River discharge estimation by using altimetry data and simplified flood routing modeling

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4145-4162

  Tarpanelli, Angelica ^a   Barbetta, Silvia ^a   Brocca, Luca ^a   Moramarco, Tommaso ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Altimetry data; Po River; Rating Curve Model; Remote sensing; River discharge

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY DATA; DISCHARGE ESTIMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; PO RIVER; RATING CURVE; REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

FLOODS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; WATER LEVELS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

EID: 84884685305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5094145     Document Type: Article

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