Table 4 Property name and description of the IMSAL dataset.

From: A non-optically active lake salinity dataset by satellite remote sensing

Attribute

Description

Lake_Name

Adopted the lake name used in the lake outline dataset.

Abbreviation

Customized simplified names for each lake.

LON(DD)

Longitude coordinates of the lake’s center in decimal degrees.

LAT(DD)

Latitude coordinates of the lake’s center in decimal degrees.

Elevation (m)

The average elevation of the lake surface is derived from NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Digital Elevation 30 m dataset.

Districts

Administrative district in which lake is located.

Types of climates

Dominant climate type at the lake location.

Individual

Daily lake salinity raster data, naming convention: ‘Abbreviation + YYYYMMDD_SAL’.

Annual

The average lake salinity raster data for each year, naming convention: ‘Abbreviation_YYYY’.

Intraannual_Season

The average lake salinity raster data for each season in a given year, naming convention: ‘Abbreviation + YYYY_season_average’.

Season

The average season lake salinity raster data from 2016 to 2024, naming convention: ‘Abbreviation_season_average’.

Average

The average lake salinity raster data from 2016 to 2024, naming convention: ‘Abbreviation_average’.

Raster_Name

Name of each lake salinity raster data.

SAL_Mean (ppt)

The mean values of the lake salinity raster data for each scene.

SAL_S.D. (ppt)

The standard deviation values of the lake salinity raster data for each scene.

Images_ID

Identifier of Sentinel-2 MSI images used.

Date

The date of the MSI images (YYYYMMDD).