Experiences from real time runoff forecasts by snow cover remote sensing

Author

Seidel, Klaus ; Brüsch, Walter ; Steinmeier, Charlotte

Author_Institution

Lab. of Commun. Technol., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

4

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

2090

Abstract

Seasonal and short-term runoff forecasts for two hydroelectric stations on the upper Rhine basin are carried out in real time based on snow cover monitoring by Landsat and SPOT satellites. Evaluation of snow reserves on 1 April 1993 from satellite data reveals uncertainties in estimates using point measurements on the ground as index. Runoff is computed by the SRM model with snow covered areas as well as temperature and precipitation forecasts as input variables. These runoff forecasts can be exploited, among other purposes, for optimizing the hydropower production and for timely decisions on the electricity market

Keywords

hydrological techniques; hydrology; infrared imaging; remote sensing; snow; AD 1993 04 01; Felsberg; Germany; Landsat; SPOT satellite; SRM model; Switzerland; hydrology; optical imaging; real time runoff forecast; remote sensing; seasonal forecast; short-term runoff; snow cover remote sensing; snowmelt runoff snow melt; upper Rhine basin; Economic forecasting; Hydroelectric power generation; Input variables; Land surface temperature; Predictive models; Production; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Satellites; Snow;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399662

Filename

399662