Comparison of seasonal terrestrial water storage variations from GRACE with groundwater-level measurements from the High Plains Aquifer (USA)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 2007, Pages

  Strassberg, Gil ^a   Scanlon, Bridget R ^a   Rodell, Matthew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER LEVELS;

GROUNDWATER STORAGE; GROUNDWATER-LEVEL; TERRESTRIAL WATER STORAGE;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIELD METHOD; GROUNDWATER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SATELLITE DATA; WATER LEVEL; WATER STORAGE;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548600092     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030139     Document Type: Article

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