Dynamics of surface water storage in the Amazon inferred from measurements of inter-satellite distance change Export

@article{citeulike:4911848, abstract = {Terrestrial water storage in the Amazon basin and its surrounding areas is studied by exploring the instantaneous measurements of distance changes between two satellites from the GRACE mission. The surface water in the channels and floodplains can be significant in weighing total water storage. Its magnitude can be as large as soil moisture perturbing the motions of the satellites to a detectable amount by the on-board instrument. The river runoff routing simulations indicate the effective velocity throughout the Amazon basin over the years is about 30 cm/s with significant seasonal change. The lower velocity, during rising stages and peak water season, and the faster velocity, during falling stages, are delineated from the observations. The backwater effects may impact such seasonal change on the overall flow velocity. Direct assimilation of GRACE tracking data can contribute to land surface dynamic processes by resolving the time scale of transport in rivers and streams. }, author = {Han, Shin-Chan and Kim, Hyungjun and Yeo, In-Young and Yeh, Pat and Oki, Taikan and Seo, Ki-Weon and Alsdorf, Doug and Luthcke, Scott B.}, citeulike-article-id = {4911848}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2009/2009GL037910.shtml}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009GL037910}, day = {12}, doi = {10.1029/2009GL037910}, issn = {0094-8276}, journal = {Geophysical Research Letters}, keywords = {altimetry, amazon, grace, hydrology, remotesensing, rivers, runoff, seasonality, soil\_water, surfacewater, water\_balance}, month = {May}, number = {9}, pages = {L09403+}, posted-at = {2009-06-19 22:13:31}, priority = {2}, title = {Dynamics of surface water storage in the Amazon inferred from measurements of inter-satellite distance change}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009GL037910}, volume = {36}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4911848 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4911848 N2 - Terrestrial water storage in the Amazon basin and its surrounding areas is studied by exploring the instantaneous measurements of distance changes between two satellites from the GRACE mission. The surface water in the channels and floodplains can be significant in weighing total water storage. Its magnitude can be as large as soil moisture perturbing the motions of the satellites to a detectable amount by the on-board instrument. The river runoff routing simulations indicate the effective velocity throughout the Amazon basin over the years is about 30 cm/s with significant seasonal change. The lower velocity, during rising stages and peak water season, and the faster velocity, during falling stages, are delineated from the observations. The backwater effects may impact such seasonal change on the overall flow velocity. Direct assimilation of GRACE tracking data can contribute to land surface dynamic processes by resolving the time scale of transport in rivers and streams. IS - 9 JF - Geophysical Research Letters SN - 0094-8276 TI - Dynamics of surface water storage in the Amazon inferred from measurements of inter-satellite distance change VL - 36 SP - L09403 KW - altimetry KW - amazon KW - grace KW - hydrology KW - remotesensing KW - rivers KW - runoff KW - seasonality KW - soil_water KW - surfacewater KW - water_balance AU - Han, Shin-Chan AU - Kim, Hyungjun AU - Yeo, In-Young AU - Yeh, Pat AU - Oki, Taikan AU - Seo, Ki-Weon AU - Alsdorf, Doug AU - Luthcke, Scott PY - 2009/05/12/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2009GL037910 ER -