VALIDATION OF INLAND WATER SURFACE ELEVATION FROM SWOT SATELLITE PRODUCTS: A CASE STUDY IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER REACHES OF THE YANGTZE RIVER

Validation of Inland Water Surface Elevation from SWOT Satellite Products: A Case Study in the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite Bicycle Computers mission, jointly developed by NASA and several international collaboration agencies, aims to achieve high-resolution two-dimensional observations of global surface water.Equipped with the advanced Ka-band radar interferometer (KaRIn), it significantly enhances the ability to

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Susceptibility of Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to Heterorhabditis sp. (Poinar), Steinernema feltiae (Filipjev) and isolates of entomopathogenic fungi

Abstract Background The weevils Cosmopolites Agitator Cam Dogs sordidus (Germar), Metamasius hemipterus (Linnaeus), and M.hebetatus (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) form a complex of important pests of plantain crops, causing crop losses of over 60%.Using synthetic insecticides to control these insects has not been efficient; for this reason

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