Changes in terrestrial water storage versus rainfall and discharges in the Amazon basin

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 3029-3046

  Frappart, Frédéric ^a,b   Ramillien, Guillaume ^a,b   Ronchail, Josyane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Groupe de Recherche en Géodésie Spatiale   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Amazon; GRACE; Terrestrial water cycle; TRMM

Indexed keywords

AMAZON; GRACE; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT SATELLITES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; TERRESTRIAL WATER STORAGE; TRMM; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; WATER CYCLE;

DEFORESTATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; DROUGHT; RAIN GAGES; WATER LEVELS;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; GRACE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; RAINFALL; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE DATA; TRMM; WATER STORAGE;

DEFORESTATION; DROUGHT; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; RAIN; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 84880360281     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3647     Document Type: Article

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