Recent la Plata basin drought conditions observed by satellite gravimetry

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Chen, J L ^a   Wilson, C R ^a,b   Tapley, B D ^a   Longuevergne, L ^b,c   Yang, Z L ^b   Scanlon, B R ^c  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA PROCESSING; DROUGHT; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GROUNDWATER; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

AUSTRAL SPRING; CLIMATE INDEX; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DRY AND WET; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER DEPLETION; LA PLATA BASIN; LAND DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; PRECIPITATION DATA; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; RIVER BASINS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIAL EVOLUTION; TERRA SATELLITES; TERRESTRIAL WATER STORAGE; VEGETATION INDEX; WATER LAYERS;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

BIOACCUMULATION; DATA SET; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GRAVIMETRY; GROUNDWATER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CURRENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION INDEX; WATER STORAGE; WET SEASON;

LA PLATA BASIN;

NIA;

EID: 78649723713     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014689     Document Type: Article

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