Local and global hydrological contributions to time-variable gravity in Southwest Niger

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 661-672

  Pfeffer, Julia ^a   Boucher, Marie ^b,c   Hinderer, Jacques ^a   Favreau, Guillaume ^b,c   Boy, Jean Paul ^a,d   De Linage, Caroline ^e   Cappelaere, Bernard ^b,c   Luck, Bernard ^a   Oi, Monique ^b,c   Le Moigne, Nicolas ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Hydrology; Permeability and porosity; Satellite geodesy; Time variable gravity

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AQUIFER WATER; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; GEOPHYSICAL METHODS; GLOBAL HYDROLOGY; GLOBAL VARIATIONS; GRAVIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; GROUND GRAVITY; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SOUNDINGS; NIGER; PERMEABILITY AND POROSITY; RAPID INFILTRATION; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE GEODESY; SPECIFIC YIELD; TEMPORARY PONDS; TIME VARIABLE GRAVITY; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; WATER MASS DISTRIBUTIONS; WATER STORAGE; WATER TABLES; WEST AFRICA;

AQUIFERS; CLIMATOLOGY; GEODESY; GRAVITATION; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVEYING; WATER CONTENT; WATER LEVELS; WATER RESOURCES;

GEODETIC SATELLITES;

GEODESY; GRACE; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; WATER STORAGE;

NIGER [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA;

EID: 78751503832     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04894.x     Document Type: Article

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