authority: gcos
slug: lakes
name: Lakes
domain: land
subdomain: hydrosphere
authority_id: gcos:lakes
external_ids:
  nvs_uri: null
  cf_standard_name: lake_surface_water_temperature
  iadopt_concepts:
    property: extent
    entity: lake
canonical_units: m2
gcos_requirement_tier:
  threshold: null
  breakthrough: null
  goal: null
description: |
  Lake water extent, level, surface temperature, ice cover and ocean-colour
  analogue water-leaving reflectance, from satellite altimetry, optical
  and thermal sensors plus in-situ gauges. Sentinel of climate variability.
theme: hydrology
demos: []
status: documented
sources:
  - https://gcos.wmo.int/site/global-climate-observing-system-gcos/essential-climate-variables/lakes