Lakes are integrators of environmental change occurring at both the regional and global
scale. They present a wide range of behavior on a variety of timescales (cyclic and secular) …

The majority of liquid surface freshwater globally is stored in large lakes and reservoirs.
However, consistent observations of lakes and reservoirs are very limited, which makes it …

Water-level changes from 56 of the 100 largest lakes in China were derived from
ICESat/GLAS data during the period of 2003 to 2009. An automated method for determining …

Several large-scale climate patterns influenced climate conditions and weather patterns
across the globe during 2010. The transition from a warm El Niño phase at the beginning of …

Remote Sensing of Drought: Innovative Monitoring Approaches presents emerging remote
sensing-based tools and techniques that can be applied to operational drought monitoring …

Editors note: For easy download the posted pdf of the State of the Climate for 2011 is a very
low-resolution file. A high-resolution copy of the report is available by clicking. Please be …

Drought is a normal, recurring feature of climate throughout the world, with characteristics
and impacts that can vary from region to region. Figure 1.1 illustrates the regular occurrence …

Abstract The planned Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, scheduled to
launch in 2021, is designed to significantly improve on current lake and reservoir remote …

The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau plays an important role in global climate and environmental
change and holds the largest lake area in China, with a total surface area of 36,900 km2 …

This chapter provides some basics of the interpretation of satellite altimetry measurements
and explains how to use altimetry for hydrology. Satellite altimetry has been extensively …