Time variations of land water storage from an inversion of 2 years of GRACE geoids

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 235, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 283-301

  Ramillien, G ^a   Frappart, F ^a   Cazenave, A ^a   Guntner A ^b  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Global hydrology; GRACE satellite gravimetry; Least squares inversion

Indexed keywords

FLUID MASS REDISTRIBUTIONS; LAND WATER STORAGE; SOIL MOISTURES; WATER VOLUMES;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; GRAVITATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVER BASIN PROJECTS;

SURFACE WATERS;

GRAVIMETRY;

EID: 20544467850     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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