@Article{SippelHamiMelaNovo:1998:PaMiOb,
               author = "Sippel, S. J. and Hamilton, S. K. and Melack, J. M. and Novo, 
                         Evlyn Marcial Leao de Moraes",
                title = "Passive microwave observations of inundation area and the 
                         area/stage ralation in the Amazon river floodplain",
              journal = "International Journal of Remote Sensing",
                 year = "1998",
               volume = "19",
               number = "16",
                pages = "3055--3074",
             keywords = "ESTUDOS INTEGRADOS DO MEIO AMBIENTE, Amaz{\^o}nia (Regi{\~a}o), 
                         rio Amazonas, inunda{\c{c}}{\~a}o, nimbus 7, sat{\'e}lites 
                         nimbus.",
             abstract = "Inundation patterns in Amazon River floodplains are revealed by 
                         analysis of the 37GHz polarization difference observed by the 
                         Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer on the Nimbus-7 
                         satellite. Flooded area is estimated at monthly intervals for 
                         January 1979 through August 1987 using mixing models that account 
                         for the major landscape units with distinctive microwave emission 
                         characteristics. Results are presented separately for 12 
                         longitudinal reaches along the Amazon River main stem in Brazil as 
                         well as for three major tributaries (the Jurua, Purus and Madeira 
                         rivers). The total area along the Amazon River main stem that was 
                         flooded (including both floodplain and open water)varied between 
                         19 000 and 91000 km2 . The correlation between flooded area and 
                         river stage is used to develop a predictive relationship and 
                         reconstruct regional inundation patterns in the floodplain of the 
                         Amazon River main stem over the past 94 years of stage records 
                         (1903-1996). The mean flooded area along the Amazon River during 
                         this 94-year period was 46 800 km2, of which the openwater 
                         surfaces of river channels and floodplain lakes comprised about 20 
                         700 km2.",
           copyholder = "SID/SCD",
                 issn = "1516-697X",
                label = "8449",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "1998_sippel.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "2024, Dec. 11"
}