Persistent water within the MDB from MIM

Thirty-three years of minimum monthly images of surface water extent have been used to identify persistent water within the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB). The multi-index method (MIM) (refer to Ticehurst, Teng and Sengupta 2022 in the Related Links for a description of the method) was used for mapping surface water across the MDB based on Landsat surface reflectance data available in Digital Earth Australia. Persistent water layers are provided for 1988 to 2020, 1990 to 1999, 2000 to 2009 and 2010 to 2019. The data were produced as part of the Murray-Darling Basin Ecosystem Function (MDB-EF) project. Refer to the metadata file (see Supporting files) for information about the method, data format and limitations of this product.\nLineage: Digital Earth Australia provides analysis-ready Landsat surface reflectance data. These Landsat data from 1988 to 2020 were extracted and processed using the CSIRO EASI platform and jupyter notebooks.