Aquarius and SMOS detect effects of an extreme Mississippi River flooding event in the Gulf of Mexico

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 5188-5193

  Gierach, Michelle M ^a   Vazquez Cuervo, Jorge ^a   Lee, Tong ^a   Tsontos, Vardis M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquarius; Gulf of Mexico; remote sensing; river discharge; sea surface salinity; SMOS

Indexed keywords

AQUARIUS; GULF OF MEXICO; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SMOS;

FLOODS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SOIL MOISTURE;

RIVERS;

AQUARIUS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHLOROPHYLL A; FLOODING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MARGINAL SEA; OCEANIC CURRENT; PEAK DISCHARGE; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; SEA SURFACE; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SMOS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885364865     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50995     Document Type: Article

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