Development and validation of a global database of lakes, reservoirs and wetlands

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 296, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 1-22

  Lehner, Bernhard ^a,b   Döll, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b 1250 24th Street NW 20037 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic Information System; Global; Lakes; Land cover maps; Reservoirs; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; WETLANDS;

GLOBAL DATABASE; SURFACE AREA;

LAKES;

GIS; LAKE; LAND COVER; MAPPING METHOD; POLYGON; RESERVOIR; WETLAND;

EID: 3242680641     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.03.028     Document Type: Article

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