Hydrologic remote sensing: capacity building for sustainability and resilience

✍ Scribed by Hong, Yang; Khan, Sadiq Ibrahim; Zhang, Yu

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis;CRC Press
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 414
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Environmental remote sensing plays a critical role in observing key hydrological components such as precipitation, soil moisture, evapotranspiration and total water storage on a global scale. As water security is one of the most critical issues in the world, satellite remote sensing techniques are of particular importance for emerging regions which have inadequate in-situ gauge observations. This book reviews multiple remote sensing observations, the application of remote sensing in hydrological modeling, data assimilation and hydrological capacity building in emerging regions.

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Editors
Contributors
Section I: Remote Sensing Observations and Estimations
Chapter 1: From Tropical to Global Precipitation Measurement: Initial Validation and Application
Chapter 2: Evapotranspiration Mapping Utilizing Remote Sensing Data
Chapter 3: Soil Moisture Estimation Using Active and Passive Remote Sensing Techniques
Chapter 4: Satellite Remote Sensing of Lakes and Wetlands
Chapter 5: Drought and Flood Monitoring for a Large Karst Plateau in Southwest China Using Extended GRACE Data Section II: Modeling, Data Assimilation, and AnalysisChapter 6: Statistical and Hydrologic Evaluation of TRMM-Based Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis over the Wangchu Basin of Bhutan: Are the Latest Satellite Precipitation Products 3B42V7 Ready for Use in Ungauged Basins?
Chapter 7: An Advanced Distributed Hydrologic Framework: The Development of CREST
Chapter 8: Assimilation of Remotely Sensed Streamflow Data to Improve Flood Forecasting in Ungauged River Basin in Africa
Chapter 9: Multi-Sensor Geospatial Data for Flood Monitoring along Indus River, Pakistan Chapter 10: Evaluating the Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation Representation in West African Monsoon Region with Different Convection SchemesChapter 11: Multiscale Evaluation and Applications of Current Global Satellite-Based Precipitation Products over the Yangtze River Basin
Chapter 12: Uncertainty Analysis of Five Satellite-Based Precipitation Products and Evaluation of Three Optimally Merged Multialgorithm Products over the Tibetan Plateau
Chapter 13: Use of Remote Sensing-Based Precipitation Data for Flood Frequency Analysis in Data-Poor Regions: Case of Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia Section III: Hydrologic Capacity Building for Improved Societal ResilienceChapter 14: Real-Time Hydrologic Prediction System in East Africa through SERVIR
Chapter 15: Satellite Remote Sensing Drought Monitoring and Predictions over the Globe
Chapter 16: Capacity-Building Efforts in Hydrologic Modeling for Africa: Workshops about CREST Model
Chapter 17: Assessment of Shallow Landslides Induced by Mitch Using a Physically Based Model: A Case Study in Honduras
Chapter 18: Applied Research and Future of Flood Monitoring in Indus River Basin Chapter 19: Investigating Satellite-Based Observations to Improve Societal Resilience to Hydrometeorological Hazard in ColombiaChapter 20: Cloud-Based Cyber-Infrastructure for Disaster Monitoring and Mitigation
Index

✦ Subjects

Watershed management;Hydrologic models;Groundwater;Remote sensing;Droughts;Remote sensing;Floods;Remote sensing;Sustainable development;BUSINESS & ECONOMICS;Infrastructure;SOCIAL SCIENCE;General