River monitoring from satellite radar altimetry in the Zambezi River basin

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2181-2192

  Michailovsky, C I ^a   McEnnis, S ^a   Berry, P A M ^b   Smith, R ^b   Bauer Gottwein, P ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVISAT; FIELD MEASUREMENT; IN-SITU; LANDSAT IMAGERY; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; RADAR ALTIMETRY; RATING CURVE; RE-TRACKING; RIVER MONITORING; SATELLITE RADAR ALTIMETRY; STANDARD DEVIATION; WATERBODIES; WAVE FORMS; ZAMBEZI RIVER;

MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADAR; RIVERS; WATER LEVELS; WATERSHEDS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

ENVISAT-1; LANDSAT; MONITORING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RADAR ALTIMETRY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE WATER; WATER LEVEL; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ZAMBEZI BASIN;

EID: 84864189232     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-2181-2012     Document Type: Article

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