Water storage changes in Three Gorges water systems area inferred from GRACE time-variable gravity data

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 730-736

  Wang, Han Sheng ^a   Wang, Zhi Yong ^a,b   Yuan, Xu Dong ^a,b   Wu, Patrick ^c   Rangelova, Elena ^c  

^a Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

GRACE satellite; Supply water systems; Three Gorges Reservoir; Time variable gravity; Water storage

Indexed keywords

GAUSSIAN METHOD; GRAVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SATELLITE DATA; WATER STORAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR;

EID: 34548099719     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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