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A new remote sensing technique to measure global reservoir storage
Author(s) -
Schultz Colin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2012eo440016
Subject(s) - flooding (psychology) , flash flood , environmental science , water storage , hydrology (agriculture) , measure (data warehouse) , water resource management , remote sensing , geology , geography , computer science , flood myth , oceanography , geotechnical engineering , database , psychotherapist , psychology , archaeology , inlet
Nearly 60% of the world's large rivers are affected by dams, with more than 33,000 large dams holding back upward of 8300 cubic kilometers of water across the planet. Reservoirs are employed worldwide, helping to ensure regular access to fresh water, mitigate flash flooding, and maintain minimum river flow levels. However, not all reservoirs have adequate and accessible monitoring systems. Having no easily accessible method with which to monitor changing reservoir storage volumes hinders long‐term planning and efforts to model the Earth's climate.

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