River monitoring from satellite radar altimetry in the Zambezi River basin
Satellite radar altimetry can be used to monitor surface water levels from space. While current and past altimetry missions were designed to study oceans, retracking the waveforms returned over land allows data to be retrieved for smaller water bodies or narrow rivers. The objective of this study is...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2012-07-01
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Series: | Hydrology and Earth System Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/16/2181/2012/hess-16-2181-2012.pdf |