Measuring water storage fluctuations in Lake Dongting, China, by Topex/Poseidon satellite altimetry

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 115, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 23-37

  Zhang, Jiqun ^a,b   Xu, Kaiqin ^b,d   Yang, Yonghui ^b   Qi, Lianhui ^c   Hayashi, Seiji ^b   Watanabe, Masataka ^b  

^a YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Dongting; Satellite altimetry; Water levels; Water storage; Yangtze river

Indexed keywords

FLOODING; SATELLITE RADAR ALTIMETRY; WATER STORAGE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANEROID ALTIMETERS; FLOODS; MONITORING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

WATER LEVELS;

LAKE WATER;

REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; WATER LEVEL; WATER STORAGE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKE; RATING SCALE; TELECOMMUNICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ASIA; CHINA; DONGTING LAKE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 33745933892     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-5233-9     Document Type: Article

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