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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Main Authors: C. I. Michailovsky, S. McEnnis, P. A. M. Berry, R. Smith, P. Bauer-Gottwein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-07-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/16/2181/2012/hess-16-2181-2012.pdf