Estimated accuracies of regional water storage variations inferred from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Swenson, Sean ^a   Wahr, John ^a   Milly, P C D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

GRACE; Groundwater; Soil moisture; Time variable gravity; Water budget; Water storage

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ESTIMATION; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RADIOMETRY; RAIN; RIVERS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

STOKES COEFFICIENTS; WATER STORAGE;

WATER RESOURCES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; GEOID; GRAVITY SURVEY; GROUNDWATER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 1542546869     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002WR001808     Document Type: Article

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