Measuring gravity change caused by water storage variations: Performance assessment under controlled conditions

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 402, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 60-70

  Christiansen, Lars ^a   Lund, Sanne ^a   Andersen, Ole B ^a   Binning, Philip J ^a   Rosbjerg, Dan ^a   Bauer Gottwein, Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

4D Gravimetry; Benchmark; Hydrology; Precision; Scintrex CG 5; Storage change

Indexed keywords

4D GRAVIMETRY; BENCHMARK; PRECISION; SCINTREX CG-5; STORAGE CHANGE;

AQUIFERS; DATA HANDLING; EXPERIMENTS; GRAVIMETERS; HYDROLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; WATER;

WATER CONTENT;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AQUIFER; BENCHMARKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAVIMETRY; INFILTRATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SOIL WATER; SURVEY; VOLUME; WATER STORAGE;

EID: 79955032381     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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