Analysis of lake level changes in Nam Co in central Tibet utilizing synergistic satellite altimetry and optical imagery

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-11

  Kropáček, Jan ^a   Braun, Andreas ^a   Kang, Shichang ^b,c   Feng, Chen ^b   Ye, Qinghua ^b   Hochschild, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

ENVISAT; GFO; Lake level; Satellite altimetry; Tibetan plateau; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVISAT-1; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAKE LEVEL; RADAR ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET; WATER LEVEL;

CHINA; NAM CO; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 84864526419     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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