River basin flood potential inferred using GRACE gravity observations at several months lead time

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 588-592

  Reager, J T ^a   Thomas, B F ^a   Famiglietti, J S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

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EID: 84905257991     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2203     Document Type: Article

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