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Name	Water Bodies [1 Km]
Acronym
Description	The Water Bodies product detects the areas covered by inland water throughout the year providing the maximum and the minimum extent of the water surface as well as the seasonal dynamics. The area of water bodies is identified as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS).
Note
Status	Operational
Group	GLC Water
Area	Global
Component	Bio-geophysical Parameters
Service	Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
Entrusted Entities	European Environment Agency Joint Research Centre
Created on	Nov. 6, 2017, 1:53 p.m.
Last updated on	April 16, 2024, 10:26 a.m.

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