List of Contributors

**Nadia Akdim:** Faculty of Sciences, Chouaib Doukkali University, BD Jabran Khalil Jabran B.P 299, 24000 EL Jadida, Morocco; Geosciences and Remote Sensing Department, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 12628 CN Delft, The Netherlands.

**Henok Alemu:** Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence (GSCE), South Dakota State University, Brookings, 57007 SD, USA.

**Silvia Maria Alfieri:** Geosciences and Remote Sensing Department, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 12628 CN Delft, The Netherlands; Institute for Mediterranean Agricultural and Forest Systems, Italy (ISAFOM), Ercolano 80056, Italy.

**Donato Amitrano:** Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Napoli Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Napoli, Italy.

**Rim Amri:** CESBIO/UMR 5126, 18 av. Edouard Belin, bpi 2801, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France; GREF, Université de Carthage/INAT, 43, Avenue Charles Nicolle 1082-Tunis-Mahrajène, Tunisia.

**Frank O. Annor:** Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands; Department of Civil Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

**Wim G.M. Bastiaanssen:** International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka and Vientiane, Laos; UNESCO-IHE, 2611 AX Delft, The Netherlands; Delft University of Technology, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands.

**Peter Bauer-Gottwein:** Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Bygningstorvet, B115, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.

**Bernhard Bauer-Marschallinger:** Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna University of Technology, Gußhausstraße 27-29, Vienna 1040, Austria.

**Mélanie Becke:** UAG/ESPACE-DEV, Route de Montabo, Cayenne 97300, French Guiana.

**Muriel Bergé-Nguyen:** CNES/Legos, 14 Av Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France.

**Stefano Bocchi:** Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 20133, Italy.

**Mirco Boschetti:** Institute of Electromagnetic Sensing of Environment, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IREA), Via Bassini 15, Milan 20133, Italy.

**Gilles Boulet:** CESBIO/UMR 5126, 18 av. Edouard Belin, bpi 2801, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France.

**Alessandro Brivio:** Institute of Electromagnetic Sensing of Environment, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IREA), Via Bassini 15, Milan 20133, Italy.

**Stéphane Calmant:** IRD/LEGOS, 14 Av. Edouard Belin, Toulouse 31400, France.

**Jean Christophe Calvet:** CNRM-GAME, Météo-France, CNRS, URA 1357, 42 avenue Gaspard Coriolis, 31057 Toulouse Cedex 1, France.

**Gabriele Candiani:** Institute of Electromagnetic Sensing of Environment, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IREA), Via Bassini 15, Milan 20133, Italy.

**Elijah Cheruiyot:** Geosciences and Remote Sensing Department, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 12628 CN Delft, The Netherlands; Department of Physics, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya.

**Abdeloihab Choukri:** Faculty of Sciences, Chouaib Doukkali University, BD Jabran Khalil Jabran B.P 299, 24000 EL Jadida, Morocco.

**Jean-François Crétaux:** CNES/Legos, 14 Av Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France.

**Joecila Santos da Silva:** UEA/CESTU, Av. Djalma Batista 3578, Manaus 69058-807, Brazil.

**Alena Dostálová:** Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna University of Technology, Gußhausstraße 27-29, Vienna 1040, Austria.

**Marcela Doubkovi:** Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna University of Technology, Gusshausstrasse 27-29/E122, 1040 Vienna, Austria.

**Zheng Duan:** Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands.

**Sebinasi Dzikiti:** Natural Resource and Environment, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.

**Dirk Eilander:** Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands.

**Salah Er-Raki:** LP2M2E, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cadi Ayyad de Marrakech, Marrakech 40000, Morocco; LMI TREMA laboratory.

**Frédéric Frappart:** Groupe de Recherche en Géodésie Spatiale (GRGS), Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), GET-UMR5563 CNRS/IRD/UPS, 14, Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France.

**Ben Gorte:** Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5048, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands.

**Webster Gumindoga:** Department of Civil Engineering, University of Zimbabwe, Box MP 167, Harare, Zimbabwe; Department of Water Resources, Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, P.O. Box 6, AA Enschede 7500, The Netherlands.

**Radoslaw Guzinski:** DHI GRAS, DK-2970 Hørsholm, Denmark.

**Emad Habib:** Faculty of Sciences, Chouaib Doukkali University, BD Jabran Khalil Jabran B.P 299, 24000 EL Jadida, Morocco; Department of Civil Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA.

