Large-scale hydrologic and hydrodynamic modeling of the Amazon River basin

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1226-1243

  De Paiva, Rodrigo Cauduro Dias ^a,b   Buarque, Diogo Costa ^a   Collischonn, Walter ^a   Bonnet, Marie Paule ^b   Frappart, Frédéric ^b   Calmant, Stephane ^c   Bulhões Mendes, Carlos André ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

Author keywords

Amazon; Amazon hydrological processes; ENVISAT radar altimetry; flood inundation; GRACE; large scale hydrologic hydrodynamic model; MGB IPH; remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CLIMATE MODELS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ERRORS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GROUNDWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WATER LEVELS; WATERSHEDS;

AMAZON; GRACE; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; MGB-IPH; RADAR ALTIMETRY;

RIVERS;

ALTIMETRY; BACKWATER; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ENVISAT-1; FLOODPLAIN; GRACE; GRAVITY; MODELING; RADAR ALTIMETRY; RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER BASIN; ROUTING; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION; SOIL WATER; STREAMFLOW; WATER STORAGE;

AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 84876730960     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20067     Document Type: Article

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