Simulation of hydropower at subcontinental to global scales: a state-of-the-art review

SWD Turner, N Voisin - Environmental Research Letters, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Hydroelectric power is playing a new and often expanded role in the world's major power
grids, offering low carbon generating capacity in industrializing, dam-building economies …

[HTML][HTML] A global lake and reservoir volume analysis using a surface water dataset and satellite altimetry

T Busker, A de Roo, E Gelati… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2019 - hess.copernicus.org
Lakes and reservoirs are crucial elements of the hydrological and biochemical cycle and are
a valuable resource for hydropower, domestic and industrial water use, and irrigation …

The Global Dam Watch database of river barrier and reservoir information for large-scale applications

B Lehner, P Beames, M Mulligan, C Zarfl, L De Felice… - Scientific Data, 2024 - nature.com
There are millions of river barriers worldwide, ranging from wooden locks to concrete dams,
many of which form associated impoundments to store water in small ponds or large …

Monthly estimation of the surface water extent in France at a 10-m resolution using Sentinel-2 data

X Yang, Q Qin, H Yésou, T Ledauphin, M Koehl… - Remote Sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The first national product of Surface Water Dynamics in France (SWDF) is generated on a
monthly temporal scale and 10-m spatial scale using an automatic rule-based superpixel …

[HTML][HTML] Surface water monitoring in small water bodies: potential and limits of multi-sensor Landsat time series

A Ogilvie, G Belaud, S Massuel… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2018 - hess.copernicus.org
Hydrometric monitoring of small water bodies (1–10 ha) remains rare, due to their limited
size and large numbers, preventing accurate assessments of their agricultural potential or …

Towards a global Reservoir Assessment Tool for predicting hydrologic impacts and operating patterns of existing and planned reservoirs

NK Biswas, F Hossain, M Bonnema, H Lee… - … Modelling & Software, 2021 - Elsevier
Dam construction in develo** nations is on the rise. Monitoring these dams is essential to
understanding downstream hydrologic impacts and for better planning and management of …

High-resolution surface water dynamics in Earth's small and medium-sized reservoirs

G Donchyts, H Winsemius, F Baart, R Dahm… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Small and medium-sized reservoirs play an important role in water systems that need to
cope with climate variability and various other man-made and natural challenges. Although …

Estimating seasonal water budgets in global lakes by using multi-source remote sensing measurements

T Chen, C Song, L Ke, J Wang, K Liu, Q Wu - Journal of Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
The seasonal change in lake water storage (LWSsc) reflect periodic fluctuations of the basin-
scale water balance. However, the role of LWSsc in regulating the water budget at the global …

Toward improved parameterizations of reservoir operation in ungauged basins: A synergistic framework coupling satellite remote sensing, hydrologic modeling, and …

N Dong, M Yang, J Wei, J Arnault… - Water Resources …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Assessments of water and energy security over historical and future periods require
hydrologic models that can accurately simulate reservoir operations. However, scare …

Monthly monitoring of inundated areas and water storage dynamics in China's large reservoirs using multisource remote sensing

Y Chen, Y Wang, L Li, Y Cui, X Duan… - Water Resources …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
High‐frequency monitoring of reservoir inundation and water storage changes is crucial for
reservoir functionality assessment and hydrological model calibration. Although the …