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REFERENCES


For satellite radar altimetry in general:
Ulaby, F.T., Moore, R.K. and Fung, A.K. (1981). Microwave Remote Sensing Fundamentals and Radiometry. Microwave Remote Sensing Active and Passive, Vol.1, Simonett, D.S., (Ed.), Artech House, Boston, Mass.

Chelton, D.B., Walsh, E.J. and MacArthur, J.L. (1988). ‘Nuts and Bolts’ of Satellite Radar Altimetry. Proceedings of the WOCE/NASA Altimeter Algorithm Workshop, Appendix to U.S. WOCE Technical Report No.2, Chelton, D.B. (Ed.), Corvallis Oregon, 1–43.

Chelton, D.B., Ries, J.C., Haines, B.J., Fu, L.-L. and Callahan, P.S. (2001). Satellite Altimetry, In Satellite Altimetry and the Earth Sciences: A Handbook of Techniques and Applications, Fu, L.-L. and Cazenave A. (Eds.), Academic Press, San Diego CA, 1–131.

For details on this web sites GRLM lake level products – their construction, history, validation etc:
McKellip R, Beckley B, Birkett C. Blonski S, Doorn B, Grant B, Estep L, Moore R, Morris K, Ross K, Terrie G, Zanoni V (2004) PECAD’s Global Reservoir and Lake Monitor: A Systems Engineering Report. Version 1.0, NASA/John C. Stennis Space Center.

Ross K, McKellip R (2006) Verification and Validation of NASA-Supported Enhancements to PECAD’s Decision Support Tools. NASA/John C. Stennis Space Center.

Birkett, C.M., Reynolds, C., Beckley, B. and Doorn, B., (2009) From Research to Operations: The USDA Global Reservoir and Lake Monitor, chapter 2 in ‘Coastal Altimetry’, Springer Book Publications, In press.

For radar altimetry and lakes/reservoirs/inland seas:
Birkett, C.M. (1994). Radar altimetry - A new concept in monitoring global lake level changes. Eos Trans. AGU, 75 (24), 273–275.

Morris, C.S. and Gill, S.K. (1994a). Variation of Great Lakes water levels derived from Geosat altimetry. Water Resour. Res., 30 (4), 1009–1017. Birkett, C.M. (1995). The contribution of TOPEX/POSEIDON to the global monitoring of climatically sensitive lakes. J. Geophys. Res., 100 (C12),  25, 179–25,204.

Morris, C.S. and Gill, S.K. (1994b). Evaluation of the TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter system over the Great Lakes. J. Geophys. Res., 99 (C12), 24,527–24,539.

Cazenave, A., Bonnefond, P., Dominh, K. and Schaeffer, P. (1997). Caspian sea level from Topex-Poseidon altimetry: Level now falling. Geophys. Res. Letters, 24 (8), 881–884.

Ponchaut, F. and Cazenave, A. (1998). Continental lake level variations from TOPEX/POSEIDON (1993-1996). Earth and Planetary Sciences, 326, 13–20.

Birkett, C., Murtugudde, R. and Allan, T. (1999). Indian Ocean climate event brings floods to East Africa's lakes and the Sudd Marsh. GRL, 26 (8), 1031–1034.

Arpe K., L. Bengtsson, G.S. Golitsyn, I.I. Mokhov, V.A. Semenov, and P.V. Sporyshev, (2000). Connection between Caspian sea level variability and ENSO, GRL, VOL 27, NO 17, pp 2693-2696

Birkett, C.M. (2000). Synergistic Remote Sensing of Lake Chad: Variability of Basin Inundation. Remote Sensing of the Environment, 72, 218–236.

Sarch. M.T. and Birkett, C.M. (2000). Fishing and farming at Lake Chad: Responses to lake level fluctuations. The Geographical Journal, 166 (2), 156–172.

Alsdorf, D., Birkett, C.M., Dunne, T., Melack, J., and Hess, L., (2001) Water level changes in a large Amazon lake measured with spaceborne radar interferometry and altimetry, Geophysical Research Letters, 28 (14), pp.2671-2674.

Mercier, F., Cazenave, A. and Maheu, C. (2002). Interannual lake level fluctuations (1993-1999) in Africa from Topex/Poseidon: Connections with ocean-atmosphere interactions over the Indian Ocean. Global and Planetary Changes, 141–163.

