Foreword
Preface
Section I Pattern
Chapter 1 Modeling and Analysis of Lake Water Storage Changes on the Tibetan Plateau Using Multi-mission Satellite Data 3
1.1 Research objective 3
1.2 Study area 4
1.3 Materials and methodology 5
1.3.1 ICESat satellite altimetry data 5
1.3.2 Optical satellite images 6
1.3.3 GRACE satellite gravimetry data 6
1.3.4 Monitoring lake water extent changes 7
1.3.5 Modeling lake water storage changes 8
1.4 Water level changes in 30 typical lakes on the TP 10
1.5 Surface area changes in all lakes on the TP 11
1.6 Modeling lake water storage variations on the TP 13
1.7 Mass changes on the TP observed from GRACE satellite gravimetry 18
1.8 Limitations and uncertainty analyses 19
1.9 Summary 20
References 21
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