Lakes and Climate : The Role of Remote Sensing

Presentation materials of the international seminar with theme « Lakes, satellite observations and climate » organized on 1 and 2 June 2017 in Toulouse are online.

Introduction

• Introduction – Programmatic context – S. Cherchali
• Current status on global lakes observations from satellites – J.F. Crétaux
• Presentation of SWOT mission for Hydrology – T.M. Pavelsky

Session 1

• Lakes and global models – P. Le Moigne
• Modelling lake thermal dynamics under climate change – R. Iestyn Woolway
• Lake ice and climate in high latitude regions – C.R. Duguay
• Global patterns in lake warming and potential consequences – C. O’Reilly
• Monitoring lakes and water bodies in arid and semi-arid regions – M. Grippa
• Lake water color and biophysical parameters – C.Giardino

Session 2

• The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission and its implications for SWOT lake monitoring and prediction – D.P. Lettenmaier
• Jason-CS, ICESat-2, GEDI Radar and Lidar Altimetry Missions in the pre-SWOT era – C.Birkett
• Overview of SMOS/SMAP mission: general objectives, benefits for lakes – Y. H.Kerr
• NISAR: NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar – T.Pavelsky
• Thermal observation of Inland Waters – C. J. Merchant
• On the use of water color missions for lakes in 2021 – C.G. Fichot
• SWOT lake products – C.Pottier

Session 3

• International Data Centre on Hydrology of Lakes and Reservoirs Hydrolare – V.Vuglinski
• Global lake data base for water level from satellite altimeters, G-REALM / HYDROWEB /DAHITI / RIVERS&LAKES – C.Birkett, J.F. Cretaux, C. Schwatke, Benveniste
• Global scale mapping of the when and where of inland and coastal waters over 32 years at 30m resolution – J.-F. Pekel
• Global lake inventory: inclusion of water types and storage – J.Wang
• The Copernicus Inland Water Service of the European Union – S.Groom
• Copernicus, Globland Land Cryosphere and Water – J.Dorandeu

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