ICESat-derived inland water surface spot heights

Water Resources Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 3276-3284

  O'Loughlin, Fiachra E ^a   Neal, Jeffrey ^a   Yamazaki, Dai ^b   Bates, Paul D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ICESat; inland water; lakes; rivers; water surface heights

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC SATELLITES; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; LAKES; RADAR STATIONS; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; AUTOMATED METHODS; ICESAT; INLAND WATERS; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; VERTICAL ACCURACY; WATER SURFACE;

WATER RESOURCES;

DATABASE; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; ICESAT; LAKE; LASER METHOD; RADAR ALTIMETRY; RIVER WATER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY MISSION;

EID: 84963600778     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015WR018237     Document Type: Article

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