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    • Daily surface temperature predictions for 185,549 U.S. lakes with associated observations and meteorological conditions (1980-2020)

    Metadata Updated: January 21, 2026

    Daily lake surface temperatures estimates for 185,549 lakes across the contiguous United States from 1980 to 2020 generated using an entity-aware long short-term memory deep learning model. In-situ measurements used for model training and evaluation are from 12,227 lakes and are included as well as daily meteorological conditions and lake properties. Median per-lake estimated error found through cross validation on lakes with in-situ surface temperature observations was 1.24 °C. The generated dataset will be beneficial for a wide range of applications including estimations of thermal habitats and the impacts of climate change on inland lakes.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 12, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date January 21, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

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    Metadata Created Date January 12, 2026
    Metadata Updated Date January 21, 2026
    Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
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    Data Last Modified 2022-02-22T00:00:00Z
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