Use of satellite data for streamflow and reservoir storage forecasts in the Snake River Basin

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-110

  McGuire, Marketa ^a,b   Wood, Andrew W ^b   Hamlet, Alan F ^b   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^b  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Reservoirs; River basins; Seasonal variations; Streamflow; Washington

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIOMETERS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SATELLITES;

RESERVOIR STORAGE; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; WASHINGTON;

STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDROLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIOMETERS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SATELLITES; STREAM FLOW;

SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW;

NORTH AMERICA; SNAKE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33144454387     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2006)132:2(97)     Document Type: Article

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