Satellite remote sensing for water resources management: Potential for supporting sustainable development in data‐poor regions

J Sheffield, EF Wood, M Pan, H Beck… - Water Resources …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Water resources management (WRM) for sustainable development presents many
challenges in areas with sparse in situ monitoring networks. The exponential growth of …

A review of remote sensing applications for water security: Quantity, quality, and extremes

I Chawla, L Karthikeyan, AK Mishra - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
Water resources are critical to the sustainability of life on Earth. With a growing population
and climate change, it is imperative to assess the security of these resources. Over the past …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[PDF][PDF] Extreme seasonal droughts and floods in Amazonia: causes, trends and impacts.

JA Marengo, JC Espinoza - International Journal of Climatology, 2016 - researchgate.net
This paper reviews recent progress in the study and understanding of extreme seasonal
events in the Amazon region, focusing on drought and floods. The review includes a history …

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 …

Improving computational efficiency in global river models by implementing the local inertial flow equation and a vector‐based river network map

D Yamazaki, GAM de Almeida… - Water Resources …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Global river models are an essential tool for both earth system studies and water resources
assessments. As advanced physical processes have been implemented in global river …

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 …

Inland surface waters quantity monitored from remote sensing

JF Cretaux, S Calmant, F Papa, F Frappart, A Paris… - Surveys in …, 2023 - Springer
In recent decades, water availability, water use, water sharing and freshwater supply for
basic human and economic needs have become central scientific and humanitarian issues …

River discharge estimation at daily resolution from satellite altimetry over an entire river basin

MJ Tourian, C Schwatke, N Sneeuw - Journal of Hydrology, 2017 - Elsevier
One of the main challenges of hydrological modeling is the poor spatiotemporal coverage of
in situ discharge databases which have steadily been declining over the past few decades. It …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-decadal hydrologic change and variability in the Amazon River basin: understanding terrestrial water storage variations and drought characteristics

S Chaudhari, Y Pokhrel, E Moran… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2019 - hess.copernicus.org
We investigate the interannual and interdecadal hydrological changes in the Amazon River
basin and its sub-basins during the 1980–2015 period using GRACE satellite data and a …