Contributions of GRACE to understanding climate change

BD Tapley, MM Watkins, F Flechtner, C Reigber… - Nature climate …, 2019 - nature.com
Time-resolved satellite gravimetry has revolutionized understanding of mass transport in the
Earth system. Since 2002, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) has …

Using satellite-based terrestrial water storage data: a review

V Humphrey, M Rodell, A Eicker - Surveys in Geophysics, 2023 - Springer
Land water storage plays a key role for the Earth's climate, natural ecosystems, and human
activities. Since the launch of the first Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) …

[HTML][HTML] Return to rapid ice loss in Greenland and record loss in 2019 detected by the GRACE-FO satellites

I Sasgen, B Wouters, AS Gardner, MD King… - … Earth & Environment, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Between 2003-2016, the Greenland ice sheet (GrIS) was one of the largest
contributors to sea level rise, as it lost about 255 Gt of ice per year. This mass loss slowed in …

Hotspots for social and ecological impacts from freshwater stress and storage loss

X Huggins, T Gleeson, M Kummu, SC Zipper… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Humans and ecosystems are deeply connected to, and through, the hydrological cycle.
However, impacts of hydrological change on social and ecological systems are infrequently …

[HTML][HTML] How much water did Iran lose over the last two decades?

P Saemian, MJ Tourian, A AghaKouchak… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Study area Iran. Study focus Iran, once a pioneer of sustainable water
management, is currently facing water bankruptcy. Aggressive exhaustion of non-renewable …

Downscaling GRACE total water storage change using partial least squares regression

BD Vishwakarma, J Zhang, N Sneeuw - Scientific data, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite mission recorded
temporal variations in the Earth's gravity field, which are then converted to Total Water …

[HTML][HTML] How well are we able to close the water budget at the global scale?

F Lehmann, BD Vishwakarma… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2022 - hess.copernicus.org
The water budget equation describes the exchange of water between the land, ocean, and
atmosphere. Being able to adequately close the water budget gives confidence in our ability …

Analyzing the Lake Urmia restoration progress using ground-based and spaceborne observations

P Saemian, O Elmi, BD Vishwakarma… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lake Urmia, located in the North West of Iran, was once the most extensive permanent
hypersaline lake in the world. Unsustainable water management in response to increasing …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of GRACE data for water resource management in Iberia: a case study of groundwater storage monitoring in the Algarve region

MC Neves, LM Nunes, JP Monteiro - Journal of Hydrology: Regional …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Study region Iberia, Algarve basin, South Portugal. Study focus This study
evaluates the performance of several GRACE products in Iberia using the closure of the …

Forecasting GRACE data over the African watersheds using artificial neural networks

M Ahmed, M Sultan, T Elbayoumi, P Tissot - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
The GRACE-derived terrestrial water storage (TWSGRACE) provides measurements of the
mass exchange and transport between continents, oceans, and ice sheets. In this study, a …