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Monitoring the extreme flood events in the Yangtze River basin based on GRACE and GRACE-FO satellite data
Jingkai Xie
Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources, Zhejiang University,
Hangzhou, 310058, China
Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources, Zhejiang University,
Hangzhou, 310058, China
Hongjie Yu
Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources, Zhejiang University,
Hangzhou, 310058, China
Yan Huang
Changjiang Water Resources Commission of the Ministry of Water
Resources, Wuhan, 43000, China
Yuxue Guo
Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources, Zhejiang University,
Hangzhou, 310058, China
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Monitoring extreme flood events has long been a hot topic for hydrologists and decision makers around the world. In this study, we propose a new index incorporating satellite observations combined with meteorological data to monitor extreme flood events at sub-monthly timescales for the Yangtze River basin (YRB), China. The conclusions drawn from this study provide important implications for flood hazard prevention and water resource management over this region.
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