@article{fdi:010053534,
  title = {{SOLS} : {A} lake database to monitor in the {N}ear {R}eal {T}ime water level and storage variations from remote sensing data},
  author = {{C}r{\'e}taux, {J}. {F}. and {J}elinski, {W}. and {C}almant, {S}t{\'e}phane and {K}ouraev, {A}. and {V}uglinski, {V}. and {B}erg{\'e} {N}guyen, {M}. and {G}ennero, {M}. {C}. and {N}ino, {F}ernando and {D}el {R}io, {R}. {A}. and {C}azenave, {A}. and {M}aisongrande, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}n accurate and continuous monitoring of lakes and inland seas is available since 1993 thanks to the satellite altimetry missions ({T}opex-{P}oseidon, {GFO}, {ERS}-2, {J}ason-1, {J}ason-2 and {E}nvisat). {G}lobal data processing of these satellites provides temporal and spatial time series of lakes surface height with a decimetre precision on the whole {E}arth. {T}he response of water level to regional hydrology is particularly marked for lakes and inland seas in semi-arid regions. {A} lake data centre is under development at by {LEGOS} ({L}aboratoire d'{E}tude en {G}eophysique et {O}ceanographie {S}patiale) in {T}oulouse, in coordination with the {HYDROLARE} project ({H}eaded by {SHI}: {S}tate {H}ydrological {I}nstitute of the {R}ussian {A}cademy of {S}cience). {I}t already provides level variations for about 150 lakes and reservoirs, freely available on the web site ({HYDROWEB}: http://www.{LEGOS}.obs-mip.fr/soa/hydrologie/{HYDROWEB}), and surface-volume variations of about 50 big lakes arc also calculated through a combination of various satellite images ({M}odis, {A}sar, {L}andsat, {C}bers) and radar altimetry. {T}he final objective is to achieve in 2011 a fully operating data centre based on remote sensing technique and controlled by the in situ infrastructure for the {G}lobal {T}errestrial {N}etwork for {L}akes ({GTN}-{L}) under the supervision of {WMO} ({W}orld {M}eteorological {O}rganization) and {GCOS} ({G}lobal {C}limate {O}bserving {S}ystem).},
  keywords = {{L}ake ; {D}atabase ; {R}adar altimetry ; {S}atellite imagery ; {E}ssential climate variable},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}dvances in {S}pace {R}esearch},
  volume = {47},
  numero = {9},
  pages = {1497--1507},
  ISSN = {0273-1177},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.asr.2011.01.004},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053534},
}