As the largest river basin on Earth, the Amazon is of major importance to the world's climate
and water resources. Over the past decades, advances in satellite‐based remote sensing …

The growing availability of multi‐temporal satellite data has increased opportunities for
monitoring large rivers from space. A variety of passive and active sensors operating in the …

Sediment transport through the Brazilian sector of the Amazon River valley, a distance of
2010 km, involves exchanges between the channel and the flood plain that in each direction …

For more than 10 years, satellite radar altimetry has been a successful technique for
monitoring the variation in elevation of continental surface water, such as inland seas, lakes …

Across the cratonic landscape of Brazil the Solimões-Amazon River transports to its delta
plain 1240 Mt of suspended sediment derived from Andean erosion and reworks another …

Satellite radar altimetry has the ability to monitor variations in surface water height (stage) for
large wetlands, rivers, and associated floodplains. A clear advantage is the provision of data …

The monitoring of continental water stages is a requirement for meeting human needs and
assessing ongoing climatic changes. However, regular gauging networks fail to provide the …

Quantitative assessment of water levels and river discharge is often made difficult by large
distances, limited access, and low population densities in remote areas. Satellite altimetry …

1. The fashion for examining riverine landscapes is changing as our technical instruments,
from microprobes to satellites, expands to be able to examine the spatial and temporal …

Monitoring continental water flows is required to meet human needs and to assess ongoing
climate changes. However, regular gauging networks fail to provide the information needed …