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A method for assessing lake morphometric characteristics with the use of satellite data

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A method is proposed for assessing the main morphometric characteristics of lakes based on satellite data and relationships derived from the analysis of data from WORLDLAKE database.

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  1. Institute of Limnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Sevastyanova 9, St. Petersburg, 196105, Russia

    N. V. Kochkov & S. V. Ryanzhin

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Original Russian Text © N.V. Kochkov, S.V. Ryanzhin, 2016, published in Vodnye Resursy, 2016, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 18–23.

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Kochkov, N.V., Ryanzhin, S.V. A method for assessing lake morphometric characteristics with the use of satellite data. Water Resour 43, 15–20 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807816010103

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