Satellite altimetry reveals intensifying global river water level variability
Chenqi Fang, Di Long, Qi Huang, Jean-François Cretaux, Fabrice Papa, Frédéric Frappart, Huaichuan Liu, Colin J. Gleason, Chunhong Hu · 2025
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Description
Chenqi Fang and a team of co-authors chart world river levels from satellites, in a paper dated twenty twenty-five. Most rivers lack gauges, so the team used radar altimetry at nearly forty-seven thousand virtual stations. Records ran from twenty sixteen to twenty twenty-four.
Median level swing worldwide came to 3.76 meters. Levels fell across the Americas' centers and western Siberia, and rose across Africa, Oceania, and much of Asia and Europe. Yearly seasons sharpened in most basins even as peak-to-trough range shrank. Extreme level events surged after twenty twenty-one, the team warns.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Chenqi Fang, Di Long, Qi Huang, Jean-François Cretaux, Fabrice Papa, Frédéric Frappart, Huaichuan Liu, Colin J. Gleason, Chunhong Hu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 60 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |