Estimating the volume and age of water stored in global lakes using a geo-statistical approach

Lakes play a key role in our ecosystems and thus it is vital to understand their distribution and volume. Here, the authors present a new global lake database (HydroLAKES) and develop a new geo-statistical model to show global lake area, shoreline length, water volume and hydraulic residence times.

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Main Authors: Mathis Loïc Messager, Bernhard Lehner, Günther Grill, Irena Nedeva, Oliver Schmitt
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a86ae6497cb34e39a05eab1abae1d2d6
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Summary:Lakes play a key role in our ecosystems and thus it is vital to understand their distribution and volume. Here, the authors present a new global lake database (HydroLAKES) and develop a new geo-statistical model to show global lake area, shoreline length, water volume and hydraulic residence times.