GRACE-derived terrestrial water storage depletion associated with the 2003 European heat wave

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Andersen, Ole B ^a   Seneviratne, Sonia I ^b,c   Hinderer, Jacques ^d   Viterbo, Pedro ^e  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^e EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); WATER SUPPLY;

DIRECT GRAVITY; HEAT WAVE; HYDROLOGICAL ESTIMATION; TERRESTRIAL WATER STORAGE DEPLETION;

GLOBAL WARMING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 27744477714     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023574     Document Type: Article

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