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 …

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) …

The evolution of process-based hydrologic models: historical challenges and the collective quest for physical realism

MP Clark, MFP Bierkens, L Samaniego… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2017 - hess.copernicus.org
The diversity in hydrologic models has historically led to great controversy on the correct
approach to process-based hydrologic modeling, with debates centered on the adequacy of …

Influences of recent climate change and human activities on water storage variations in Central Asia

H Deng, Y Chen - Journal of Hydrology, 2017 - Elsevier
Terrestrial water storage (TWS) change is an indicator of climate change. Therefore, it is
helpful to understand how climate change impacts water systems. In this study, the influence …

Assimilation of gridded GRACE terrestrial water storage estimates in the North American Land Data Assimilation System

SV Kumar, BF Zaitchik… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
The objective of the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) is to provide
best-available estimates of near-surface meteorological conditions and soil hydrological …

Comparison of data‐driven techniques to reconstruct (1992–2002) and predict (2017–2018) GRACE‐like gridded total water storage changes using climate inputs

F Li, J Kusche, R Rietbroek, Z Wang… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission ended its
operation in October 2017, and the GRACE Follow‐On mission was launched only in May …

Catchment water storage variation with elevation

M Staudinger, M Stoelzle, S Seeger… - Hydrological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most important functions of catchments is the storage of water. Catchment storage
buffers meteorological extremes and interannual streamflow variability, controls the …

The role of satellite-based remote sensing in improving simulated streamflow: A review

D Jiang, K Wang - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
A hydrological model is a useful tool to study the effects of human activities and climate
change on hydrology. Accordingly, the performance of hydrological modeling is vitally …

Improved water balance component estimates through joint assimilation of GRACE water storage and SMOS soil moisture retrievals

S Tian, P Tregoning, LJ Renzullo… - Water Resources …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The accuracy of global water balance estimates is limited by the lack of observations at large
scale and the uncertainties of model simulations. Global retrievals of terrestrial water storage …

Constraining conceptual hydrological models with multiple information sources

RC Nijzink, S Almeida, IG Pechlivanidis… - Water Resources …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The calibration of hydrological models without streamflow observations is problematic, and
the simultaneous, combined use of remotely sensed products for this purpose has not been …