20260827133943001.0INSPIRE Metadata DirectiveTRUE20260827143002001500000005000INSPIRE002Global Surface Water Recurrence 1984-20242026-08-27T00:00:002026-08-27T00:00:002026082710.1038/nature20584The Global Surface Water Recurrence provides information concerning the inter-annual behaviour of water surfaces and captures the frequency with which water returns from year to year.<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>For a full description of the dataset see the following:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>Jean-Francois Pekel, Andrew Cottam, Noel Gorelick, Alan S. Belward, High-resolution mapping of global surface water and its long-term changes. Nature, 540, pages 418–422 (2016) (doi:10.1038/nature20584)</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>European Commission Joint Research Centre 30The dataset is available at the global scale.1-180180-5678JRC Global Surface Water European Commissionjrc-surfacewater@ec.europa.euJRC Global Surface Water <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;font-size:12pt"><DIV><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN STYLE="font-size:10pt">No limitations on use.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>No other restrictionsJRC Global Surface Water European Commissionjrc-surfacewater@ec.europa.eu20260827<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><DIV STYLE="font-size:12pt"><P><SPAN STYLE="font-size:10pt">No limitations on use</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>For a full description of the dataset refer to the publication: Jean-Francois Pekel, Andrew Cottam, Noel Gorelick, Alan S. Belward, High-resolution mapping of global surface water and its long-term changes. Nature, 540, pages 418–422 (2016). (doi:10.1038/nature20584)No specification given2026-08-27T00:00:001Downloadable data1https://global-surface-water.appspot.com/download