lake-level variations over the Tibetan Plateau using multi-sensor altimetry data. J. Hydrol, 127251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127251( View Details | Download | Bibtex)

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