Land Water Storage Changes from Ground and Space Geodesy: First Results from the GHYRAF (Gravity and Hydrology in Africa) Experiment

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1391-1410

  Hinderer, J ^a   Pfeffer, J ^a   Boucher, M ^b,f   Nahmani, S ^d   de Linage, C ^c   Boy, J P ^a,e   Genthon, P ^b   Seguis, L ^b   Favreau, G ^b   Bock, O ^d   Descloitres, M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^f GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

African monsoon; GPS; GRACE; gravimetry; MRS; Sahel; water storage

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRAVIMETERS; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER;

ABSOLUTE GRAVIMETER; AFRICAN MONSOONS; GRACE; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; LAND WATER STORAGE; SAHEL; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS; WATER STORAGE;

HYDROLOGY;

DISCHARGE; GEODESY; GPS; GRACE; GRAVIMETRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONSOON; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; WATER STORAGE;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; DJOUGOU; DONGA; ERITREA; LAKE CHAD; NIAMEY [NIGER]; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SAHEL [ERITREA];

EID: 84861166310     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-011-0417-9     Document Type: Article

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