Satellite-based estimates of groundwater storage variations in large drainage basins with extensive floodplains

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1588-1594

  Frappart, Frédéric ^a   Papa, Fabrice ^a,b   Güntner, Andreas ^c   Werth, Susanna ^c   Santos da Silva, Joecila ^d   Tomasella, Javier ^e   Seyler, Frédérique ^f   Prigent, Catherine ^g   Rossow, William B ^b   Calmant, Stéphane ^a   Bonnet, Marie Paule ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^g OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Hydrological modeling; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; FLOOD-PLAINS; GROUNDWATER STORAGE; HEIGHT MEASUREMENT; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; IN-SITU; LARGE RIVERS; MULTIPLE SATELLITES; RADAR ALTIMETRY; RIVER BASINS; ROOT ZONE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER STORAGE;

AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATERSHEDS;

UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

DRAINAGE BASIN; FLOODPLAIN; GRACE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RADAR ALTIMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; RHIZOSPHERE; RIVER BASIN; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER STORAGE;

RIO NEGRO [SOUTH AMERICA];

EID: 79953184970     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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