Tang, Qiuhong

Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial Hydrologic Cycle - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020 - 1 electronic resource (260 p.)

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This book provides a practical introduction to remote sensing applications for detecting changes in the terrestrial water cycle and understanding the causes and consequences of these changes. Covering a wide range of innovative remote sensing approaches for hydrological study, this book contributes significantly to the knowledge base of hydrology in the Anthropocene, i.e., global change hydrology. It is an excellent reference for students and professionals in the fields of hydrology, climate change, and geography.


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hydrological cycle Three-North region climate change land cover change Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model evapotranspiration runoff soil moisture three-temperature model infrared remote sensing urban hedges cooling effects irrigation mapping remote sensing random forest subhumid region dry-wet regime vegetation dynamics GLDAS GIMMS Yarlung Zangbo River Microwave emissivity difference vegetation index (EDVI) evapotranspiration (ET) satellite remote sensing cloudy sky clouds and earth’s radiation energy system (CERES) ChinaFLUX precipitation classification K-nearest neighbor Doppler radar Tropical Precipitation Measurement Mission (TRMM) irrigation signal SMAP irrigation intensity winter wheat precipitation evaluation error analysis Fengyun quantitative precipitation estimates GPM IMERG deep learning Daihai Lake Huangqihai Lake lake degradation weather radar quantitative precipitation estimation rain gauge radar-rain gauge merging leave-one-out cross validation verification China exorheic catchments water balance GRACE terrestrial water storage changes reservoir storage MODIS SRTM n/a