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A combined use of in situ and satellite-derived observations to characterize surface hydrology and its variability in the Congo River basin
Benjamin Kitambo
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), Université de Toulouse, CNES/CNRS/IRD/UT3, Toulouse, France
Congo Basin Water Resources Research Center (CRREBaC), Department of Natural Resources Management, University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Department of Geology, University of Lubumbashi (UNILU), Route Kasapa, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Fabrice Papa
Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), Université de Toulouse, CNES/CNRS/IRD/UT3, Toulouse, France
Institute of Geosciences, Campus Universitario Darcy Ribeiro, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), 70910-900 Brasilia (DF), Brazi
Adrien Paris
Hydro Matters, 1 Chemin de la Pousaraque, 31460 Le Faget, France
Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), Université de Toulouse, CNES/CNRS/IRD/UT3, Toulouse, France
Raphael M. Tshimanga
Congo Basin Water Resources Research Center (CRREBaC), Department of Natural Resources Management, University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Stephane Calmant
Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), Université de Toulouse, CNES/CNRS/IRD/UT3, Toulouse, France
Ayan Santos Fleischmann
Instituto de Pesquisas Hidráulicas (IPH), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
Instituto de Desenvolvimento Sustentável Mamirauá, Tefé, AM, Brazil
Frederic Frappart
Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), Université de Toulouse, CNES/CNRS/IRD/UT3, Toulouse, France
INRAE, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, UMR1391 ISPA, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourlaux, 33882 CEDEX Villenave d'Ornon, France
Melanie Becker
LIENSs/CNRS, UMR 7266, ULR/CNRS, 2 Rue Olympe de Gouges, La Rochelle, France
Mohammad J. Tourian
Institute of Geodesy, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Catherine Prigent
LERMA, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Université PSL, Paris, France
Johary Andriambeloson
Laboratoire de Géophysique de l'Environnement et de Télédétection (LGET), Institut et Observatoire de Géophysique d'Antananarivo (IOGA), Université d'Antananarivo, Antananarivo, Madagascar
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Short summary
This study presents a better characterization of surface hydrology variability in the Congo River basin, the second largest river system in the world. We jointly use a large record of in situ and satellite-derived observations to monitor the spatial distribution and different timings of the Congo River basin's annual flood dynamic, including its peculiar bimodal pattern.
This study presents a better characterization of surface hydrology variability in the Congo...
