NCAR: Scientists Map Underwater Topography Of More Than 1.4 Million Lakes And Reservoirs Worldwide
NCAR: Scientists Map Underwater Topography Of More Than 1.4 Million Lakes And Reservoirs Worldwide. “Lakes and reservoirs have a profound influence on ecosystem functions, local streamflow levels, and the movement of water across landscapes. But water managers often are in the dark when it comes to subsurface topography, which affects the ecology, volume, temperature, and rate of evaporation of a waterbody, as well as inflows and outflows. Now a team of scientists has developed artificial intelligence techniques to create a publicly available dataset of the underwater topography, or bathymetry, of more than 1.4 million inland lakes and reservoirs around the world.”