The bias in GRACE estimates of continental water storage variations

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1227-1241

  Klees, R ^a   Zapreeva, E A ^a   Winsemius, H C ^a   Savenije, H H G ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; ERROR CORRECTION; GRAVITY FIELD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RIVER BASIN; SATELLITE DATA; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBEZI RIVER;

EID: 34248176932     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-11-1227-2007     Document Type: Article

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