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@ARTICLE{2026GeoRL..5322946Z,
       author = {{Zhao}, Meng and {Zhang}, Runze and {A}, Geruo and {Entekhabi}, Dara},
        title = "{Vertical Coherence Dominates Decadal Land Water Storage Change Despite Hydroclimatic Extremes and Groundwater Pumping}",
      journal = {\grl},
     keywords = {surface soil moisture, total terrestrial water storage, vegetation response to water, SMAP, GRACE, trend},
         year = 2026,
        month = aug,
       volume = {53},
       number = {15},
          eid = {e2026GL122946},
        pages = {e2026GL122946},
     abstract = "{Whether surface and deeper water storage trends move in the same
        direction underpins assessments of freshwater availability.
        Theory predicts vertical coherence, yet it is untested globally
        and questioned under climate extremes and human management.
        Using depth-sensitive satellite observations spanning surface
        soil moisture (SSM) (Soil Moisture Active Passive) and total
        terrestrial water storage (GRACE/FO) for 2015─2025, we assess
        the vertical organization of multi-year land water change across
        {\ensuremath{\sim}}78 million km$^{2}$ of land. We find that
        vertical coherence dominates, with same-sign surface and total
        storage trends across >70\% of the analyzed area. Satellite
        Normalized Difference Vegetation Index reinforces this pattern,
        aligning with coherent trends and tracking deeper storage where
        surface and total trends diverge. Divergence is spatially
        clustered and linked to repeated hydroclimatic extremes or
        intensive groundwater abstraction. These results provide the
        first global observational test of vertical coherence in land
        water storage change, showing it remains dominant but can be
        weakened by depth-selective climatic and anthropogenic
        pressures.}",
          doi = {10.1029/2026GL122946},
       adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2026GeoRL..5322946Z},
      adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}