Title: Introduction to the application
Course: Volume determination of lake Tana using bathymetry and altimetry > Section: Description of the Application

Before you start the going through the detailed application description, first have a look at the two presentations provided and review the two background reference resources

Start this application course with the two presentations provided to get an overview of what you are going to do.

1. Satellite altimetry for ocean topography and surface water
2. Integration of bathymetry, SRTM, altimetry and satellite observations to calculate reservoir / lake extent and volume

For your reference also the two articles referred to in the presentation (under 1) are provided here:

- Gina LeFavour and Doug Alsdorf: "Water slope and discharge in the Amazon River estimated using the shuttle radar topography mission digital elevation model"
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology: "Surface Water and Ocean Topography Mission – SWOT 101"