Lake of the Woods Satellite-derived Daily Algal Bloom Indices

Lake of the Woods Satellite-derived Daily Algal Bloom Indices is an open dataset from Environment and Climate Change Canada with 8 files (HTML, XML); catalogue record updated 2026-02-06. On CanQuery you can follow the original downloads. Files are available in English and French.

This dataset contains lake-wide algal bloom indices (extent, intensity, and severity) of Lake of the Woods on a daily basis over the June through October monitoring season. These data are derived from satellite remote sensing algorithms using European Space Agency's (ESA's) MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) sensor on the Envisat satellite (2002-2012) and ESA's Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) sensor on the Sentinel 3A and Sentinel 3B satellites (2016-present). Citation: Binding, C.E., Pizzolato, L., & Zeng, C. (2021). EOLakeWatch; delivering a comprehensive suite of remote sensing algal bloom indices for enhanced monitoring of Canadian eutrophic lakes. Ecological Indicators, 121, 106999. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106999 Supplemental Information Binding, C. E., Greenberg, T. A., McCullough, G., Watson, S.B., Paige, E. 2018. Remote sensing indices for enhanced algal bloom monitoring on Lake Winnipeg. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 44(3): 436-446. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2018.04.001.

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Environment and Climate Change Canada

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2026-02-06