The role of remote sensing in hydrological modelling of the Okavango Delta, Botswana

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2252-2260

  Milzow, Christian ^a   Kgotlhang, Lesego ^a,b   Kinzelbach, Wolfgang ^a   Meier, Philipp ^a   Bauer Gottwein, Peter ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Botswana University of Pennsylvania   (Botswana)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Integrated hydrological modelling; Okavango Delta; Remote sensing; Surface water groundwater interaction; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA ACQUISITION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROLOGY; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BOTSWANA; GROUNDWATER MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; INTEGRATED HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MODFLOW 2000; OKAVANGO DELTA; REMOTE-SENSING; STREAM FLOW ROUTING; SURFACE WATER-GROUNDWATER INTERACTION; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

REMOTE SENSING;

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

AVHRR; CALIBRATION; ENVISAT-1; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; NOAA SATELLITE; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; WETLAND;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOODING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION; STREAM (RIVER); SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; NGAMILAND; OKAVANGO DELTA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67349263038     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.06.032     Document Type: Article

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