Preliminary Characterization of SWOT Hydrology Error Budget and Global Capabilities

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-19

  Biancamaria, Sylvain ^a   Mognard, Nelly M ^a   Oudin, Yannick ^a   Andreadis, Kostas M ^b   Clark, Elizabeth A ^b   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^b   Durand, Michael ^c   Alsdorf, Doug E ^c,e   Rodriguez, Ernesto ^d  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Error; lake storage change; river discharge; surface water; Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission

Indexed keywords

ALIASING; CRITICAL ELEMENTS; DRAINAGE AREA; ERROR BUDGETS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GLOBAL COVERAGE; HIGH-RESOLUTION MEASUREMENTS; LAKE WATERS; LAND SURFACE HYDROLOGY; OCEAN TOPOGRAPHY; ORBIT INCLINATION; ORBITAL INCLINATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; SATELLITE MISSION; SINGLE POINT; TEMPORAL SAMPLING; VOLUME VARIATION; WATER SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

BUDGET CONTROL; ERRORS; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORBITS; RIVERS; WATER;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ALTIMETRY; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; LAKE WATER; NADIR; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE MISSION; SURFACE WATER; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 77649085548     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2009.2034614     Document Type: Article

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