This book highlights several opportunities that exist in satellite remote sensing of large-scale terrestrial hydrology. It lays bare the novel concept of remote sensing hydrology and demonstrates key applications of advance satellite technology and new methods in advancing our fundamental understanding of environmental systems. This includes, using state-of-the-art satellite hydrology missions like the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment and other multi-mission satellite systems as important tools that underpin water resources planning and accounting. This book discusses and demonstrates how the efficacy, simplicity, and sophistication in novel computing platforms for big earth observation data can help facilitate environmental monitoring and improve contemporary understanding of climate change impacts on freshwater resources. It also provides opportunities for practitioners and relevant government agencies to leverage satellite-based information in a transdisciplinary context to address several environmental issues affecting society. This book provides a general framework and highlights methods to help improve our understanding of hydrological processes and impact analysis from extreme events (e.g., droughts, floods) and climate change.

Part 1

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Global water sytems

Part 2

Chapter 3 Optical Remote Sensing Systems

Chapter 4 Satellite Geodetic Missions

Part 3

Chapter 5 GEE Chapter

Part 4

Chapter 7 Remote sensing of vegetation changes

Part 5

Part 6

Chapter 9 Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrological Cycle

Chapter 10 Drought metrics and Indicators

Part 7

Chapter 11 Hydrolological variability

Part 8

Chapter 12 Statistical methods in hydrology

Part 9

Chapter 13 SA_JoH

Part 10

Chapter 14 JoH_Regional

Part 11

Chapter 15 STOTEN

Chapter 16 Climatic Change

Part 12

Chapter 17 Flinders

Chapter 18 Mitchell

Part 13

Chapter 20 LCB STOTEN

Appendix