Search Results - "Kouraev, A."

SOLS: A lake database to monitor in the Near Real Time water level and storage variations from remote sensing data by Crétaux, J.-F., Arsen, A., Calmant, S., Kouraev, A., Vuglinski, V., Bergé-Nguyen, M., Gennero, M.-C., Nino, F., Abarca Del Rio, R., Cazenave, A., Maisongrande, P.

“…An accurate and continuous monitoring of lakes and inland seas is available since 1993 thanks to the satellite altimetry missions (Topex–Poseidon, GFO, ERS-2,…”
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Zooplankton Study of Lake Sevan as an Indicator of Ecosystem Stability in the Context of Global Climate Change by Vezhnavets, V. V., Kouraev, A. V., Gukasyan, E. Kh, Gabrielyan, B. K.

“…We have studied the state of the zooplankton community of Lake Sevan in present-day climatic conditions at a relatively stable water level. The taxonomic…”
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Estimation of Arctic glacier motion with satellite L-band SAR data by Strozzi, Tazio, Kouraev, Alexei, Wiesmann, Andreas, Wegmüller, Urs, Sharov, Aleksey, Werner, Charles

“…Offset fields between pairs of JERS-1 satellite SAR data acquired in winter with 44 days time interval were employed for the estimation of Arctic glacier…”
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Snow Cover and Spring Flood Flow in the Northern Part of Western Siberia (the Poluy, Nadym, Pur, and Taz Rivers) by Zakharova, E. A., Kouraev, A. V., Biancamaria, S., Kolmakova, M. V., Mognard, N. M., Zemtsov, V. A., Kirpotin, S. N., Decharme, B.

“…The paper aims to quantitatively estimate the role of snowmelt in the spring flood flow and the redistribution of river runoff for the northern (Arctic) part…”
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Observations of Lake Baikal ice from satellite altimetry and radiometry by Kouraev, Alexei V., Semovski, Sergei V., Shimaraev, Michail N., Mognard, Nelly M., Légresy, Benoît, Remy, Frédérique

“…We demonstrate the potential of combining satellite altimetry and radiometry for lake ice studies using the example of Lake Baikal in Siberia. We show the…”
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Ob' river discharge from TOPEX/Poseidon satellite altimetry (1992–2002) by Kouraev, Alexei V., Zakharova, Elena A., Samain, Olivier, Mognard, Nelly M., Cazenave, Anny

“…The paper discusses an application of the TOPEX/Poseidon (T/P) altimetry data to estimate the discharge of one of the largest Arctic rivers—the Ob' river. We…”
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Hydrological risks in Western Siberia under the changing climate and anthropogenic influences conditions by Zemtsov, V.A., Paromov, V.V., Kopysov, S.G., Kouraev, A.V., Negrul, S.V.

“…The article considers hydrological hazards and risks, the dynamics of which are connected to climate change and anthropogenic influence on water bodies and…”
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Ice and Snow Cover of Continental Water Bodies from Simultaneous Radar Altimetry and Radiometry Observations by Kouraev, A. V., Shimaraev, M. N., Buharizin, P. I., Naumenko, M. A., Crétaux, J.-F., Mognard, N., Legrésy, B., Rémy, F.

“…We show how the studies of ice and snow cover of continental water bodies can benefit from the synergy of more than 15 years-long simultaneous active (radar…”
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River discharge estimation from radar altimetry: Assessment of satellite performance, river scales and methods by Zakharova, E., Nielsen, K., Kamenev, G., Kouraev, A.

“…•Sentinel-3 combination with CryoSat-2 and AltiKa gives the most accurate water height retrievals.•The rating curve method outperforms hydraulic- and…”
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Modern hydro-biological state of the Small Aral sea by Aladin, N., Crétaux, J.-F., Plotnikov, I. S., Kouraev, A. V., Smurov, A. O., Cazenave, A., Egorov, A. N., Papa, F.

