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    • ASTER Global Water Bodies Database V001

    Metadata Updated: June 4, 2024

    The ASTER Global Water Bodies Database (ASTWBD) Version 1 data product provides global coverage of water bodies larger than 0.2 square kilometers at a spatial resolution of 1 arc second (approximately 30 meters) at the equator, along with associated elevation information.

    The ASTWBD data product was created in conjunction with the ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (ASTER GDEM) Version 3 data product by the Sensor Information Laboratory Corporation (SILC) in Tokyo. The ASTER GDEM Version 3 data product was generated using ASTER Level 1A (https://doi.org/10.5067/ASTER/AST_L1A.003) scenes acquired between March 1, 2000, and November 30, 2013. The ASTWBD data product was then generated to correct elevation values of water body surfaces.

    To generate the ASTWBD data product, water bodies were separated from land areas and then classified into three categories: ocean, river, or lake. Oceans and lakes have a flattened, constant elevation value. The effects of sea ice were manually removed from areas classified as oceans to better delineate ocean shorelines in high latitude areas. For lake waterbodies, the elevation for each lake was calculated from the perimeter elevation data using the mosaic image that covers the entire area of the lake. Rivers presented a unique challenge given that their elevations gradually step down from upstream to downstream; therefore, visual inspection and other manual detection methods were required.

    The geographic coverage of the ASTWBD extends from 83°N to 83°S. Each tile is distributed in GeoTIFF format and referenced to the 1984 World Geodetic System (WGS84)/1996 Earth Gravitational Model (EGM96) geoid. Each data product is provided as a zipped file that contains an attribute file with the water body classification information and a DEM file, which provides elevation information in meters.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 4, 2024

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date June 4, 2024
    Publisher LP DAAC
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2019-08-05
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2019-08-05
    Category Terra, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Spacesystems and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. 2019-08-05. ASTWBD.001. ASTER Global Water Bodies Database V001. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA EOSDIS Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/ASTER/ASTWBD.001. https://doi.org/10.5067/ASTER/ASTWBD.001. The DOI landing page provides citations in APA and Chicago styles..
    Creator NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Spacesystems and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/ASTER/ASTWBD.001
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    Program Code 026:001
    Release Place Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA
    Series Name ASTWBD.001
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    Temporal 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z/2013-11-30T23:59:59.999Z

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