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Short-Term and Long-Term Replenishment of Water Storage Influenced by Lockdown and Policy Measures in Drought-Prone Regions of Central India

Bhanja, Soumendra N. and Sekhar, M., 2022. Short-Term and Long-Term Replenishment of Water Storage Influenced by Lockdown and Policy Measures in Drought-Prone Regions of Central India. Remote Sensing, 14(8):1768, doi:10.3390/rs14081768.

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@ARTICLE{2022RemS...14.1768B,
       author = {{Bhanja}, Soumendra N. and {Sekhar}, M.},
        title = "{Short-Term and Long-Term Replenishment of Water Storage Influenced by Lockdown and Policy Measures in Drought-Prone Regions of Central India}",
      journal = {Remote Sensing},
     keywords = {terrestrial water storage anomaly (TWSA), water storage forecasting, prediction, GRACE, GRACE follow-on, central India, Vidarbha},
         year = 2022,
        month = apr,
       volume = {14},
       number = {8},
          eid = {1768},
        pages = {1768},
     abstract = "{Central India faces a freshwater shortage due to its diverse terrain,
        sudden change in precipitation patterns and crystalline rock
        covered subsurface. Here, we investigate the patterns in
        terrestrial water storage anomaly (TWSA) over the last two
        decades, and also study the influence of the COVID-19 lockdown
        on TWSA in the drought-prone regions of central India, mostly
        covering the Vidarbha region of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
        The Vidarbha region is arguably the most drought-affected region
        in terms of farmer suicides due to crop failure. Our forecast
        data using multiple statistical approaches show a net TWSA rise
        in the order of 3.65 to 19.32 km$^{3}$ in the study area in May
        2020. A short-term rise in TWSA in April-May of 2020 is
        associated with lockdown influenced human activity reduction. A
        long-term rise in TWSA has been observed in the study region in
        recent years; the rising TWSA trend is not directly associated
        with precipitation patterns, rather it may be attributed to the
        implementation of water management policies.}",
          doi = {10.3390/rs14081768},
       adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022RemS...14.1768B},
      adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}

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