9 - Applications of GNSS-R in Continental Hydrology

Abstract: GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Reflectometry (GNSS-R) is a bistatic radar remote sensing technology (transmitters and receivers are not in the same place) that uses microwave signals of opportunity from radio navigation such as the Global Positioning System (GPS). It extends and complements existing techniques for observation of the Earth by multiplying the number of transmitters (satellites in different positioning constellations) and receivers through the use of ground measurement networks, such as the permanent GNSS network in France (Reseau permanent GNSS, RGP) or the Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) in the western United States, and allowing new measuring geometries.

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