Microwave satellite data for hydrologic modeling in ungauged basins

IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 663-667

  Khan, Sadiq I ^a   Hong, Yang ^a   Vergara, Humberto J ^b   Gourley, Jonathan J ^c   Robert Brakenridge, G ^d   De Groeve, Tom ^e   Flamig, Zachary L ^b,c   Policelli, Frederick ^f   Yong, Bin ^g  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Digital elevation models (DEMS); Distributed hydrologic modeling; Floods; Passive microwave sensors; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED MICROWAVE SCANNING RADIOMETER FOR EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEMS; AQUA SATELLITES; DATA SETS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGIC MODEL; FLOOD FREQUENCY; FLOOD MONITORING; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE SATELLITE DATA; MODEL PERFORMANCE; PASSIVE MICROWAVE SENSORS; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; STRUCTURAL DATA; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; UNGAUGED BASINS; VALIDATION PERIODS; WATER SURFACE;

CORRELATION METHODS; FLOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE SENSORS; NASA; REMOTE SENSING;

SATELLITES;

EID: 84861198461     PISSN: 1545598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2011.2177807     Document Type: Article

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