A multi-temporal analysis of AMSR-E data for flood and discharge monitoring during the 2008 flood in Iowa

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2623-2634

  Temimi, Marouane ^a   Lacava, Teodosio ^b   Lakhankar, Tarendra ^a   Tramutoli, Valerio ^c   Ghedira, Hosni ^d   Ata, Riadh ^e   Khanbilvardi, Reza ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^d KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^e EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Flood; Kalman filter; Passive microwave; River discharge; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER; CHANGE DETECTION; DISCHARGE CONDITIONS; DISCHARGE OBSERVATIONS; HYDROLOGIC PARAMETERS; MULTI-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; NEAR-REAL TIME; PARAMETERS ADJUSTMENT; PASSIVE MICROWAVE DATA; PASSIVE MICROWAVES; RATING CURVE; RIVER DISCHARGE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TIME LAG;

KALMAN FILTERS; MICROWAVES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RATING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOOD FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; RADIOMETER; RIVER DISCHARGE; SOIL MOISTURE;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960444538     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8020     Document Type: Article

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