New diagnostic estimates of variations in terrestrial water storage based on ERA-Interim data

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 996-1008

  Mueller, Brigitte ^a   Hirschi, Martin ^a   Seneviratne, Sonia I ^a  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ERA Interim; Terrestrial water storage; Water balance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CLIMATE SYSTEM; DATA SETS; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; ERA-INTERIM; EUROPEAN CENTER FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; EUROPEAN REMOTE SENSING SATELLITES; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENTS; ILLINOIS; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE MODELS; MODEL OUTPUTS; REAL TIME; REANALYSIS; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; RIVER BASINS; SCATTEROMETER DATA; SEASONAL CYCLE; SECOND PHASE; SNOW DEPTHS; SOIL WETNESS; TERRESTRIAL WATER STORAGE; TIME AVAILABILITY; VALIDATION DATA; WATER AND ENERGIES;

CLIMATE MODELS; ESTIMATION; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GROUNDWATER; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; REMOTE SENSING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; GRACE; RIVER BASIN; SCATTEROMETER; STREAMFLOW; WATER BUDGET; WATER STORAGE;

EUROPE;

EID: 79952687007     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7652     Document Type: Article

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