Reflecting the current focus of hydrological sciences today, this book discusses interdisciplinary issues of water resources research and remote sensing technology. It presents an exquisite arrangement of sensors, platforms, and problem-oriented features and includes all components of the hydrologic cycle such as precipitation, soil moisture, evaporation, transpiration, lake and reservoir levels, terrestrial water storage, river discharge, and snow pack. Featuring a multi-scale approach, it addresses future concerns of hydrological remote sensing under global change, including population growth, economic development and urbanization, and environmental degradation.

Toward Multiscale Hydrologic Remote Sensing for Creating Integrated Hydrologic Observatories. Local-Scale Hydrological Remote Sensing: Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar for Soil Moisture Retrieval. Storm Impact on the Coastal Geomorphology and Current Field by Wave Field Image Sequences. Comparative Analysis of Surface Energy Balance Models for Actual Evapotranspiration Estimation through Remotely Sensed Images. Thermal Radiation and Energy Closure Assessment in Evapotranspiration Estimation for Remote Sensing Validation. Urban-Scale Hydrological Remote Sensing: Spatiotemporal Interactions between Soil Moisture, Vegetation Cover, and Evapotranspiration in the Tampa Bay Urban Region, Florida. Developing a Composite Indicator with Landsat Thematic Mapper/Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus Images for Drought Assessment in a Coastal Urban Region. Watershed-Scale Hydrological Remote Sensing: Modeling Stream Flow Changes with the Aid of Multisourced Remote Sensing Data in a Poorly Gauged Watershed. MODIS-Based Snow Cover Products, Validation, and Hydrologic Applications. Modeling Snowmelt Runoff under Climate Change Scenarios Using MODIS-Based Snow Cover Products. Multispectral Satellite Data for Flood Monitoring and Inundation Mapping. Regional-Scale Hydrological Remote Sensing: Precipitation Estimate Using NEXRAD Ground-Based Radar Images: Validation, Calibration, and Spatial Analysis. Radar Polarimetry for Rain Estimation. Airborne Water Vapor Differential Absorption Lidar. Continental- and Global-Scale Hydrological Remote Sensing: Global Precipitation Estimation and Applications. Instantaneous Precipitation and Latent Heating Estimation over Land from Combined Spaceborne Radar and Microwave Radiometer Observations. Global Soil Moisture Estimation Using Microwave Remote Sensing. Microwave Vegetation Indices from Satellite Passive Microwave Sensors for Mapping Global Vegetation Cover. Remote Sensing and Modeling of Global Evapotranspiration. Validation of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Data for Assessment of Terrestrial Water Storage Variations. Remote Sensing of Soil and Vegetation Moisture from Space for Monitoring Drought and Forest Fire Events. Index.