Interferometric radar measurements of water level changes on the Amazon flood plain

Nature

Volumn 404, Issue 6774, 2000, Pages 174-177

  Alsdorf, Douglas E ^a   Melack, John M ^a   Dunne, Thomas ^a   Mertes, Leal A K ^a   Hess, Laura L ^a   Smith, Laurence C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER; METHANE; RIVER WATER;

FLOOD; FLOODPLAIN; METHANE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER LEVEL;

ARTICLE; INTERFEROMETER; LAKE; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034624778     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35004560     Document Type: Article

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