Imaging · collection · 2022

The Lake Observations by Citizen Scientists & Satellites (LOCSS) Level 1 Version 1.0

Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR and NASA Data Portal — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.5067/locss-l1v10

This dataset contains data from the Lake Observations by Citizen Science and Satellites project, LOCSS which is a lake monitoring network.

Description

The data represent the location and main descriptors of the lake gauges and their readings. LOCSS project aims to collaborate with local citizens to monitor small and medium sized lakes (i.e., lakes with an average surface area less than 100 km2).

At each location, a lake gauge is installed and provided with a cellphone number. Local citizens read the water level at each lake gauge and sent it in a text message. Data can also be manually collected and uploaded later from the website in remote places where cellphone signal is challenged.

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The readings are specified in cm, m, or ft, according to the local unit system. This version of the dataset has lakes located in seven (7) countries: Bangladesh, India, Canada, the United States, Pakistan, and Nepal. This product consists of two files in comma-separated values (csv) format : 1) the list of gauges whose attributes include gauge coordinates, installation dates, the height of the gauge, reading units, city, time zone, and installation notes; 2) list of readings by each gauge specified in the local time.

To discover more details about LOCSS, please visit locss.org/.

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Stated by source: FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS · Lakes/Reservoirs · Water Depth · WATER LEVEL GAUGES
From keywords: Astronomy & Astrophysics · Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science · Physics
Inferred from text: Text 75%

Provenance · 2 source records, 19 field assertions

Source	Key	Last seen	Raw
NASA Earthdata CMR	C2285137889-POCLOUD	8 d ago	JSON v1
NASA Data Portal	34b21ab1-dd3f-4f4f-803e-1973a1f06e4b	5 d ago	JSON v1

Field	Assertion	Extractor	Evidence
access_level	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[field].local:field:astronomy	mapping · data nasa gov	connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0
concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental	mapping · data nasa gov	connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0
concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric	mapping · data nasa gov	connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0
concepts[field].local:field:physics	mapping · data nasa gov	connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0
concepts[instrument].gcmd_instrument:water-level-gauges	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/surface-water/surface-water-features/lakes-reservoirs	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/terrestrial-hydrosphere/surface-water/surface-water-processes-measurements/water-depth	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
concepts[modality].local:modality:text	enrichment · NASA CMR	keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0	title+description (75%)
concepts[platform].gcmd_platform:fixed-observation-stations	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
created_date	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
description	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0	/umm/Abstract
license_text	source · data nasa gov	connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0
publication_date	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0
spatial	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0	/umm/SpatialExtent
temporal	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0	/umm/TemporalExtents
title	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0	/umm/EntryTitle
updated_date	source · data nasa gov	connector:data_nasa_gov@1.0.0
version_label	source · NASA CMR	connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0

The Lake Observations by Citizen Scientists & Satellites (LOCSS) Level 1 Version 1.0

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