Geodetic corrections to Amazon River water level gauges using ICESat altimetry

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Hall, Amanda C ^a   Schumann, Guy J P ^a   Bamber, Jonathan L ^a   Bates, Paul D ^a   Trigg, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZON RIVER; DISCHARGE ESTIMATE; FLOOD PLAINS; LAND ELEVATION SATELLITES; LASER ALTIMETRY; LEVEL GAUGE; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; PROOF OF CONCEPT; REMOTE BASINS; WATER ELEVATION; WATER FLUX;

SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; WATER LEVELS;

GAGES;

CORRECTION; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW MODELING; GEODESY; GEODETIC DATUM; ICESAT; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SLOPE; WATER FLOW; WATER LEVEL;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZON RIVER;

EID: 84862180572     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011WR010895     Document Type: Article

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