Animation of five satellite images of the Tanana River in Alaska. The imagery is colored in shades of blue to show the degree of confidence that water is present. Two scatter plots show positive pairwise relationships between satellite river elevation and satellite river width and satellite streamflow.
Merritt Harlan, PhD
Dr. Merritt Harlan is a Mendenhall Fellow and research hydrologist for the USGS Water Resources Mission Area based in Lakewood Colorado.
Dr. Harlan’s research focuses on remote sensing of inland waters, with a particular interest in high latitude rivers. Dr. Harlan is interested in applying data from ongoing and upcoming satellite missions (such as the Surface Water Ocean Topography satellite mission; SWOT) to estimate river flows in ungaged basins, assess changes in surface water in high latitude lakes and rivers, and compare and evaluate the accuracy of satellite-derived stage and streamflow to field data and modeled data. Currently, she is involved in the Satellite-based Remote Sensing of River Discharge Project to expand streamflow monitoring in Alaska
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Uncertainties: monochrome - Estimating streamflow from satellites
Animation of five satellite images of the Tanana River in Alaska. The imagery is colored in shades of blue to show the degree of confidence that water is present. Two scatter plots show positive pairwise relationships between satellite river elevation and satellite river width and satellite streamflow.
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Uncertainties: monochrome - Estimating streamflow from satellites
Animation of five satellite images of the Tanana River in Alaska. The imagery is colored in shades of blue to show the degree of confidence that water is present. Two scatter plots show positive pairwise relationships between satellite river elevation and satellite river width and satellite streamflow.
Animation of five satellite images of the Tanana River in Alaska. The imagery is colored in shades of blue to show the degree of confidence that water is present. Two scatter plots show positive pairwise relationships between satellite river elevation and satellite river width and satellite streamflow.