GRACE satellite monitoring of large depletion in water storage in response to the 2011 drought in Texas

Long, Di; R. Scanlon, Bridget; Longuevergne, Laurent; Y. Sun, Alexander; Fernando, Nelun; Save, Himanshu

doi:10.1002/grl.50655

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GRACE satellite monitoring of large depletion in water storage in response to the 2011 drought in Texas

Published in Geophysical Research Letters • Jun 14, 2013

Authors:

Di Long

Bridget R. Scanlon

Laurent Longuevergne

Abstract

Texas experienced the most extreme one‐year drought on record in 2011 with precipitation at 40% of long‐term mean and agricultural losses of ~$7.6 billion. We assess the value of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite‐derived total water storage (TWS) change as an alternative remo...

Subject

Environmental science

Water storage

Groundwater

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