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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-137-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-137-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Data description paper
| 
22 Jan 2020
Data description paper |
| 22 Jan 2020
| 22 Jan 2020
Global River Radar Altimetry Time Series (GRRATS): new river elevation earth science data records for the hydrologic community
Stephen Coss
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio, USA
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Michael Durand
School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio, USA
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Yuchan Yi
School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio, USA
Yuanyuan Jia
School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio, USA
Qi Guo
School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio, USA
Stephen Tuozzolo
School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio, USA
C. K. Shum
School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio, USA
Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Wuhan 430077, China
George H. Allen
Department of Geological Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA
Stéphane Calmant
IRD/LEGOS, 16 Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
Tamlin Pavelsky
Department of Geological Sciences, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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We present a new radar-altimeter-satellite-measured river surface height dataset. Our novel approach is broadly applicable rather than location specific. We were able to measure rivers that account for > 34 % of global drainage area with an accuracy comparable to much of the established literature. 389 of our 932 measurement locations include river gage validation. We have focused our efforts on creating a consistent, well-documented data product to encourage use by the broader science community.
We present a new radar-altimeter-satellite-measured river surface height dataset. Our novel...
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