Synergistic remote sensing of Lake Chad: Variability of basin inundation

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 218-236

  Birkett, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOODS; FLOW PATTERNS; INFRARED IMAGING; LAKES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR IMAGING; RADIO ALTIMETERS; RADIOMETERS; RIVERS; SATELLITES; WATER LEVELS;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR);

REMOTE SENSING;

DROUGHT; FLOODING; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

CHAD;

EID: 0034015610     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(99)00105-4     Document Type: Article

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