Romanovski V.V., (2002). Water level variations and water balance of Lake Issykkul, Kluiver Academic Publisher, Lake Issyk-kul: Its natural environment, 45-57

Mertes, L.A.K., A.G. Dekker, Brakenridge, G.R., C.M. Birkett and G. Létourneau, (2004) Rivers and Lakes, in Natural Resources and Environment Manual of Remote Sensing, Vol. 5, editor S.L. Ustin and A. Rencz, J.Wiley and Sons, New York.

Coe, M.T. and Birkett, C.M., (2004) Water Resources in the Lake Chad Basin: Prediction of river discharge and lake height from satellite radar altimetry, Water Resources Research, 40(10), doi:10.1029/2003WR002543.

Birkett, C.M., Alsdorf, D. and Harding, D., (2005) Estimation of River and Water Body stage, width and gradients using Radar Altimetry, Interferometric SAR and Laser Altimetry, chapter 60 of Volume 2 Part 5 “Remote sensing” in The Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences, ed. M.G. Anderson, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. ISBN: 978-0-471-49103-3.

Aladin N.V., Crétaux J-F., Plotnikov I.S., Kouraev A.V., Smurov A.O., Cazenave A., Egorov A.N., Papa F., (2005). Modern hydro-biological state of the Small Aral Sea, Environmetric, 6(4) .

Crétaux J-F, Kouraev A.V., Papa F., Bergé Nguyen M., Cazenave A., Aladin N.V., and Plotnikov I.S., (2005). Water balance of the Big Aral sea from satellite remote sensing and in situ observations, Journal of great lakes Research, 31(4), 520-534.

Hwang, CW; Peng, MF; Ning, JS, et al., (2005), Lake level variations in China from TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry: data quality assessment and links to precipitation and ENSO, Geophysical Journal International, 161(1), 1-11.

Aladin, N; Cretaux, JF; Plotnikov, IS, et al. (2005), Modern hydro-biological state of the Small Aral sea, Environmetrics, 16(4), 375-392.

Berry, PAM; Garlick, JD; Freeman, JA, et al., (2005), Global inland water monitoring from multi-mission altimetry, Geophysical Research Letters, 32(16), L16401.

Cretaux J.-F and C. Birkett, (2006) ‘Lake studies from satellite radar altimetry’, in 'Observing the Earth from Space', Geosciences Comptes Rendus, French Academy of Sciences, doi:10.1016/j.crte.2006.08.002.

Zhang, JQ; Xu, KQ; Yang, YH, et al., (2006), Measuring water storage fluctuations in Lake Dongting, China, by Topex/Poseidon satellite altimetry, Environemntal Monitoring and Assessment, 115(1-3), 23-37.

Kouraev, AV; Semovski, SV; Shimaraev, MN, et al. (2007), Observations of Lake Baikal ice from satellite altimetry and radiometry, Remote Sensing of the Environement, 108(3), 240-253.

Berry, PAM; Freeman, JA; Rogers, C, et al., (2007), Global analysis of envisat RA-2 burst mode echo sequences, IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 45(9), 2869-2874.

Cheng, KC; Kuo, CY; Shum, CK, et al., (2008), Accurate linking of Lake Erie water level with shoreline datum using GPS buoy and satellite altimetry, Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 19(1-2), 53-62.

Chu, YH; Li, JC; Jiang, WP, et al., (2008), Monitoring level fluctuations of the lakes in the Yangtze River basin from radar altimetry, Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 19 (1-2), 63-70.

Medina, CE; Gomez-Enri, J; Alonso, JJ, et al., (2008), Water level fluctuations derived from ENVISAT Radar Altimeter (RA-2) and in-situ measurements in a subtropical waterbody: Lake Izabal (Guatemala), Remote Sensing of the Environment, 112(9), 3604-3617.

Kingdon, R; Hwang, C; Hsiao, YS, et al., (2008), Gravity anomalies from retracked ERS and Geosat altimetry over the Great Lakes: Accuracy assessment and problems, Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 19(1-2), 93-101.

Cretaux, JF, Calmant, S. Romanovski, V, et al., (2009), An absolute calibration site for radar altimeters in the continental domain: Lake Issykkul in Central Asia, Journal of Geodesy , 83(8),  723-735.

Swenson, S and Wahr, J. (2009), Monitoring the water balance of Lake Victoria, East Africa, from space, Journal of Hydrology, 370 (1-4),163-176.

Kouraev, AV, Kostianoy, AG, Lebedev, SA, (2009), Ice cover and sea level of the Aral Sea from satellite altimetry and radiometry (1992-2006), Journal of Marine Systems, 76(3), 272-286.


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