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Inland water
Inland water monitoring tracks lake, river, reservoir, and wetland level, extent, storage, discharge proxies, water quality, and hydrological anomalies.[1][2][3] Satellite radar altimetry has supported inland water applications for decades across lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and wetlands.[1][2] Inland water monitoring often combines water-level observations with open-water extent or other remote-sensing data to infer storage or hydrological conditions.[1][2] Freshwater quality and harmful bloom indicators use optical water-colour measurements such as chlorophyll-a and phycocyanin.[3][4] Optically complex inland waters need local algorithms and validation for freshwater quality products.[3]
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- [1]NASA Technical Memorandum water levels algorithm theoretical basis documentagency doc2025-06-032026-05-27
- [2]DGFI-TUM continental surface waters and DAHITI inland altimetrycommunity-2026-05-27
- [3]USGS multimission satellite data for cyanoHAB monitoringagency doc2023-01-012026-05-27
- [4]NASA satellites on toxic algae patrolagency doc-2026-05-27
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Inland water. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V., last reviewed 2026-05-27. https://eo-atlas.org/topics/inland-water (CC BY 4.0)
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@misc{eoatlas:topics:inland-water,
title = {Inland water},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
year = {2026},
note = {Last reviewed 2026-05-27. CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/topics/inland-water}
}