Assimilation of Satellite-Based Data for Hydrological Mapping of Precipitation and Direct Runoff Coefficient for the Lake Urmia Basin in Iran

Water management in arid basins often lacks sufficient hydro-climatological data because, e.g., rain gauges are typically absent at high elevations and inflow to ungauged areas around large closed lakes is difficult to estimate. We sought to improve precipitation and runoff estimation in an arid bas...

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Main Authors: Mahdi Akbari, Ali Torabi Haghighi, Mohammad Mahdi Aghayi, Mostafa Javadian, Masoud Tajrishy, Bjørn Kløve
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:Water
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/11/8/1624