Analysis of the water level dynamics simulated by a global river model: A case study in the Amazon River

Water Resources Research

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Yamazaki, Dai ^a,b   Lee, Hyongki ^c   Alsdorf, Douglas E ^d   Dutra, Emanuel ^e   Kim, Hyungjun ^a,f   Kanae, Shinjiro ^g   Oki, Taikan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZON RIVER; ANNUAL AMPLITUDE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVISAT; FLOOD HAZARDS; FLOOD PLAINS; GRID RESOLUTION; HYDRODYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; OCEAN TIDES; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POWER SPECTRA ANALYSIS; RIVER MODEL; SEASONAL CYCLE; SUB-GRIDS; TIDAL EFFECTS; WATER LEVEL DYNAMICS; WATER LEVEL VARIATIONS; WATER SURFACE ELEVATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

RIVERS;

ELEVATION; ENVISAT-1; FLOOD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN TIDE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER LEVEL;

AMAZON RIVER; BRAZIL; OBIDOS; PARA [BRAZIL];

EID: 84866233541     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012WR011869     Document Type: Article

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