Land water storage variability over West Africa estimated by Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and land surface models

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Grippa, M ^a   Kergoat, L ^a   Frappart, F ^a   Araud, Q ^a   Boone, A ^b   De Rosnay, P ^c   Lemoine, J M ^d   Gascoin, S ^e   Balsamo, G ^c   Ottle C ^f   Decharme, B ^b   Saux Picart, S ^g   Ramillien, G ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^d IRAP   (France)

^e CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^f DIF   (France)

^g PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; DRY SEASONS; GLOBAL SCALE; GRAVITY FIELD; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT SATELLITES; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENTS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERCOMPARISONS; LAND SURFACE; LAND SURFACE MODELING; LAND SURFACE MODELS; LAND WATER STORAGE; MODEL ESTIMATES; MOISTURE MODELING; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS; RIVER FLOW MEASUREMENT; SEASONAL CYCLE; SOIL MOISTURE ESTIMATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER CYCLE; WATER STORAGE; WEST AFRICA; ZONAL TRANSECTS;

CLIMATE MODELS; ESTIMATION; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRACE; GRAVITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INSTRUMENTATION; LAND SURFACE; NATURAL RESOURCE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RIVER FLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER STORAGE;

AFRICA;

EID: 79958045794     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008856     Document Type: Article

References (67)

