Combining UAV and Surface Observations for Rapid Discharge Estimation and SWOT Validation in Remote Areas


Merritt Harlan1, Colin J Gleason1, Mark Hagemann2, Tamlin Pavelsky3, Laurence C Smith4, Elizabeth H Altenau5, Vena W. Chu6, Sarah W Cooley7, Dr. Wayana Dolan, PhD8, Jessica V Fayne6, Mylene Fabienne Jacquemart9, Ethan D. Kyzivat10, Ted Langhorst11, J. Toby Minear12, Brandon T Overstreet13, Dr. Daniel L Peters, PhD14, Lincoln H H Pitcher15 and Stephen Tuozzolo16, (1)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Amherst, MA, United States, (2)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States, (3)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, (4)Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS), Providence, United States, (5)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, (6)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (7)Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, (8)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Earth, Marine, and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, United States, (9)University of Colorado, Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences and Department of Geological Sciences, Boulder, United States, (10)Brown University, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences and Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Providence, United States, (11)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States, (12)USGS, Baltimore, United States, (13)University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, (14)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Environmental Research and Modelling Directorate, Victoria, BC, Canada, (15)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, (16)Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States