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Inland Water Bodies in China: New Features Discovered in the Long-term Satellite Data

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Inland Water Bodies in China: New Features Discovered in the Long-term Satellite Data. / Feng, S; Liu, Shuguang; Huang, Zhihong et al.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, Vol. 116, No. 51, 17.12.2019, p. 25491-25496.

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Feng, S, Liu, S, Huang, Z, Jing, L, Zhao, M, Peng, X, Yan, W, Wu, Y, Lv, Y, Smith, A, McDonald, M, Patil, S, Sarkissian, A, Shi, Z, Xia, J & Ogbodo, US 2019, 'Inland Water Bodies in China: New Features Discovered in the Long-term Satellite Data', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, vol. 116, no. 51, pp. 25491-25496. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910872116

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Feng, S., Liu, S., Huang, Z., Jing, L., Zhao, M., Peng, X., Yan, W., Wu, Y., Lv, Y., Smith, A., McDonald, M., Patil, S., Sarkissian, A., Shi, Z., Xia, J., & Ogbodo, U. S. (2019). Inland Water Bodies in China: New Features Discovered in the Long-term Satellite Data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 116(51), 25491-25496. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910872116

CBE

Feng S, Liu S, Huang Z, Jing L, Zhao M, Peng X, Yan W, Wu Y, Lv Y, Smith A, et al. 2019. Inland Water Bodies in China: New Features Discovered in the Long-term Satellite Data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 116(51):25491-25496. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910872116

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Feng, S et al. "Inland Water Bodies in China: New Features Discovered in the Long-term Satellite Data". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 2019, 116(51). 25491-25496. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1910872116

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Feng S, Liu S, Huang Z, Jing L, Zhao M, Peng X et al. Inland Water Bodies in China: New Features Discovered in the Long-term Satellite Data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 2019 Dec 17;116(51):25491-25496. Epub 2019 Dec 2. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1910872116

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Feng, S ; Liu, Shuguang ; Huang, Zhihong et al. / Inland Water Bodies in China: New Features Discovered in the Long-term Satellite Data. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 2019 ; Vol. 116, No. 51. pp. 25491-25496.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Inland Water Bodies in China: New Features Discovered in the Long-term Satellite Data

AU - Feng, S

AU - Liu, Shuguang

AU - Huang, Zhihong

AU - Jing, Lei

AU - Zhao, Meifang

AU - Peng, Xi

AU - Yan, Wende

AU - Wu, Yiping

AU - Lv, Yihe

AU - Smith, Andy

AU - McDonald, Morag

AU - Patil, Sopan

AU - Sarkissian, Arbi

AU - Shi, Zhihua

AU - Xia, Jun

AU - Ogbodo, U.S.

PY - 2019/12/17

Y1 - 2019/12/17

N2 - Water bodies (WBs) - lakes, ponds, and impoundments, provide essential ecosystem services for human society, yet their characteristics and changes over large areas remain elusive. Here we used unprecedented data layers derived from all Landsat images available between 1984 and 2015 to understand the overall characteristics and changes of WBs between two epochs (i.e., 1984-1999 and 2000-2015) in China. Results show that the abundance estimate of WBs greater than 1 km2 34 and the total WB surface area were 0.3-1.5 times and 0.2-0.5 times more than the previous estimates, respectively. The size-abundance and shoreline-area relationships of WBs in China conformed to the classic power scaling law, in contradiction to most previous studies. WB changes with various occurrence probabilities show widespread co-existence of disappearance of existent and emergence of new WBs across China driven primarily by human activities and climate change. Our results highlight the importance of using appropriate long-term satellite data to reveal the true properties and dynamics of WBs over large areas, which is essential for developing scaling theories and understanding the relative impacts of human activities and climate change on water resources in the world.

AB - Water bodies (WBs) - lakes, ponds, and impoundments, provide essential ecosystem services for human society, yet their characteristics and changes over large areas remain elusive. Here we used unprecedented data layers derived from all Landsat images available between 1984 and 2015 to understand the overall characteristics and changes of WBs between two epochs (i.e., 1984-1999 and 2000-2015) in China. Results show that the abundance estimate of WBs greater than 1 km2 34 and the total WB surface area were 0.3-1.5 times and 0.2-0.5 times more than the previous estimates, respectively. The size-abundance and shoreline-area relationships of WBs in China conformed to the classic power scaling law, in contradiction to most previous studies. WB changes with various occurrence probabilities show widespread co-existence of disappearance of existent and emergence of new WBs across China driven primarily by human activities and climate change. Our results highlight the importance of using appropriate long-term satellite data to reveal the true properties and dynamics of WBs over large areas, which is essential for developing scaling theories and understanding the relative impacts of human activities and climate change on water resources in the world.

KW - climate change

KW - inland water bodies

KW - land use change

KW - size-abundance

UR - https://www.pnas.org/content/116/51/25491/tab-figures-data

U2 - 10.1073/pnas.1910872116

DO - 10.1073/pnas.1910872116

M3 - Article

C2 - 31792172

VL - 116

SP - 25491

EP - 25496

JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA

JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA

SN - 0027-8424

IS - 51

ER -