Filling the gaps: Calibrating a rainfall-runoff model using satellite-derived surface water extent

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 171, Issue , 2015, Pages 118-131

  Revilla Romero, Beatriz ^a,b   Beck, Hylke E ^a   Burek, Peter ^a,c   Salamon, Peter ^a   de Roo, Ad ^a,b   Thielen, Jutta ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Global Flood Awareness System (GloFAS); Global Flood Detection system (GFDS); Global hydrology; LISFLOOD; Model calibration; Remote sensing; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GROUNDWATER; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SATELLITES; TIME SERIES;

AWARENESS SYSTEMS; FLOOD DETECTIONS; GLOBAL HYDROLOGY; LISFLOOD; MODEL CALIBRATION;

STREAM FLOW;

CALIBRATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER;

EID: 84948139775     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.10.022     Document Type: Article

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