Hydraulics of Time-Variable Water Surface Slope in Rivers Observed by Satellite Altimetry

The ICESat-2 and SWOT satellite earth observation missions have provided highly accurate water surface slope (WSS) observations in global rivers for the first time. While water surface slope is expected to remain constant in time for approximately uniform flow conditions, we observe time varying wat...

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Published in:Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2024-11, Vol.16 (21), p.4010
Main Authors: Bauer-Gottwein, Peter, Christoffersen, Linda, Musaeus, Aske, Frías, Monica Coppo, Nielsen, Karina
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Altimeter
Backwater effect
Data processing
Earth observations (from space)
Flood waves
Flow velocity
Fluid flow
Friction
Gradually-varied flow
Hydraulic models
Hydraulics
ICESat-2
Measurement
Methods
River discharge
River flow
river hydraulics
Rivers
Satellite altimetry
Satellite communications
Satellite observation
Shape effects
Slopes (Physical geography)
Uniform flow
Varied flow
Water
Water discharge
water surface slope
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Flood waves
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Friction
Gradually-varied flow
Hydraulic models
Hydraulics
ICESat-2
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