Remote sensing of groundwater storage changes in Illinois using the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Yeh, Pat J F ^a   Swenson, S C ^b   Famiglietti, J S ^a   Rodell, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS;

GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT (GRACE); GROUNDWATER STORAGE; IN SITU MEASUREMENTS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

CORRELATION METHODS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MOISTURE; REMOTE SENSING; SOILS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER LEVEL; WATER STORAGE; WELL WATER;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846645502     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005374     Document Type: Article

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