Daily discharge estimation at ungauged river sites using remote sensing

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1043-1054

  Birkinshaw, S J ^a   Moore, P ^a   Kilsby, C G ^a   O'Donnell, G M ^a   Hardy, A J ^a,b   Berry, P A M ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discharge estimates; Landsat; Mekong; Ob; Radar altimetry; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE ESTIMATE; LANDSAT; MEKONG; OB; RADAR ALTIMETRY;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

RIVERS;

DATABASE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENVISAT-1; ERS-2; ESTIMATION METHOD; LANDSAT; MODEL VALIDATION; RADAR ALTIMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER CHANNEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MEKONG RIVER; OB BASIN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84891735794     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9647     Document Type: Article

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