Towards the sequential assimilation of SAR-derived water stages into hydraulic models using the Particle Filter: Proof of concept

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1773-1785

  Matgen, P ^a,c   Montanari, M ^a   Hostache, R ^a   Pfister, L ^a   Hoffmann, L ^a   Plaza, D ^b   Pauwels, V R N ^b   De Lannoy, G J M ^b   De Keyser, R ^b   Savenije, H H G ^c  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; GRID COMPUTING; HYDRAULIC MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE; MULTI-MISSION SATELLITES; PARTICLE FILTER ALGORITHMS; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; REAL TIME FLOOD FORECASTING; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; UNCERTAINTY REDUCTION;

SPACE-BASED RADAR;

ALGORITHM; DATA ASSIMILATION; FLOOD FORECASTING; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

LUXEMBOURG [BENELUX]; LUXEMBOURG [LUXEMBOURG (DST)]; LUXEMBOURG [LUXEMBOURG (NTN)];

EID: 77957572833     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-14-1773-2010     Document Type: Article

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