Floodplain water storage in the Negro River basin estimated from microwave remote sensing of inundation area and water levels

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 387-399

  Frappart, Frédéric ^a,b   Seyler, Frédérique ^b   Martinez, Jean Michel ^c   León, Juan G ^b   Cazenave, Anny ^a  

^a CNES   (France)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Altimetry; Hydrology; Remote sensing; Water level and water volume variation

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; RADIO ALTIMETERS; RIVERS; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WATER LEVELS;

FLOODPLAINS; FLUVIAL BASINS; RIVER BASINS; WATER LEVEL AND WATER VOLUME VARIATION;

REMOTE SENSING;

ALTIMETRY; FLOODPLAIN; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; WATER STORAGE;

RIO NEGRO [SOUTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 28844455072     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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