A review of applications of satellite SAR, optical, altimetry and DEM data for surface water modelling, mapping and parameter estimation

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3755-3769

  Musa, Z N ^a   Popescu, I ^a   Mynett, A ^a,b  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FLOODS; GAGES; MAPPING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; WATER LEVELS;

EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENTS; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; HYDROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; OPTICAL SATELLITES; RESEARCH TOPICS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; WATER MODELLING;

SURFACE WATERS;

DEVELOPING WORLD; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFRASTRUCTURE; MAPPING METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SENSOR; SURFACE WATER; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84940761121     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-19-3755-2015     Document Type: Review

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