1. Alkama, R., B. Decharme, H. Douville, M. Becker, A. Cazenave, J. Sheffield, A. Voldoire, S. Tyteca, and P. le Moigne (2010), Global evaluation of the ISBA-TRIP continental 1 hydrologic system. Part 1: A twofold constraint using GRACE terrestrial water storage estimates and in-situ river discharges, J. Hydrometeorol., 11, 583-600.
2. Andersen, O. B., S. I. Seneviratne, J. Hinderer, and P. Viterbo (2005), GRACE-derived terrestrial water storage depletion associated with the 2003 European heat wave, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L18405, doi:10.1029/2005GL023574. (Pubitemid 41582564)
3. Balsamo, G., P. Viterbo, A. Beljaars, B. van den Hurk, M. Hirsch, A. Betts, and K. Scipal (2009), A revised hydrology for the ECMWF model: Verification from field site to terrestrial water storage and impact in the Integrated Forecast System, J. Hydrometeorol, 10, 623-643.
4. Boone, A., et al. (2009), The AMMA Land Surface Model Intercomparison Project (ALMIP), Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc, 90(12), 1865-1880.
5. Braud, I., P. Bessemoulinb, B. Montenyc, M. Sicot, J. P. Vandervaerea, and M. J. Vauclina (1997), Unidimensional modelling of a fallow savannah during the HAPEX-Sahel experiment using the SiSPAT model, J. Hydrol., 188-189, 912-943.
6. Bruinsma, S., J.-M. Lemoine, R. Biancale, and N. Valès (2010), CNES/GRGS 10-day gravity field models (release 2) and their evaluation, Adv. Space Res., 45, 587-601.
7. Chambers, D. P. (2006), Evaluation of new GRACE time-variable gravity data over the ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L17603, doi:10.1029/2006GL027296. (Pubitemid 44945645)
8. Chen, F., and J. Dudhia (2001), Coupling an advanced land surfacehydrology model with the Penn State-NCAR MM5 modelling system. Part I: Model implementation and sensitivity, Mon. Weather Rev., 129, 569-585. (Pubitemid 32511917)
9. Chen, J. L., C. R. Wilson, J. S. Famiglietti, and M. Rodell (2005), Spatial sensitivity of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) time-variable gravity observations, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B08408, doi:10.1029/2004JB003536. (Pubitemid 41461599)
10. Chen, J. L., C. R. Wilson, B. D. Tapley, Z. L. Wang, and G. Y. Niu (2009), 2005 drought event in the Amazon River basin measured by GRACE and estimate by climate models, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B05404, doi:10.1029/ 2008JB006056.
11. Crowley, J. W., J. X. Mitrovica, R. C. Bailey, M. E. Tamisiea, and J. L. Davis (2006), Land water storage within the Congo Basin inferred from GRACE satellite gravity data, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L19402, doi:10.1029/ 2006GL027070. (Pubitemid 46535061)
12. Decharme, B. (2007), Influence of the runoff representation on continental hydrology using the NOAH and the ISBA land surface models. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D19108, doi:10.1029/2007JD008463. (Pubitemid 350226627)
13. de Rosnay, P., J. Polcher, M. Bruen, and K. Laval (2002), Impact of a physically based soil water flow and soil-plant interaction representation for modeling large-scale land surface processes., J. Geophys. Res., 107 (D11), 4118, doi:10.1029/2001JD000634.
14. Descroix, L., et al. (2009), Spatio-temporal variability of hydrological regimes around the boundaries between Sahelian and Sudanian areas of West Africa: A synthesis, J. Hydrol, 375, 90-102.
15. Dirmeyer, P. A., X. Gao, M. Zhao, Z. Guo, T. Oki, and N. Hanasaki (2006), GSWP-2: Multi-model analysis and implications for our perception of the land surface, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 87, 1381-1397. (Pubitemid 44741874)
16. d'Orgeval, T., J. Polcher, and P. de Rosnay (2008), Sensitivity of the West African hydrological cycle in ORCHIDEE to infiltration processes, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 5, 2251-2292.
17. Essery, R. L. H., M. Best, R. Betts, P. Cox, and C. M. Taylor (2003), Explicit representation of subgrid heterogeneity in a GCM land surface scheme, J Hydrometeorol, 4, 530-543. (Pubitemid 36906487)
18. Favreau, G., B. Cappelaere, S. Massuel, M. Leblanc, M. Boucher, N. Boulain, and C. Leduc (2009), Land clearing, climate variability, and water resources increase in semiarid southwest Niger: A review, Water Resour. Res., 45, W00A16, doi:10.1029/2007WR006785.
19. Frappart, F., G. Ramillien, M. Leblanc, S. O. Tweed, M.-P. Bonnet, and P. Maisongrande (2011), An independent component analysis filtering approach for estimating continental hydrology in the GRACE gravity data, Remote Sens. Environ., 115, 187-204.
20. Gascoin, S. (2009), Etude des paramátrisations hydrologiques d'un modèle de surface continentale: Importance des aquifères et des premiers centimètres du sol, Ph. D. thesis, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris. [Available at http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/.]
21. Giannini, A., R. Saravanan, and P. Chang (2003), Oceanic forcing of Sahel rainfall on interannual to interdecadal time scales, Science, 302, 1027-1030. (Pubitemid 37386191)
