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Application of the Regional Water Mass Variations from GRACE Satellite Gravimetry to Large-Scale Water Management in Africa

Ramillien, Guillaume, Frappart, Frédéric, and Seoane, Lucia, 2014. Application of the Regional Water Mass Variations from GRACE Satellite Gravimetry to Large-Scale Water Management in Africa. Remote Sensing, 6(8):7379–7405, doi:10.3390/rs6087379.

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@ARTICLE{2014RemS....6.7379R,
       author = {{Ramillien}, Guillaume and {Frappart}, Fr{\'e}d{\'e}ric and {Seoane}, Lucia},
        title = "{Application of the Regional Water Mass Variations from GRACE Satellite Gravimetry to Large-Scale Water Management in Africa}",
      journal = {Remote Sensing},
     keywords = {GRACE satellite mission, regional water mass solutions, water resource management, NWSAS drought, African monsoon},
         year = 2014,
        month = aug,
       volume = {6},
       number = {8},
        pages = {7379-7405},
     abstract = "{Time series of regional 2{\textdegree} {\texttimes} 2{\textdegree}
        Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) solutions of
        surface water mass change have been computed over Africa from
        2003 to 2012 with a 10-day resolution by using a new regional
        approach. These regional maps are used to describe and quantify
        water mass change. The contribution of African hydrology to
        actual sea level rise is negative and small in magnitude (i.e.,
        -0.1 mm/y of equivalent sea level (ESL)) mainly explained by the
        water retained in the Zambezi River basin. Analysis of the
        regional water mass maps is used to distinguish different zones
        of important water mass variations, with the exception of the
        dominant seasonal cycle of the African monsoon in the Sahel and
        Central Africa. The analysis of the regional solutions reveals
        the accumulation in the Okavango swamp and South Niger. It
        confirms the continuous depletion of water in the North Sahara
        aquifer at the rate of -2.3 km$^{3}$/y, with a decrease in early
        2008. Synergistic use of altimetry-based lake water volume with
        total water storage (TWS) from GRACE permits a continuous
        monitoring of sub-surface water storage for large lake drainage
        areas. These different applications demonstrate the potential of
        the GRACE mission for the management of water resources at the
        regional scale.}",
          doi = {10.3390/rs6087379},
       adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014RemS....6.7379R},
      adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}

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