Toward global mapping of river discharge using satellite images and at-many-stations hydraulic geometry

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 4788-4791

  Gleason, Colin J ^a   Smith, Laurence C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AMHG; Fluvial geomorphology; Remote sensing; River hydrology; River runoff

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER SUPPLY;

AMHG; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER HYDROLOGY; RIVER RUNOFF;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84897496907     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1317606111     Document Type: Article

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