Lake level variations in China from TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry: Data quality assessment and links to precipitation and ENSO

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Hwang, Cheinway ^a   Peng, Min Fong ^a   Ning, Jinsheng ^b   Luo, Jia ^b   Sui, Chung Hsiung ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ENSO; Lake level in China; Tibet; TOPEX Poseidon

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LAKE LEVEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

EID: 17744373869     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02518.x     Document Type: Article

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