Estimating large-scale precipitation minus evapotranspiration from GRACE satellite gravity measurements

Journal of Hydrometeorology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 252-270

  Swenson, Sean ^a   Wahr, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 33646592276     PISSN: 1525755X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JHM478.1     Document Type: Article

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