Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress

S Abdalla, AA Kolahchi, M Ablain, S Adusumilli… - Advances in Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
In 2018 we celebrated 25 years of development of radar altimetry, and the progress
achieved by this methodology in the fields of global and coastal oceanography, hydrology …

Amazon hydrology from space: scientific advances and future challenges

AC Fassoni‐Andrade, AS Fleischmann… - Reviews of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Global reconstruction of naturalized river flows at 2.94 million reaches

P Lin, M Pan, HE Beck, Y Yang… - Water resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Spatiotemporally continuous global river discharge estimates across the full spectrum of
stream orders are vital to a range of hydrologic applications, yet they remain poorly …

Measurements and observations in the XXI century (MOXXI): Innovation and multi-disciplinarity to sense the hydrological cycle

F Tauro, J Selker, N Van De Giesen… - Hydrological sciences …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
To promote the advancement of novel observation techniques that may lead to new sources
of information to help better understand the hydrological cycle, the International Association …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating continental river basin discharges using multiple remote sensing data sets

AW Sichangi, L Wang, K Yang, D Chen, Z Wang… - Remote Sensing of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Rivers act as a source of fresh water for terrestrial life, yet the discharges are poorly
documented since the existing direct observations are inadequate and some observation …

Remote sensing-derived water extent and level to constrain hydraulic flood forecasting models: Opportunities and challenges

S Grimaldi, Y Li, VRN Pauwels, JP Walker - Surveys in Geophysics, 2016 - Springer
Accurate, precise and timely forecasts of flood wave arrival time, depth and velocity at each
point of the floodplain are essential to reduce damage and save lives. Current computational …

Stage‐discharge rating curves based on satellite altimetry and modeled discharge in the Amazon basin

A Paris, R Dias de Paiva… - Water Resources …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, rating curves (RCs) were determined by applying satellite altimetry to a poorly
gauged basin. This study demonstrates the synergistic application of remote sensing and …

Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) observations of water surface elevation in a small stream: Comparison of radar altimetry, LIDAR and photogrammetry techniques

F Bandini, TP Sunding, J Linde, O Smith… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Water Surface Elevation (WSE) is an important hydrometric observation, useful to
calibrate hydrological models, predict floods, and assess climate change. However, the …

Evaluation of Sentinel-3 SRAL SAR altimetry over Chinese rivers

L Jiang, K Nielsen, S Dinardo, OB Andersen… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Satellite radar altimetry observations of water surface elevation (WSE) have become an
important data source to supplement river gauge records. Sentinel-3 is the first radar …

Surface flow measurements from drones

F Tauro, M Porfiri, S Grimaldi - Journal of Hydrology, 2016 - Elsevier
Drones are transforming the way we sense and interact with the environment. However,
despite their increased capabilities, the use of drones in geophysical sciences usually …