Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 27, issue 5
Articles | Volume 27, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1011-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1011-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 27, issue 5
Research article
 | 
06 Mar 2023
Research article |  | 06 Mar 2023

River hydraulic modeling with ICESat-2 land and water surface elevation

Monica Coppo Frias, Suxia Liu, Xingguo Mo, Karina Nielsen, Heidi Ranndal, Liguang Jiang, Jun Ma, and Peter Bauer-Gottwein

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1011-2023-supplement

Data sets

ATLAS/ICESat-2 L2A Global Geolocated Photon Data, Version 5 [data set] T. A. Neumann, A. Brenner, D. Hancock, J. Robbins, J. Saba, K. Harbeck, A. Gibbons, J. Lee, T. Luthcke, and T. Rebold https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL03.005

ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Along Track Inland Surface Water Data, Version 5 [Data Set] M. F. Jasinski J. D. Stoll, D. Hancock, J. Robbins, J. Nattala, J. Morison, B. M. Jones, M. E. Ondrusek, T. M. Pavelsky, C. Parrish, and the ICESat-2 Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/ATLAS/ATL13.005

Model code and software

Hydraulic calibration with ICESat-2 land and water surface elevation observations M. Coppo Frias https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6570492

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Short summary
This paper uses remote sensing data from ICESat-2 to calibrate a 1D hydraulic model. With the model, we can make estimations of discharge and water surface elevation, which are important indicators in flooding risk assessment. ICESat-2 data give an added value, thanks to the 0.7 m resolution, which allows the measurement of narrow river streams. In addition, ICESat-2 provides measurements on the river dry portion geometry that can be included in the model.
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