• DOI:10.1029/2005EO190001
• Corpus ID: 11634330

Space‐based measurement of river runoff

@article{Brakenridge2005SpacebasedMO,
  title={Space‐based measurement of river runoff},
  author={G. Robert Brakenridge and Son V. Nghiem and Elaine Anderson and Steve Ankuo Chien},
  journal={Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union},
  year={2005},
  volume={86},
  pages={185-188}
}

• G. Brakenridge, S. Nghiem, +1 author Steve Ankuo Chien
• Published 10 May 2005
• Environmental Science
• Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union

Observations of river inundation areas, water levels, and flow variability from orbital sensors have the potential to directly measure the runoff component of the Earth's hydrologic cycle [Birkett et al., 2002; Brakenridge et al., 1998; Sippel et al., 1994, 1998; Townsend, 2001]. A remote-sensing-based measurement strategy for rivers and streams is emerging: Surface water data can be collected, their accuracy evaluated, and the results disseminated without regard to political boundaries. The results can be used to address a wide variety of applications.

In this article, the needs for such measurements, a river reach-based methodology for their collection, and some sample results are presented. Because the international observational capability is increasing, some future opportunities for improving this strategy are also described.