Monitoring the water balance of Lake Victoria, East Africa, from space

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 370, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 163-176

  Swenson, Sean ^a   Wahr, John ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Lake Victoria; Satellite remote sensing; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRIC DATUM; EAST AFRICA; FRESHWATER BODIES; GROUNDWATER STORAGES; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; LAKE LEVELS; LAKE VICTORIA; LAKE WATER BALANCES; LARGE LAKES; LINEAR RESERVOIRS; RELATIVE IMPACTS; RIFT VALLEYS; RMS ERRORS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; TIME-SCALES; WATER BALANCE; WATER BODIES; WATER STORAGES;

CATCHMENTS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; HYDROGEOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SPACE OPTICS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION;

LAKES;

CATCHMENT; DAM; DISCHARGE; EVAPORATION; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; OUTFLOW; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE KYOGA; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

EID: 65349135465     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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