H089
Remote Sensing of Rivers, Lakes, Reservoirs and Wetlands
Remote Sensing of Rivers, Lakes, Reservoirs and Wetlands
Session ID#: 156869
Session Description:
Surface water processes play an essential role in Earth systems. However, these processes are not fully understood at regional to global scales. Passive and active remote sensing offer the potential to address knowledge gaps in surface water entities, including rivers, lakes, reservoirs and wetlands. Multi-satellite remote sensing data can not only facilitate an improved understanding of the long term variability and trends of surface water processes, but can also provide observations on a near real-time basis for monitoring and prediction, particularly in data-sparse regions.
We are soliciting abstracts that employ remote sensing data along with approaches to study surface water processes (e.g., river discharge, lake volume variation, wetland inundation, floods, coastal land flooding) and support the development of novel applications (e.g., new algorithms/datasets, integration with models and in situ data). The session focuses on, but is not limited to, exploring the roles of surface water bodies and wetlands in water management, hydrological cycles, ecosystem services, and land-atmosphere interactions.
Index Terms:
1819 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) [HYDROLOGY]
1855 Remote sensing [HYDROLOGY]
1856 River channels [HYDROLOGY]
1857 Reservoirs (surface) [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener: Jérôme Benveniste, European Space Agency (ESA-ESRIN), Earth Observation Programmes, Frascati, Italy
Conveners: Huilin Gao, Texas A&M University, Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College Station, United States, Ethan J Shavers, United States Geological Survey, Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science, Rolla, MO, United States and George H. Allen, Texas A&M University, Department of Geography, College Station, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: George H. Allen, Texas A&M University, Department of Geography, College Station, United States
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