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ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH
卷 68, 期 2, 页码 593-606出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2019.08.005
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River discharge; Radar altimetry; Inland water; Sentinel-3
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- European Space Agency through the RIDESAT Project (ESA) [4000125543/18/I-NB]
The study reviews the potential and limitations of using altimeter, near-infrared and thermal sensors onboard the Sentinel-3 satellite for river discharge monitoring, highlighting the advantage of combining these sensors for improved estimation accuracy and fostering related research.
The monitoring of rivers is not the primary objective of the Sentinel-3 mission. The first satellite of the constellation was launched in February 2016 and so far no study has investigated the joint use of altimeter, near-infrared and thermal sensors for discharge estimation. Nevertheless, similar sensors onboard other platforms have showed their ability to estimate river discharge also in scarcely gauged areas. The advantage of altimetry lies in the observation of water surface elevation, which can be proficiently used in approaches based on rat-ing curve, empirical formulae or hydraulic modeling. Even though their use is limited, near-infrared sensors are successfully used to detect the variability of river discharge thanks to their high capacity to discriminate water from land. Thermal sensors are nearly com-pletely unused, but the unique study that uses the difference in temperature of the river water between day and night for the estimation of water level, encourages its use for river discharge assessment as well. To improve the estimation of river discharge and foster studies that are aimed at monitoring ungauged rivers, the combination of the sensors is considered a viable path. The aim of this manuscript is to review these studies to show the limitations and the potentials of each sensor onboard the Sentinel-3 satellite and to investigate the added value of using these three sensors co-located on the same platform for river discharge monitoring. (C) 2019 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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