Contemporary applications of radar altimetry include sea-level rise, ocean circulation, marine gravity, and icesheet elevation change. Unlike InSAR and GNSS, which are widely used to map surface deformation, altimetry is neither reliant on highly temporally-correlated ground features nor as limited by the available spatial coverage, and can provide long-term temporal subsidence monitoring capab...

Long-term observations of lake water level are essential to our understanding of the evolution of Tibetan lake system. CryoSat-2 radar altimetry data over the Tibetan Plateau (2010–2014, P2) is used to extend lake level measurements from ICESat laser altimetry (2003–2009, P1). This study evaluates the performance of CryoSat-2 data by comparing with gauge-based water levels that are calibrated b...

17 Remote sensing (RS) data are an alternative to in-situ hydrometeorological data in 18 remote and poorly monitored areas and are increasingly used in hydrological 19 modeling. This study presents a lumped, conceptual, river basin water balance 20 modeling approach based entirely on RS data: precipitation was obtained from the 21 Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multisatellite Precip...

Surface water storage in floodplains and wetlands is poorly known from regional to global scales, spite of its importance the hydrological carbon balances, as wet areas are an important compartment which delays transfer, modifies sediment transport through sedimentation erosion processes, a source for greenhouse gases. Remote sensing powerful tool monitoring temporal variations both extent, lev...