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Assimilation of wide-swath altimetry water elevation anomalies to correct large-scale river routing model parameters
Charlotte Marie Emery
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LEGOS, 16 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
now at: CS-Group, Space Business Unit, 31500 Toulouse, France
Sylvain Biancamaria
LEGOS, 16 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
Aaron Boone
CNRM-GAME, Meteo-France, 42 Avenue Gaspard Coriolis, 31000 Toulouse, France
Sophie Ricci
CECI, Université de Toulouse, CERFACS, CNRS, 42 Avenue Gaspard Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse CEDEX 1, France
Mélanie C. Rochoux
CECI, Université de Toulouse, CERFACS, CNRS, 42 Avenue Gaspard Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse CEDEX 1, France
Vanessa Pedinotti
Magellium, 1 Rue Ariane, 31520 Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France
Cédric H. David
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Short summary
The flow of freshwater in rivers is commonly studied with computer programs known as hydrological models. An important component of those programs lies in the description of the river environment, such as the channel resistance to the flow, that is critical to accurately predict the river flow but is still not well known. Satellite data can be combined with models to enrich our knowledge of these features. Here, we show that the coming SWOT mission can help better know this channel resistance.
The flow of freshwater in rivers is commonly studied with computer programs known as...
