Inter-annual changes of alpine inland lake water storage on the Tibetan Plateau: Detection and analysis by integrating satellite altimetry and optical imagery

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2411-2418

  Song, Chunqiao ^a   Huang, Bo ^a   Ke, Linghong ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Climate change; Lake Siling Co; MODIS; Satellite altimetry; Tibetan Plateau; Water balance

Indexed keywords

EXPANSION PROCESS; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; MODIS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; STATISTICAL MODELING; TIBETAN PLATEAU; WATER BALANCE; WATER STORAGE VARIATION;

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; BUDGET CONTROL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIGITAL STORAGE; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES; WATER LEVELS; WATER RESOURCES;

LAKES;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAKE WATER; MODIS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER STORAGE;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84892435015     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9798     Document Type: Article

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