Water level variation of Lake Qinghai from satellite and in situ measurements under climate change

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Guoqing ^a,b,c   Xie, Hongjie ^b   Duan, Shuiqiang ^d   Tian, Mingzhong ^a   Yi, Donghui ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research of Qinghai Province   (China)

^e SGT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

climate change; ICESat; in situ measurements; lake level; Lake Qinghai

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GAGES; GEODETIC SATELLITES; LAKES; SNOW; WATER LEVELS;

ICESAT; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; IN-SITU PRECIPITATION; LAKE LEVELS; LAKE QINGHAI; LAND ELEVATION SATELLITES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DIFFERENCES; WATER LEVEL VARIATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 80054087261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3601363     Document Type: Article

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