Estimating water discharge from large radar altimetry datasets

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 923-933

  Getirana, A C V ^a   Peters Lidard, C ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; ERRORS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; RADAR; RATING; STREAM FLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DISCHARGE ESTIMATE; ENVISAT SATELLITE; LAND SURFACE MODELING; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; STAGE-DISCHARGE RELATIONS; VIRTUAL STATIONS; WATER DISCHARGES;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

DISCHARGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND SURFACE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RADAR ALTIMETRY; STREAMFLOW; WATER FLOW;

AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 84880891575     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-923-2013     Document Type: Article

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