22. Giannini, A., M. Biasutti, and M. M. Verstraete (2008), A climate modelbased review of drought in the Sahel: Desertification, the re-greening and climate change, Global Planet. Change, 64, 119-128.
23. Güntner, A. (2008), Improvement of global hydrological models using GRACE data, Surv. Geophys., 29, 375-397.
24. Gusev, E. M., O. N. Nasonova, and E. E. Kovalev (2006), Modeling the components of heat and water balance for the land surface of the globe, Water Resour., 33, 616-627. (Pubitemid 44755975)
25. Huffman, G. J., R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, G. Gu, E. J. Nelkin, K. P. Bowman, Y. Hong, E. F. Stocker, and D. B. Wolff (2007), The TRMM multi-satellite precipitation analysis: Quasi-global, multi-year, combined-sensor precipitation estimates at fine scale, J. Hydrometeorol., 8, 38-55. (Pubitemid 46444451)
26. Kim, H., P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Oki, and S. Kanae (2009), Role of rivers in the seasonal variations of terrestrial water storage over global basins, Geophys. Res. Lett, 36, L17402, doi:10.1029/2009GL039006.
27. Klees, R., E. A. Zapreeva, H. C. Winsemius, and H. H. G. Savenije (2007), The bias in GRACE estimates of continental water storage variations, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 11, 1227-1241. (Pubitemid 46707030)
28. Klees, R., X. Liu, T. Wittwer, B. C. Günter, E. A. Revtova, R. Tenzer, P. Ditmar, H. C. Winsemius, and H. H. G. Savenije (2008a), A comparison of global and regional GRACE models for land hydrology, Surv. Geophys., 29, 335-359.
29. Klees, R., E. A Rervtova, B. Günter, P. Ditmar, E. Oudman, H. C. Winsemius, and H. H. Savanije (2008b), The design of an optimal filter for monthly GRACE gravity field models, Geophys. J. Int., 175, 417-432.
30. Koster, R. D., M. J. Suarez, A. Ducharne, P. Kumar, and M. Stieglitz (2000), A catchment-based approach to modeling land surface processes in a GCM: 1. Model structure, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 24, 809-24, 822.
31. Koster, R. D., et al. (2004), Regions of strong coupling between soil moisture and precipitation, Science, 305, 1138-1140. (Pubitemid 39100323)
32. Klokocnik, J., C. A. Wagner, J. Kostelecký, A. Bezděk, P. Novák, and D. McAdoo (2008), Variations in the accuracy of gravity recovery due to ground track variability: GRACE, CHAMP, and GOCE, J. Geod., 82, 917-927.
33. Klosko, S., D. Rowlands, S. Luthcke, F. Lemoine, D. Chinn, and M. Rodell (2009), Evaluation and validation of mascon recovery using GRACE KBRR data with independent mass flux estimates in the Mississippi Basin, J. Geod., 83, 817-827.
34. Kusche, J. (2007), Approximate decorrelation and non-isotropic smoothing of time-variable GRACE-type gravity fields, J. Geod., 81, 733-749. (Pubitemid 350048175)
35. Lebel, T., J. D. Taupin, and N. d'Amato (1997), Rainfall monitoring during HAPEX-Sahel: 1. General rainfall conditions and climatology, J. Hydrol., 188-189, 74-96.
36. Liu, X. (2008), Global gravity field recovery from satellite-to-satellite tracking data with the acceleration approach, Publ. Geod. 68, Ned. Geod. Comm., Delft, Netherlands.
37. Llubes, M., J.-M. Lemoine, and F. Remy (2007), Antarctica seasonal mass variations detected by GRACE, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett, 260 (1-2), 127-136. (Pubitemid 47040588)
38. Longuevergne, L., B. S. Scanlon, and C. R. Wilson (2010), GRACE hydrological estimated for small basins: Evaluating processing approaches on the High Plains Aquifer, USA, Water Resour. Res., 46, W11517, doi:10.1029/ 2009WR008564.
39. Mahanama, S. P. P., and R. D. Koster (2003), Intercomparison of soil moisture memory in two land surface models, J. Hydrometeorol, 4, 1134-1146. (Pubitemid 38162560)
40. Mahè, G., F. Bamba, A. Soumaguel, D. Orange, and J.-C. Olivry (2009), Water losses in the inner delta of the River Niger: Water balance and flooded area, Hydrol. Processes, 23, 3157-3160, doi:10.1002/hyp. 7389.
41. Ngo-Duc, T., K. Laval, G. Ramillien, J. Polcher, and A. Cazenave (2007), Validation of the landwater storage simulated by Organising Carbon and Hydrology in Dynamic Ecosystems (ORCHIDEE) with Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) data, Water Resour. Res., 43, W04427, doi:10.1029/2006WR004941. (Pubitemid 46799533)
42. Niu, G.-Y., Z.-L. Yang, R. E. Dickinson, L. E. Gulden, and H. Su (2007), Development of a simple groundwater model for use in climate models and evaluation with Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment data, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D07103, doi:10.1029/2006JD007522. (Pubitemid 46916205)
43. Noilhan, J., and J.-F. Mahfouf (1996), The ISBA land surface parameterization scheme, Global Planet. Change, 13, 145-159.
44. Papa, F., A. Guntner, F. Frappart, C. Prigent, and W. B. Rossow (2008), Variations of surface water extent and water storage in large river basins: A comparison of different global data sources, Geophys. Res. Lett, 35, L11401, doi:10.1029/2008GL033857.
45. Peugeot, C., M. Esteves, S. Galle, J. L. Rajot, and J. P. Vandervaere (1997), Runoff generation processes: Results and analysis of field data collected at the east central supersite of the HAPEX-Sahel experiment, J. Hydrol, 189, 179-202.