“…Due to water withdrawal for land irrigation purposes, the Aral sea was definitively separated into two lakes, the Small and Large Aral, in the late 1980s…”
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The modern hydrological regime of the northern part of Western Siberia from in situ and satellite observations by Zakharova, E.A., Kouraev, A.V., Kolmakova, M.V., Mognard, N.M., Zemtsov, V.A., Kirpotin, S.N.

“…We studied the hydrological regime of the rivers Poluy, Nadym, Pur and Taz in the Northern part of Western Siberia. Compared to their large neighbours - Ob′…”
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Evolution of Sea Level of the Big Aral Sea from Satellite Altimetry and Its Implications for Water Balance by Crétaux, Jean-Francois, Kouraev, Alexey V., Papa, Fabrice, Bergé-Nguyen, Muriel, Cazenave, Aanny, Aladin, Nickolai, Plotnikov, Igor S.

“…The Aral Sea was one of the biggest lakes in the world before it started to shrink in the 1960s due to water withdrawal for land irrigation. Sea level…”
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River ice phenology and thickness from satellite altimetry: potential for ice bridge road operation and climate studies by Zakharova, Elena, Agafonova, Svetlana, Duguay, Claude, Frolova, Natalia, Kouraev, Alexei

“…River ice is a key component of the cryosphere. Satellite monitoring of river ice is a rapidly developing area of scientific enquiry, which has wide-ranging…”
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Use of non-polar orbiting satellite radar altimeters of the Jason series for estimation of river input to the Arctic Ocean by Zakharova, E.A., Krylenko, I.N., Kouraev, A.V.

“…•Non-polar altimeters can be used for estimation of the river input to the Arctic Ocean.•The accuracy of estimations for the Lena River is 7% for annual…”
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Sea ice cover in the Caspian and Aral Seas from historical and satellite data by Kouraev, Alexei V, Papa, Fabrice, Mognard, Nelly M, Buharizin, Petr I, Cazenave, Anny, Cretaux, Jean-Francois, Dozortseva, Julia, Remy, Frederique

“…Time and space variations of ice cover in the Caspian and Aral Seas from historical and satellite data are discussed. Existing published continuous time series…”
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Synergy of active and passive satellite microwave data for the study of first-year sea ice in the Caspian and Aral seas by Kouraev, A.V., Papa, F., Mognard, N.M., Buharizin, P.I., Cazenave, A., Cretaux, J.-F., Dozortseva, J., Remy, F.

“…The paper discusses application of active and passive microwave data for assessment of time and space variations of first-year ice cover. The Caspian and Aral…”
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Comparison of CryoSat-2 and ENVISAT radar freeboard over Arctic sea ice: toward an improved Envisat freeboard retrieval by Guerreiro, Kevin, Fleury, Sara, Zakharova, Elena, Kouraev, Alexei, Rémy, Frédérique, Maisongrande, Philippe

“…Over the past decade, sea-ice freeboard has been monitored with various satellite altimetric missions with the aim of producing long-term time series of ice…”
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Imaging permafrost active layer thickness under forest for climate model improvement by Garestier, F., Guillaso, S., Zakharova, E.A., Kouraev, A.V., Decharme, B., Desyatkin, R.V., Desyatkin, A., Chevalier, T.

“…Permafrost is an important but poorly known carbon reservoir which is vulnerable to the high latitude accelerated warming. The projected thickening of its…”
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Seasonal variability of the Western Siberia wetlands from satellite radar altimetry by Zakharova, Elena A., Kouraev, Alexei V., Rémy, Frédérique, Zemtsov, Valeri A., Kirpotin, Sergey N.

“…•Regime of wetlands of Western Siberia is studied using radar altimetry.•Seasonal variability of wet zones extent and timing of specific phases are…”
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The Performance of Altimeter Waveform Retrackers at Lake Baikal by Yi, Yuchan, Kouraev, Alexei V., Shum, C. K., Vuglinsky, Valery S., Crétaux, Jean-Francois, Calmant, Stéphane

“…At each of five fixed locations along the ground tracks of JASON-1 and ENVISAT, a repeat-track analysis of 1-Hz sea surface height (SSH) data has been…”
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