Abstract: Abstract Changes in the frequency and magnitude of extreme hydrological events (floods and droughts) are one of the most significance consequences of the climate change and their monitoring is therefore essential in many fields. However, the number of the global in situ discharge measurements has been declining since the eighties and the global supply of available data is often restricted in many parts of world. All these reasons have fostered in the last decades the exploitation of new technologies, such as satellite data, in the estimation of...
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Climatology
Meteorology
Physical geography