Multi-sensor space observation of heavy flood and drought conditions in the Amazon region

International Association of Geodesy Symposia

Volumn 139, Issue , 2014, Pages 311-317

  Seitz, Florian ^a   Hedman, Karin ^a   Meyer, Franz J ^b   Lee, Hyongki ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme events; GRACE; Multi sensor analysis; SAR; Satellite altimetry

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; DROUGHT; EARTH (PLANET); FLOODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPACE-BASED RADAR; SURFACE WATERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WATER LEVELS;

EXTREME EVENTS; GRACE; MULTI-SENSOR ANALYSIS; SAR; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

DROUGHT STRESS; ENVISAT; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; GRACE; GRAVIMETRY; PALSAR; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SENSOR; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; VOLUME CHANGE; WATER MASS; WATER STORAGE;

AMAZON BASIN; AMAZONIA;

EID: 84927674578     PISSN: 09399585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37222-3__41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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