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Catchment Monitoring
Observations of catchment conditions are essential for many forecasting applications. Examples include measurements of water levels in rivers, lakes...
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Hydrogeology of Plains
In general terms a plain can be defined as a field of low relief, or marked with little unevenness, as opposed to mountainous areas or highlands,...
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Mars Astrobiology: Recent Status and Progress
In this chapter, we begin making a brief review on the history of the studies of planet Mars. Then, we review the modern research (with recent...
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SEGMENT-Landslide and Applications to Various Climatic Zones
Different landslide models implement the master equations (Eqs. 5.11–5.15) differently. Following is SEGMENT-Landslide’s implementation and stress...
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Catchment Monitoring
During flash floods, river gauges are widely used to determine when river levels exceed threshold values, and to provide inputs to flood forecasting...
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Kinematics of the Cerca del Cielo, Puerto Rico landslide derived from GPS observations
Global positioning system (GPS) technologies have been increasingly employed to monitor landslide movements. This paper demonstrates the use of GPS...
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The East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Antarctica is the fifth largest continent on the Earth with an area of 14,200,000 km2. About 98% of the surface of Antarctica is covered by an ice...
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Potential of Geospatial Technologies for Mitigating Land and Water Related Disasters
Land and water are primary ingredients in generating rural livelihoods, growing food, producing energy, supporting industrial and service sector...
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Floods
Flood warnings provide a well established way to help to reduce the risks to life and property during flood events. Hydrological forecasts are often...
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Phase Transform Algorithm for Radio Occultation Data Processing
The phase transform algorithm is described and derived in the context of GRAS instrument data processing. This algorithm allows radio occultation...
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Groundwater management and development by integrated remote sensing and geographic information systems: prospects and constraints
Groundwater is one of the most valuable natural resources, which supports human health, economic development and ecological diversity....
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Code and carrier phase based short baseline GPS positioning: computational aspects
A recursive least squares algorithm is presented for short baseline GPS positioning using both carrier phase and code measurements. We take advantage...
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Code and carrier phase based short baseline GPS positioning: computational aspects
A recursive least squares algorithm is presented for short baseline GPS positioning using both carrier phase and code measurements. We take advantage...
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Real-Time Flood Forecasting: Problems, Possibilities and Proposed Solutions
The paper describes the objectives and the state of the art of real-time flood forecasting by discussing the problems and the possibilities offered...