Annual cycle in lakes and rivers from CryoSat-2 altimetry — The Brahmaputra river

Heidi Villadsen, Ole Baltazar Andersen, Lars Stenseng

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    Abstract

    A key concern of the CryoSat-2 orbit has been its long repeat period of 369 days, which is usually undesirable for river and lake monitoring. However, the results of this study show that CryoSat-2 data can indeed be used for such monitoring by utilizing the high spatial coverage and the sub-cycle period of 30 days. The performance of CryoSat-2/SIRAL altimetry for river level monitoring is investigated by studying river levels retrieved from Ganges and Brahmaputra. An evaluation of CryoSat-2 river levels from LRM, SAR and SARIn data is performed by comparing with Envisat data from the period in which the two missions overlapped (2010–2012). Time series constructed using simple linear interpolation are fitted with a model to compare the captured annual signals and amplitudes. The annual cycles seen in CryoSat-2 and Envisat altimetry data agree very well and provide confidence in using CryoSat-2 data to continue river level archives from satellite radar altimetry.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2014
    Number of pages4
    PublisherIEEE
    Publication date2014
    Pages894-897
    ISBN (Electronic)9781479957750
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014
    Event2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium: Energy and our Changing Planet - Quebec City, Canada
    Duration: 13 Jul 201418 Jul 2014
    https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/6919813/proceeding

    Conference

    Conference2014 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
    Country/TerritoryCanada
    CityQuebec City
    Period13/07/201418/07/2014
    OtherIn collaboration with the 35th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing (CSRS)
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    Keywords

    • Geoscience
    • Altimetry
    • Brahmaputra
    • CryoSat
    • Envisat
    • hydrology
    • inland waters
    • Lakes
    • Monitoring
    • Radar tracking
    • Rivers
    • satellite altimetry
    • Satellites
    • Time series analysis

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