Water balance modeling in a semi-arid environment with limited in situ data using remote sensing in lake manyara, east african rift, tanzania

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1651-1680

  Deus, Dorothea ^a,b   Gloaguen, Richard ^a,c   Krause, Peter ^d  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^b ARDHI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^c INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Abteilung 5 Wasserwirtschaft Referat 51   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Grace; Rainfall; Remote sensing; Runoff; Semi arid; Water balance

Indexed keywords

GRACE; LAND-COVER/LAND-USE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING APPROACHES; SATELLITE GRAVIMETRIES; SEMI ARID; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER BALANCE;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 84880445509     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5041651     Document Type: Article

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