21 June, 2021 (Syed, wr, GRACE_GLDAS)
Syed, T. H., Famiglietti, J. S., Rodell, M., Chen, J., and Wilson, C. R. (2008), Analysis of terrestrial water storage changes from GRACE and GLDAS, Water Resour. Res., 44, W02433, doi:10.1029/2006WR005779.
Introduction
This paper seemed like one of early TWS studies using the GRACE observation. I felt it as a classical one, so decided to read through, focusing on figures and the conclusion.
Message: latitudinal dominant TWS component
| Dominant TWS pool | Dominant TWS flux | |
|---|---|---|
| High latitudes | Snow water equivalent | Snowmelt-derived runoff |
| Mid latitudes | Soil moisture | Evaporation |
| Low latitudes | Soil moisture | Precipitation |
Their message can be summarized with this table.
All the figures below support this conclusion, except for the global map of major river basins.
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Other messages include:
- Some major river basins dominate the global TWS variability
- Models w/o ground water and surface water processes showed a limitation in interpreting results due to the lack of information.
