The potential for remote sensing and hydrologic modelling to assess the spatio-temporal dynamics of ponds in the Ferlo Region (Senegal)

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1449-1464

  Soti, V ^a,b,c   Puech, C ^c   Lo Seen, D ^c   Bertran, A ^b   Vignolles, C ^d   Mondet, B ^e   Dessay, N ^e,f   Tran, A ^b,c  

^a SAS Nevantropic   (French Guiana)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c UMR TETIS   (France)

^d CNES   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED SPACEBORNE THERMAL EMISSION AND REFLECTION RADIOMETER; ARID AREA; CATCHMENT AREA; DAILY RAINFALL; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DRY SOIL; FIELD DATA; HYDROLOGIC MODELLING; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; MODEL ACCURACY; MODEL SIMULATION; OPTICAL SATELLITE IMAGES; POND WATER; QUICKBIRD SATELLITE; RAINFALL DATA; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; RAINY SEASONS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; RIFT VALLEY; SENEGAL; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE AREA; TEMPORARY PONDS; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; VERY HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; WATER AREAS; WATER LOSS;

AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SPACE SHUTTLES; SURVEYING; WATER LEVELS;

LAKES;

ABUNDANCE; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ARID REGION; ASTER; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LIVESTOCK; MOSQUITO; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POND; QUICKBIRD; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; REMOTE SENSING; RIFT ZONE; RUNOFF; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE AREA; WATER LEVEL;

FERLO; SENEGAL;

EID: 77955354270     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1449-2010     Document Type: Article

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