On the use of satellite remote sensing to detect floods and droughts at large scales

T Lopez, A Al Bitar, S Biancamaria, A Güntner… - Surveys in …, 2020 - Springer
Hydrological extremes, in particular floods and droughts, impact all regions across planet
Earth. They are mainly controlled by the temporal evolution of key hydrological variables like …

A framework for estimating global river discharge from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite mission

M Durand, CJ Gleason, TM Pavelsky… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission will vastly expand
measurements of global rivers, providing critical new data sets for both gaged and ungaged …

Assimilation of future SWOT-based river elevations, surface extent observations and discharge estimations into uncertain global hydrological models

S Wongchuig-Correa, RCD de Paiva, S Biancamaria… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Global estimates of river dynamics are needed in order to manage water resources, mainly
in developing countries where in-situ observation is limited. Remote sensors such as nadir …

[HTML][HTML] Flood detection using Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) terrestrial water storage and extreme precipitation data

J Zhang, K Liu, M Wang - Earth System Science Data, 2023 - essd.copernicus.org
A complete global flood event record would aid researchers to analyze the distribution of
global floods and, thus, better formulate and manage disaster prevention and reduction …

Combining optical remote sensing, McFLI discharge estimation, global hydrologic modeling, and data assimilation to improve daily discharge estimates across an …

Y Ishitsuka, CJ Gleason, MW Hagemann… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Remote sensing has gained attention as a novel source of primary information for estimating
river discharge, and the Mass‐conserved Flow Law Inversion (McFLI) approach has …

A framework for estimating global‐scale river discharge by assimilating satellite altimetry

M Revel, D Ikeshima, D Yamazaki… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding spatial and temporal variations in terrestrial waters is key to assessing the
global hydrological cycle. The future Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite …

[HTML][HTML] Underlying fundamentals of Kalman filtering for river network modeling

CM Emery, CH David, KM Andreadis… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Underlying Fundamentals of Kalman Filtering for River Network Modeling in: Journal of
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Hydrologic model parameter estimation in ungauged basins using simulated SWOT discharge observations

NJ Elmer, J McCreight, C Hain - Water Resources Research, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In situ gauge networks are often used in hydrologic model calibration, but these networks
are limited or nonexistent in many regions. The upcoming Surface Water Ocean Topography …

A synthetic data set inspired by satellite altimetry and impacts of sampling on global spaceborne discharge characterization

MS Sikder, M Bonnema, CM Emery… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite being a critical component of Earth's water cycle, much remains unknown about
freshwater fluxes in the world's rivers. Discharge can be estimated in situ by monitoring …

Flood Detection Using GRACE Terrestrial Water Storage and Extreme Precipitation

J Zhang, K Liu, M Wang - Earth System Science Data …, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
A complete global flood event record helps researchers analyse the distribution law of
global floods and better formulate and manage disaster prevention and reduction policies …