**Olivier Hagolle:** CESBIO, Unité Mixte de Recherche (CNRS, UPS, CNES, IRD), Toulouse 31000, France.

**Alemseged Tamiru Haile:** International Water Management Institute, Nile Basin and East Africa Sub-Regional Office, P.O. Box 5689 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

**Arjen Y. Hoekstra:** Twente Water Centre, Water Management Group, University of Twente, Enschede NL-7500 AE, The Netherlands.

**Silvia Huber:** DHI GRAS, DK-2970 Hørsholm, Denmark.

**Mireille Huc:** CESBIO, Unité Mixte de Recherche (CNRS, UPS, CNES, IRD), Toulouse 31000, France.

**Lorenzo Iannini:** Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands.

**Antonio Iodice:** Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Napoli Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Napoli, Italy.

**Lionel Jarlan:** CESBIO, Unité Mixte de Recherche (CNRS, UPS, CNES, IRD), Toulouse 31000, France; LMI TREMA laboratory.

**Iris Hedegaard Jensen:** Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Bygningstorvet, B115, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.

**Nebo Jovanovic:** Natural Resource and Environment, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.

**Armel T. Kaptue:** Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence (GSCE), South Dakota State University, Brookings, 57007 SD, USA.

**Poolad Karimi:** International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka and Vientiane, Laos; UNESCO-IHE, 2611 AX Delft, The Netherlands; Delft University of Technology, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands.

**Mohamed Kasbani:** CESBIO, Unité Mixte de Recherche (CNRS, UPS, CNES, IRD), Toulouse 31000, France; LMI TREMA laboratory.

**Steve Kass:** GeoVille, Sparkassenplatz 2, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

**Saïd Khabba:** LMME, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad de Marrakech, Marrakech 40000, Morocco; LMI TREMA laboratory.

**M. Hakim Kharrou:** ORMVAH, Office Régional de Mise en Valeur Agricole du Haouz, Marrakech 40000, Morocco; LMI TREMA laboratory.

**Roderik Koenders:** Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, P.O. Box 5048, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands.

**Toshio Koike:** Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.

**Valeriy Kovalskyy:** Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence (GSCE), South Dakota State University, Brookings, 57007 SD, USA.

**Maarten S. Krol:** Twente Water Centre, Water Management Group, University of Twente, Enschede NL-7500 AE, The Netherlands.

**Kamal Labbassi:** Faculty of Sciences, Chouaib Doukkali University, BD Jabran Khalil Jabran B.P 299, 24000 EL Jadida, Morocco.

**Michel Le Page:** CESBIO, Unité Mixte de Recherche (CNRS, UPS, CNES, IRD), Toulouse 31000, France; LMI TREMA laboratory.

**Xin Li:** Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China.

**Zohra Lili-Chabaane:** GREF, Université de Carthage/INAT, 43, Avenue Charles Nicolle 1082-Tunis-Mahrajène, Tunisia.

**Laurent Linguet:** UAG/ESPACE-DEV, Route de Montabo, Cayenne 97300, French Guiana.

**Nobuhle Majozi:** Natural Resource and Environment, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.

**Gerardo Di Martino:** Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Napoli Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Napoli, Italy.

**Renaud Mathieu:** Natural Resource and Environment, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa; Department of Geography, Geoinformatics and Meteorology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20 Hatfield, Pretoria 0028, South Africa.

**Massimo Menenti:** Geosciences and Remote Sensing Department, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 12628 CN Delft, The Netherlands.

**Francesco Mitidieri:** Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy.

**Collins Mito:** Department of Physics, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya.

**Yasir A. Mohamed:** UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, P.O. Box 3015, 2601 DA Delft, The Netherlands; Hydraulic Research Station, P.O. Box 318, Nile Street, Wad Medani, Sudan; Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands.

**Abdelilah El Moutamanni:** CESBIO, Unité Mixte de Recherche (CNRS, UPS, CNES, IRD), Toulouse 31000, France; LMI TREMA laboratory.

**Felix Mtalo:** Department of Water Resources Engineering, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35131, 14115 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

**Joseph Mtamba:** Department of Water Resources Engineering, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35131, 14115 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Department of Water Resources, Faculty of Geo-Information and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, P.O. Box 6, AA Enschede7500, The Netherlands.

**Eric Muala:** Water Resources Commission, P.O. Box CT 5630, Cantonment, Accra, Ghana.

**Lal Muthuwatte:** International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka and Vientiane, Laos.

**Vahid Naeimi:** Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna University of Technology, Gusshausstrasse 27-29/E122, 1040 Vienna, Austria.

