Branco river stage gradient determination and Amazon hydrologic studies using GPS water level measurements

Marine Geodesy

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-283

  Cheng, Kai Chien ^a   Calmant, Stephane ^b   Kuo, Chung Yen ^c   Tseng, Hong Zeng ^c   Shum, C K ^d   Seyler, Frederique ^e   da Silva, Joecila Santos ^f  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LEGOS   (France)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LMTG UMR CNRS/UT3/IRD   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

GPS hydrology; River stage gradient; Satellite altimetry

Indexed keywords

ENVISAT-1; GPS; HYDROLOGY; RADAR ALTIMETRY; RIVER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; WATER LEVEL;

AMAZON RIVER; BRANCO RIVER; BRAZIL; RORAIMA;

EID: 74849088357     PISSN: 01490419     EISSN: 1521060X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490410903094460     Document Type: Article

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