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 …

Remote sensing big data for water environment monitoring: current status, challenges, and future prospects

J Chen, S Chen, R Fu, D Li, H Jiang, C Wang… - Earth's …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate water extraction and quantitative estimation of water quality are two key and
challenging issues for remote sensing of water environment. Recent advances in remote …

Climate change threatens terrestrial water storage over the Tibetan Plateau

X Li, D Long, BR Scanlon, ME Mann, X Li, F Tian… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Terrestrial water storage (TWS) over the Tibetan Plateau, a major global water tower, is
crucial in determining water transport and availability to a large downstream Asian …

Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change

Y Pokhrel, F Felfelani, Y Satoh, J Boulange… - Nature Climate …, 2021 - nature.com
Terrestrial water storage (TWS) modulates the hydrological cycle and is a key determinant of
water availability and an indicator of drought. While historical TWS variations have been …

The future of evapotranspiration: Global requirements for ecosystem functioning, carbon and climate feedbacks, agricultural management, and water resources

JB Fisher, F Melton, E Middleton, C Hain… - Water resources …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The fate of the terrestrial biosphere is highly uncertain given recent and projected changes
in climate. This is especially acute for impacts associated with changes in drought frequency …

High‐resolution CSR GRACE RL05 mascons

H Save, S Bettadpur, BD Tapley - Journal of Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The determination of the gravity model for the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
(GRACE) is susceptible to modeling errors, measurement noise, and observability issues …

Global models underestimate large decadal declining and rising water storage trends relative to GRACE satellite data

BR Scanlon, Z Zhang, H Save… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Assessing reliability of global models is critical because of increasing reliance on these
models to address past and projected future climate and human stresses on global water …

A review of remote sensing applications for water security: Quantity, quality, and extremes

I Chawla, L Karthikeyan, AK Mishra - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
Water resources are critical to the sustainability of life on Earth. With a growing population
and climate change, it is imperative to assess the security of these resources. Over the past …

Improved methods for observing Earth's time variable mass distribution with GRACE using spherical cap mascons

MM Watkins, DN Wiese, DN Yuan… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We discuss several classes of improvements to gravity solutions from the Gravity Recovery
and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission. These include both improvements in …

Remote sensing of drought: Progress, challenges and opportunities

A AghaKouchak, A Farahmand, FS Melton… - Reviews of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This review surveys current and emerging drought monitoring approaches using satellite
remote sensing observations from climatological and ecosystem perspectives. We argue …