**Preksedis Ndomba:** Department of Water Resources Engineering, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O. Box 35131, 14115 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

**Innocent Nhapi:** Department of Environmental Engineering, Chinhoyi University of Technology, P. Bag 772, Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe.

**Alecia Nickless:** Natural Resource and Environment, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.

**Francesco Nutini:** Institute of Electromagnetic Sensing of Environment, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IREA), Via Bassini 15, Milan 20133, Italy.

**Nicolina Papa:** Department of Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II 132, 84084 Fisciano (SA), Italy.

**Guillaume Ramillien:** Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), GET-UMR5563 CNRS/IRD/UPS, 14, Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France; Groupe de Recherche en Géodésie Spatiale (GRGS), 14, Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France.

**Abel Ramoelo:** Natural Resource and Environment, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South Africa; Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Centre, University of Limpopo, Sovenga 0727, South Africa.

**Mohamed Rasmy:** Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.

**Lisa-Maria Rebelo:** International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka and Vientiane, Laos.

**Daniele Riccio:** Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Napoli Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Napoli, Italy.

**Tom Rientjes:** Department of Water Resources, Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, P.O. Box 6, AA Enschede 7500, The Netherlands.

**Vivien Robinet:** UAG/ESPACE-DEV, Route de Montabo, Cayenne 97300, French Guiana.

**Mireia Romaguera:** Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands; Twente Water Centre, Water Management Group, University of Twente, Enschede NL-7500 AE, The Netherlands.

**Giuseppe Ruello:** Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, University of Napoli Federico II, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Napoli, Italy.

**Donald Tendayi Rwasoka:** Upper Manyame Subcatchment Council, Box 1892, Harare, Zimbabwe.

**Daniel Sabel:** Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna University of Technology, Gußhausstraße 27-29, Vienna 1040, Austria.

**Mhd. Suhyb Salama:** Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, Department of Water Resources, University of Twente, Enschede NL-7500 AE, The Netherlands.

**Nazmus Sazib:** Department of Civil Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA; Current Address: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA.

**Gabriel Senay:** Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence (GSCE), South Dakota State University, Brookings, 57007 SD, USA; Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Sioux Falls, SD 57198, USA.

**Lucia Seoane:** Groupe de Recherche en Géodésie Spatiale (GRGS), 14, Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France; Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), GET-UMR5563 CNRS/IRD/UPS, 14, Avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France.

**Frédérique Seyler:** IRD/ESPACE-DEV, Route de Montabo, Cayenne 97300, French Guiana. **Munyaradzi Davis Shekede:** Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Zimbabwe, Box MP 167, Harare, Zimbabwe.

**Vladimir Smakhtin:** International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka and Vientiane, Laos.

**Zhongbo Su:** Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, Department of Water Resources, University of Twente, Enschede NL-7500 AE, The Netherlands.

**Camille Szczypta:** CESBIO/UMR 5126, 18 av. Edouard Belin, bpi 2801, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France.

**Adrien Tavernier:** CESBIO, Unité Mixte de Recherche (CNRS, UPS, CNES, IRD), Toulouse 31000, France; LMI TREMA laboratory.

**Christian Tottrup:** DHI GRAS, DK-2970 Hørsholm, Denmark.

**Jihad Toumi:** LMME, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad de Marrakech, Marrakech 40000, Morocco; LMI TREMA laboratory.

**Nick van de Giesen:** Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands.

**Rogier van der Velde:** Department of Water Resources, Faculty of Geo-Information and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, P.O. Box 6, AA Enschede7500, The Netherlands.

**Pieter van der Zaag:** UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, P.O. Box 3015, 2601 DA Delft, The Netherlands; Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands.

**Zoltán Vekerdy:** Department of Water Resources, Faculty of Geo-Information and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, P.O. Box 6, AA Enschede7500, The Netherlands; Department of Water and Waste Management, Szent István University, GödöllĘ, 2100 Páter Károly utca 1., Hungary.

**Wolfgang Wagner:** Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Vienna University of Technology, Gußhausstraße 27-29, Vienna 1040, Austria.

**Andreas Walli:** GeoVille, Sparkassenplatz 2, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

**Mohamed Yousfi:** ORMVAH, Office Régional de Mise en Valeur Agricole du Haouz, Marrakech 40000, Morocco.

**Yu Zhang:** NOAA/NWS/OHD, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.

**Mehrez Zribi:** CESBIO/UMR 5126, 18 av. Edouard Belin, bpi 2801, 31401 Toulouse Cedex 9, France.
