Terrestrial Water-Storage Contributions to Sea-Level Rise and Variability

Understanding Sea-Level Rise and Variability

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 226-255

  Milly, P C D ^a   Cazenave, Anny ^b   Famiglietti, James S ^c   Gornitz, Vivien ^d   Laval, Katia ^e   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^f   Sahagian, Dork L ^g   Wahr, John M ^h   Wilson, Clark R ⁱ  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiale   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate driven changes of terrestrial water storage; Gain or loss of water by continents equal loss or gain of water by oceans; GRACE space gravity data mass changes yielding measurements of spatiotemporal variations of gravity field; In situ gauging networks, time series of river water levels and discharge; Sea level, measured by satellite altimetry TOPEX Poseidon, Jason 1, and Jason 2 missions; SWOT, Surface Water Ocean Topography and HYDROS soil moisture and ocean salinity; Terrestrial water storage and change in climate variations and human activities; Terrestrial water storage and direct anthropogenic changes; Terrestrial water storage contributions to sea level rise and variability; Urbanization, and strong impact on water balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885743185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444323276.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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