Estimating river discharge from earth observation measurements of river surface hydraulic variables

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2049-2058

  Negrel, J ^a   Kosuth, P ^a   Bercher, N ^a  

^a UMR TETIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SCALE; EARTH OBSERVATION TECHNIQUES; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; GLOBAL SCALE; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; HYDRAULIC VARIABLES; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; KEY VARIABLES; LOCAL SCALE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; SURFACE VARIABLES; WATER CYCLE; WATER SURFACE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION; HYDRAULICS; OBSERVATORIES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

RIVERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LITERATURE REVIEW; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 79959795860     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-2049-2011     Document Type: Article

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