GRACE water storage estimates for the middle east and other regions with significant reservoir and lake storage

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4817-4830

  Longuevergne, L ^a   Wilson, C R ^b   Scanlon, B R ^b   Cretaux J F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; DISTRIBUTION OF WATER; DOMINANT MECHANISM; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER STORAGE; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PRIORI INFORMATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY;

AQUIFERS; DIGITAL STORAGE; DROUGHT; ESTIMATION; EXPERIMENTS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LAKES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

GRACE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LAKE WATER; RESERVOIR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER STORAGE;

EUPHRATES BASIN; LAKE NASSER; MIDDLE EAST; TIGRIS BASIN;

EID: 84890055132     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-17-4817-2013     Document Type: Article

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