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Groundwater storage dynamics in the world's large aquifer systems from GRACE: uncertainty and role of extreme precipitation
Mohammad Shamsudduha
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Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK
Department of Geography, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK
Richard G. Taylor
Department of Geography, University College London, London, UK
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Recent assessments of the sustainability of global groundwater resources using the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites assume that the underlying trends are linear. Here, we assess recent changes in groundwater storage (ΔGWS) in the world’s large aquifer systems using an ensemble of GRACE datasets and show that trends are mostly non-linear. Non-linearity in ΔGWS derives, in part, from the episodic nature of groundwater replenishment associated with extreme precipitation.
Recent assessments of the sustainability of global groundwater resources using the Gravity...
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