Impacts of climate variability and drought on surface water resources in Sub-Saharan Africa using remote sensing: A review

TD Bhaga, T Dube, MD Shekede, C Shoko - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Climate variability and recurrent droughts have caused remarkable strain on water
resources in most regions across the globe, with the arid and semi-arid areas being the …

Global GRACE data assimilation for groundwater and drought monitoring: Advances and challenges

B Li, M Rodell, S Kumar, HK Beaudoing… - Water Resources …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The scarcity of groundwater storage change data at the global scale hinders our ability to
monitor groundwater resources effectively. In this study, we assimilate a state‐of‐the‐art …

Water cycle science enabled by the GRACE and GRACE-FO satellite missions

M Rodell, JT Reager - Nature Water, 2023 - nature.com
Satellite observations of the time-variable gravity field revolutionized the monitoring of large-
scale water storage changes, beginning with the 2002 launch of the Gravity Recovery and …

[HTML][HTML] Spatiotemporal analysis of hydrological variations and their impacts on vegetation in semiarid areas from multiple satellite data

Y Zhu, P Luo, S Zhang, B Sun - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Understanding the spatiotemporal characteristics of hydrological components and their
impacts on vegetation are critical for comprehending hydrological, climatological, and …

Natural and human-induced terrestrial water storage change: A global analysis using hydrological models and GRACE

F Felfelani, Y Wada, L Longuevergne, YN Pokhrel - Journal of Hydrology, 2017 - Elsevier
Hydrological models and the data derived from the Gravity Recovery and Climate
Experiment (GRACE) satellite mission have been widely used to study the variations in …

Correlation between PM2. 5 pollution and its public concern in China: Evidence from Baidu Index

W Li, G Yang, X Li - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Since 2013, the severe haze has occurred in China and caused great harm; thus, public
concern regarding PM 2.5 pollution has been aroused. Evidence has proven that public …

Depletion of groundwater resources under rapid urbanisation in Africa: recent and future trends in the Nairobi Aquifer System, Kenya

S Oiro, JC Comte, C Soulsby, A MacDonald… - Hydrogeology …, 2020 - nora.nerc.ac.uk
The Nairobi volcano-sedimentary regional aquifer system (NAS) of Kenya hosts> 6 M
people, including 4.7 M people in the city of Nairobi. This work combines analysis of multi …

Spatial downscaling of GRACE-derived groundwater storage changes across diverse climates and human interventions with Random Forests

Y Wang, C Li, Y Cui, Y Cui, Y Xu, T Hora, E Zaveri… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites launched in
2002, which were followed by the GRACE Follow-On mission in 2018, represented a …

Application of random forest and multi-linear regression methods in downscaling GRACE derived groundwater storage changes

PJ Jyolsna, B Kambhammettu… - Hydrological Sciences …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The advent of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) has opened
the doors for remote monitoring of gravitational changes and its derivatives across the globe …

Water security in sub‐Saharan Africa: Understanding the status of sustainable development goal 6

E Nkiaka, RG Bryant, M Okumah… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The world is nearing the 2030 target‐year by which sustainable development goals (SDGs)
should be achieved. While other develo** regions seem to be making progress toward …