An approach to estimating river discharge from space

Hydraulic Measurements and Experimental Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 327-335

  Bjerklie, David M ^a   Dingman, S Lawrence ^b   Vorosmarty, Charles J ^b   Bolster, Carl H ^b   Congalton, Russell G ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIVER DISCHARGES; SURFACE VELOCITY;

CHANNEL FLOW; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SATELLITES; SENSORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

EID: 0942279369     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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