Articles | Volume 370
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-370-223-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-370-223-2015
11 Jun 2015
 | 11 Jun 2015

The potential of satellite radar altimetry in flood forecasting: concept and implementation for the Niger-Benue river basin

R. Pandey and G. Amarnath

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Flood forecasting in the downstream part of any hydrological basin is extremely difficult due to the lack of basin-wide hydrological information in near real-time and the absence of a data-sharing treaty among the transboundary nations. The satellite altimeter monitoring allows estimation of water level in the upstream and provide forecasting in the downstream in support of flood early warning and disaster risks reduction measures.