Applications and challenges of GRACE and GRACE follow-on satellite gravimetry

J Chen, A Cazenave, C Dahle, W Llovel, I Panet… - Surveys in …, 2022 - Springer
Time-variable gravity measurements from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
(GRACE) and GRACE Follow-On (GRACE-FO) missions have opened up a new avenue of …

Emerging trends in global freshwater availability

M Rodell, JS Famiglietti, DN Wiese, JT Reager… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Freshwater availability is changing worldwide. Here we quantify 34 trends in terrestrial water
storage observed by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites …

Groundwater depletion in California's Central Valley accelerates during megadrought

PW Liu, JS Famiglietti, AJ Purdy, KH Adams… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Groundwater provides nearly half of irrigation water supply, and it enables resilience during
drought, but in many regions of the world, it remains poorly, if at all managed. In heavily …

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

BR Scanlon, Z Zhang, H Save, AY Sun… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - pnas.org
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 …

Global isotope hydrogeology―review

S Jasechko - Reviews of Geophysics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Groundwater 18O/16O, 2H/1H, 13C/12C, 3H, and 14C data can help quantify
molecular movements and chemical reactions governing groundwater recharge, quality …

GRACE groundwater drought index: Evaluation of California Central Valley groundwater drought

BF Thomas, JS Famiglietti, FW Landerer… - Remote Sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Quantitative approaches to assess the complexity of groundwater drought are hindered by
the lack of direct observations of groundwater over space and time. Here, we present an …

Human–water interface in hydrological modelling: current status and future directions

Y Wada, MFP Bierkens, A De Roo… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2017 - hess.copernicus.org
Over recent decades, the global population has been rapidly increasing and human
activities have altered terrestrial water fluxes to an unprecedented extent. The phenomenal …

Global patterns in river water storage dependent on residence time

EL Collins, CH David, R Riggs, GH Allen… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Accurate assessment of global river flows and stores is critical for informing water
management practices, but current estimates of global river flows exhibit substantial spread …

Improved modeling of snow and glacier melting by a progressive two‐stage calibration strategy with GRACE and multisource data: How snow and glacier meltwater …

X Chen, D Long, Y Hong, C Zeng… - Water Resources …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Snow and glacier melting and accumulation are important processes of the hydrological
cycle in the cryosphere, eg, high‐mountain areas. Glaciers and snow cover respond to …

Evapotranspiration estimation for Tibetan Plateau headwaters using conjoint terrestrial and atmospheric water balances and multisource remote sensing

X Li, D Long, Z Han, BR Scanlon, Z Sun… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Satellite remote sensing combined with water balance calculations provides a promising
approach to estimating evapotranspiration (ET), a critical variable in water‐energy …