Surface water dynamics in the Amazon Basin: Application of satellite radar altimetry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 20, 2002, Pages LBA-26-1-LBA-26-21

  Birkett, C M ^a   Mertes, L A K ^b   Dunne, T ^b   Costa, M H ^c   Jasinski, M J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

1640 Global Change: Remote sensing; 1655 Global Change: Water cycles (1836); 1836 Hydrology: Hydrologie budget (1655); 1860 Hydrology: Runoff and streamflow; 1894 Hydrology: Instruments and techniques; Altimeter; Amazon river; Gradient; Radar

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; SURFACE WATERS; WATER WAVE EFFECTS; WATER WAVES; WEATHER SATELLITES;

FLOOD WAVE; GEOPHYSICS; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE; SURFACE WATER; WATER LEVEL;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; SOLIMOES BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 36448987206     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD000609     Document Type: Article

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