Water balance estimates of ten greatest lakes in China using ICESat and Landsat data

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 3815-3829

  Zhang, GuoQing ^a,b   Xie, HongJie ^c   Yao, TanDong ^a   Kang, ShiChang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

ICESat; lakes; Tibetan Plateau; water balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887500056     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-5818-y     Document Type: Article

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