46. Philippon, N., and B. Fontaine (2002), The relantionship between the Sahelian and previous 2nd Guinean rainy seasons: A monsoon regulation by soil wetness?, Ann. Geophys., 20, 575-582. (Pubitemid 34573128)
47. Quensire, J., J. C. Olivry, Y. Poncet, and J. Wuillot (1994), Environnement deltaique, in La Peche dans le Delta Central du Niger: Approche Pluridisciplinaire d'un Systeme de Production Halieutique edited by J. Quensiere, pp. 43-77, ORSTOM-Karthala, Paris.
48. Ramillien, G., F. Frappart, A. Cazenave, and A. Guntner (2005), Time variations of land water storage from an inversion of 2 years of GRACE geoids, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett, 253 (1-2), 283-301. (Pubitemid 40841305)
49. Ramillien, G., F. Frappart, A. Guntner, T. Ngo-Duc, A. Cazenave, and K. Laval (2006), Time variations of the regional evapotranspiration rate from Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite gravimetry, Water Resour. Res., 42, W10403, doi:10.1029/2005WR004331. (Pubitemid 44859698)
50. Ramillien, G., J. S. Famiglietti, and J. Wahr (2008a), Detection of continental hydrology and glaciology signals from GRACE: A review, Surv. Geophys., 29, 361-374.
51. Ramillien, G., S. Bouhours, A. Lombard, A. Cazenave, F. Flechtner, and R. Schmidt (2008b), Land water storage contribution to sea level from GRACE geoid data over 2003-2006, Global Planet. Change, 60, 381-392.
52. Rodell, M., J. S. Famiglietti, J. Chen, S. I. Seneviratne, P. Viterbo, S. Holl, and C. R. Wilson (2004), Basin scale estimates of evapotranspiration using GRACE and other observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L20504, doi:10.1029/2004GL020873. (Pubitemid 40098588)
53. Rowlands, D. D., S. B. Luthcke, S. M. Klosko, F. G. R. Lemoine, D. S. Chinn, J. J. McCarthy, C. M. Cox, and O. B. Anderson (2005), Resolving mass flux at high spatial and temporal resolution using GRACE intersatellite measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L04310, doi:10.1029/2004GL021908. (Pubitemid 40746851)
54. Saux-Picart, S., C. Ottlá, A. Perrier, B. Decharme, B. Coudert, M. Zribi, N. Boulain, B. Cappelaere, and D. Ramier (2009), SEtHySSavannah: A multiple source land surface model applied to Sahelian landscapes, Agric. For. Meteorol, 149(9), 1421-1432.
55. Schmidt, R., et al. (2006), GRACE observations of changes in continental water storage, Global Planet. Change, 50, 112-126.
56. Schmidt, R., S. Petrovic, A. Guntner, F. Barthelmes, J. Wunsch, and J. Kusche (2008), Periodic components of water storage changes from GRACE and global hydrology models, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B08419, doi:10.1029/ 2007JB005363.
57. Seitz, F., M. Schmidt, and C. K. Shum (2008), Signals of extreme weather conditions in central Europe in GRACE 4-D hydrological mass variations, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett, 268 (1-2), 165-170.
58. Sultan, B., and S. Janicot (2003), The West African monsoon dynamics. Part II: The 'preonset' and 'onset' of the summer monsoon, J. Clim., 16(21), 3407-3427. (Pubitemid 37554444)
59. Swenson, S., and J. Wahr (2006a), Estimating large-scale precipitation minus evapotranspiration from GRACE satellite gravity measurements, J. Hydrometeorol, 7, 252-270.
60. Swenson, S., and J. Wahr (2006b), Post-processing removal of correlated errors in GRACE data, Geophys. Res. Lett, 33, L08402, doi:10.1029/2005GL025285. (Pubitemid 43950130)
61. Swenson, S., J. S. Famiglietti, J. Basara, and J. Wahr (2008), Estimating profile soil moisture and groundwater variations using GRACE and Oklahoma Mesonet soil moisture data, Water Resour. Res., 44, W01413, doi:10.1029/ 2007WR006057. (Pubitemid 351304138)
62. Syed, T. H., J. S. Famiglietti, J. Chen, M. Rodell, S. I. Seneviratne, P. Viterbo, and C. R. Wilson (2005), Total basin discharge for the Amazon and Mississippi River basins from GRACE and a landatmosphere water balance, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L24404, doi:10.1029/2005GL024851. (Pubitemid 43239951)
63. Syed, T. H., J. S. Famiglietti, M. Rodell, J. Chen, and C. R. Wilson (2008), Analysis of terrestrial water storage changes from GRACE and GLDAS, Water Resour. Res., 44, W02433, doi:10.1029/2006WR005779. (Pubitemid 351442509)
64. Winsemius, H. C., H. H. G. Savenije, N. C. Van de Giesen, B. J. J. M. Van den Hurk, E. A. Zapreeva, and R. Klees (2006), Assessment of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) temporal signature over the upper Zambezi, Water Resour. Res., 42, W12201, doi:10.1029/2006WR005192. (Pubitemid 46184039)
65. Xue, Y., P. J. Sellers, J. L. Kinter, and J. Shukla (1991), A simplified biosphere model for global climate studies, J. Climate, 4, 345-364.
66. Yirdaw, S. Z., K. R. Snelgrove, and C. O. Agboma (2008), GRACE satellite observations of terrestrial moisture changes for drought characterization in the Canadian Prairie, J. Hydrol., 356, 84-92.
67. Zwarts, L., and I. Grigoras (2005), Flooding of the inner Niger delta, in The Niger, a Lifeline: Effective Water Management in the Upper Niger Basin, edited by L. Zwarts et al., pp. 43-77, RIZA, Amsterdam.