Analyzing the discharge regime of a large tropical river through remote sensing, ground-based climatic data, and modeling

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3137-3150

  Vörösmarty, Charles J ^a   Willmott, Cort J ^b   Choudhury, Bhaskar J ^c   Schloss, Annette L ^a   Stearns, Timothy K ^a   Robeson, Scott M ^d   Dorman, Timothy J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

CANOPY; DYNAMICS; EL NINO; FLOW RATE; FLUID BALANCE; FOREST; LONGITUDE; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MODEL; OSCILLATION; RADIATION DETECTOR; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE; WATER TRANSPORT;

NIMBUS;

DISCHARGE RATE; MODELLING; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS;

CLIMATE DATA; DISCHARGE REGIME; REMOTE SENSING; TROPICAL RIVER;

EID: 0029659807     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR01333     Document Type: Article

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