Remote Sensing Technology and Application, Volume. 40, Issue 4, 936(2025)

Monitoring Water Resources Changes in Key Lakes and Reservoirs in China based on Multi-source Remote Sensing and Actual Measurements

Jingwei SONG1,2,3, Changhua LIU1, Pengfei ZHAN2,3, and Chunqiao SONG2,3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Surveying and Geotechnical Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University, Jiaozuo454000, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Science for Water Security, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing210008, China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing210008, China
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    Figures & Tables(19)
    Distribution map of key lakes and reservoirs in the study area
    The processing workflow for lake and reservoir water level data
    The reservoir capacity curve based on the water level-area relationship of key lakes and reservoirs
    Comparison of differences in water surface area extracted from Landsat 8 and Sentinel-1 images with that extracted from Sentinel-2 images
    Time series of CryoSat-2 and multi-source altimetry data for four large lakes (2013~2022)
    Scatter plot of water levels obtained from DAHITI and Hydroweb compared to the water levels derived from CryoSat-2 data
    Changes in total water volume of key lakes and reservoirs from 2013 to 2022
    Distribution map of average eutrophication levels in key lakes and reservoirs from 2013 to 2022
    Changes in the number of key lakes at different eutrophication levels from 2013 to 2022
    Changes in the number of key reservoirs at different eutrophication levels from 2013 to 2022
    Types of changes in eutrophication levels in lakes
    Types of changes in eutrophication levels in reservoirs
    Time series of water volume changes in lakes under different eutrophication levels from 2013 to 2022
    Time series of water volume changes in reservoirs under different eutrophication levels from 2013 to 2022
    Monthly time series of water volume and water quality for key lakes and reservoirs
    Relationship between water volume changes and water quality changes in Baiyangdian
    Relationship between water volume changes and water quality changes in Jiefangcun Reservoir
    • Table 1. The number of satellite images used for monitoring changes in the area of key lakes

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      Table 1. The number of satellite images used for monitoring changes in the area of key lakes

      卫星分辨率/m重访周期/d影像数量/张
      年份2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
      Landsat 830161 1831 4051 3301 4161 5371 4421 5631 3721 5901 592
      Sentinel-1105/10////5 7466 0646 5076 6306 7154 653
      Sentinel-2105/10////3 1886 5086 8376 3717 4778 040
    • Table 2. The number of satellite images used for monitoring changes in the area of key reservoirs

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      Table 2. The number of satellite images used for monitoring changes in the area of key reservoirs

      卫星分辨率/m重访周期/d影像数量/张
      年份2013201420152016201720182019202020212022
      Landsat 830161 3451 7721 6681 6041 8681 7681 7721 7441 8111 798
      Sentinel-1105/10////7 0347 4078 2968 0037 7655 033
      Sentinel-2105/10////4 2057 6158 0247 6597 5487 699
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    Jingwei SONG, Changhua LIU, Pengfei ZHAN, Chunqiao SONG. Monitoring Water Resources Changes in Key Lakes and Reservoirs in China based on Multi-source Remote Sensing and Actual Measurements[J]. Remote Sensing Technology and Application, 2025, 40(4): 936

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    Received: Nov. 11, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 26, 2025

    The Author Email: Chunqiao SONG (cqsong@niglas.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.11873/j.issn.1004-0323.2025.4.0936

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