Historical and future Lake Surface Water Temperature for 80 major lakes in Southeast Asia [LSWT-SEA]

The present dataset is part of a study delving into the intricate relationship between lake surface temperature (LSWT) and the broader context of climate change in the ecologically diverse region of Southeast Asia (SEA). Recognizing LSWT as a highly responsive indicator of climatic shifts, the research aims to shed light on the region's vulnerability to these changes. Using a suite of predictive models (namely Multilinear Regression (MLR), Multilayer perceptron (MLP), Random Forest (RF), eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGB), Multilayer perceptron (MLP)) the study reconstructs historical LSWT trends from 1986 to 2020 and projects future scenarios until 2100, contingent upon various Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) trajectories. Using MODIS-derived LSWT as predicted variable. The dataset package includes the data used to carry out the research: ECMWF ERA5 and CHIRPS climatic predicting variables, MODIS-derived daytime and nighttime LSWT, historically predicted daily daytime and nighttime LSWT, future predictions of LSWT for multiple Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs), long term historical and future trends.