Water Observation and Information System (WOIS)

The Water Observation and Information System (WOIS) is an open-source software tool that allows the monitoring, assessment and inventorying of water resources by means of Earth Observation (EO) data.

The WOIS system can be used by policy-makers such as the African water authorities for a better for Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM).

You can find below a list of the output workflows and products available:

• Large lakes water quality monitoring
• Land degradation index
• Land cover and land use mapping
• Land cover change detection
• Small water body mapping
• Flood mapping system
• Hydrological characterization
• Water supply and sanitation planning support
• Seasonal variation of wetland areas
• Erosion potential indicator

In order to get started with the WOIS service, you can read the documentation