CGLOPS LSWT Data Access

The CGLOPS LSWT data product is produced every dekad (typically on the 3rd, 13th and 23rd of each month). The data files can be accessed from the: Copernicus LSWT Data Portal

Each dekadal file has the following properties:

• Format: netCDF
• Naming convention: c_gls_LSWT_YYYYMMDD0000_GLOBE_SLSTRA_v1.0.1 (where YYYY = year, MM = month and DD = first day in dekad)
• File variables:
• lake_surface_water_temperature
• lswt_uncertainty
• lswt_standard_deviation
• quality_level
• n_lswt (number of LSWT observations contributing to the avarage)
• File size: 25-35Mb (approx.)
• Dimensions: 21600 (latitude) by 43200 (longitude)
• Spacial resolution: 0.0083 (degrees)