Water resources in Africa under global change: monitoring surface waters from space

F Papa, JF Crétaux, M Grippa, E Robert, M Trigg… - Surveys in …, 2023 - Springer
The African continent hosts some of the largest freshwater systems worldwide, characterized
by a large distribution and variability of surface waters that play a key role in the water …

Advancements in earth observation for water resources monitoring and management in Africa: a comprehensive review

T Dube, D Seaton, C Shoko, C Mbow - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper provides an overview of the progress made in remote sensing of water resources
in Africa, focusing on various applications such as precipitation estimation, land surface …

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 …

Improvements in mountain lake monitoring from satellite altimetry over the past 30 years–lessons learned from Tibetan lakes

L Jiang, K Nielsen, OB Andersen - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Satellite altimetry has been widely used for inland water monitoring and modeling in the
present decade. In this paper, the availability, data quality, and quantity of a number of …

Satellite observed recent rising water levels of global lakes and reservoirs

N Xu, Y Ma, Z Wei, C Huang, G Li… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Monitoring global lake/reservoir water level changes is needed to understand the global
water cycle and investigate its potential drivers. The existing global water level products only …

Enhanced water level monitoring for small and complex inland water bodies using multi-satellite remote sensing

K Han, S Kim, R Mehrotra, A Sharma - Environmental Modelling & Software, 2024 - Elsevier
Water level monitoring in lakes and reservoirs is essential for effective water resource
management, especially in remote areas where traditional ground sensors are costly and …

Calibrating a hydrodynamic model using water surface elevation determined from ICESat-2 derived cross-section and Sentinel-2 retrieved sub-pixel river width

H Zhou, S Liu, X Mo, S Hu, L Zhang, J Ma… - Remote Sensing of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate observations of river water surface elevation (WSE) are critical for hydrodynamic
(HD) model calibration in poorly gauged regions. This study presents a new river WSE …

River hydraulic modeling with ICESat-2 land and water surface elevation

M Coppo Frias, S Liu, X Mo, K Nielsen… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2023 - hess.copernicus.org
Advances in geodetic altimetry instruments are providing more accurate measurements,
thus enabling satellite missions to produce useful data for narrow rivers and streams …

On the capacity of ICESat-2 laser altimetry for river level retrieval: An investigation in the Ohio River basin

H Li, J Zhang, X Cai, H Huang, L Wang - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) onboard the Ice,
Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2), with a footprint of 17 m and an along-track …

Flow regime changes in the Lancang River, revealed by integrated modeling with multiple Earth observation datasets

X Zhang, L Jiang, Z Liu, CMM Kittel, Z Yao… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The flow regime change of rivers, especially transboundary rivers, affected by reservoir
regulations is evident worldwide and has received much attention. Investigating dam …