Intercomparison and validation of continental water level products derived from satellite radar altimetry

Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ričko, Martina ^a   Birkett, Charon M ^b   Carton, James A ^a   Crétaux, Jean François ^c  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

altimetric water level products; climate; lakes; reservoirs; validation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DATA HANDLING; GAGES; LAKES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NASA; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SPACE-BASED RADAR; WATER LEVELS;

ALTIMETER MEASUREMENTS; ALTIMETRIC WATER LEVEL PRODUCTS; CLIMATE; GEOPHYSICAL CORRECTIONS; RESERVOIR WATER LEVEL; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DIFFERENCES; SATELLITE RADAR ALTIMETRY; VALIDATION;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 84905503123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19313195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JRS.6.061710     Document Type: Article

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