The Use of Remote Sensing in Hydrology

• Main Author: Frédéric Frappart (Ed.) (auth)
• Other Authors: Luc Bourrel (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Subjects: Environmental economics; land hydrology; surface water storage; regional/global water cycle; earth observation; terrestrial water storage
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Remotely sensed data are nowadays commonly used for regional/global monitoring of hydrological variables including soil moisture, rainfall, water levels, flood extent, evapotranspiration or land water storage, as well as the forcing, calibration and assimilation into hydrodynamic, hydrological and h...