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While approximating river discharge using satellite-derived water surface characteristics is possible, the key challenges are unknown channel bathymetry and roughness. Here, we present an application for merging mean river-reach characteristics and time-varying altimetry measurements to estimate river discharge for sites within the Mississippi River Basin (USA). This project leverages the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) River Database (SWORD) for approximating mean river-reach widths and slopes and altimetry data from JASON-2\/3 (2008\u2013Present) and Sentinel-3A\/B (2015\u2013Present) obtained from the Hydroweb Theia virtual stations. River discharge is calculated using Manning\u2019s Equation, with optimized parameters for surface roughness, bottom elevation, and channel shape determined using the Kling\u2013Gupta Efficiency (KGE). The results of this study indicate the use of optimized characteristics return 87% of sites with KGE &gt; \u22120.41, which indicates that the approach provides discharges that outperform using the mean discharge. The use of precipitation to approximate missing flows not observed by satellites results in 66% of sites with KGE &gt; \u22120.41, while the use of TWSA results in 65% of sites with KGE &gt; \u22120.41. Future research will focus on extending this application for all available sites in the United States, as well as trying to understand how climate and landscape factors (e.g., precipitation, temperature, soil moisture, landcover) relate to river and watershed characteristics.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14153541","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,25]],"date-time":"2022-07-25T01:42:13Z","timestamp":1658713333000},"page":"3541","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Deriving River Discharge Using Remotely Sensed Water Surface Characteristics and Satellite Altimetry in the Mississippi River Basin"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Jaclyn","family":"Gehring","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115-5005, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2910-8050","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bhavya","family":"Duvvuri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115-5005, USA"}]},{"given":"Edward","family":"Beighley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115-5005, USA"},{"name":"Department of Marine & Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115-5005, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Scherer, D., Schwatke, C., Dettmering, D., and Seitz, F. 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