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Monitoring the response of Saudi Arabia's largest fossil aquifer system to climate variability

Othman, Abdullah, 2024. Monitoring the response of Saudi Arabia's largest fossil aquifer system to climate variability. Journal of Taibah University for Science, 18(1):2331991, doi:10.1080/16583655.2024.2331991.

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@ARTICLE{2024JTUS...1831991O,
       author = {{Othman}, Abdullah},
        title = "{Monitoring the response of Saudi Arabia's largest fossil aquifer system to climate variability}",
      journal = {Journal of Taibah University for Science},
     keywords = {Geophysics, groundwater sustainability, groundwater recharge, fossil aquifers, GRACE, Saudi Arabia},
         year = 2024,
        month = dec,
       volume = {18},
       number = {1},
          eid = {2331991},
        pages = {2331991},
     abstract = "{The study utilizes an integrated approach that involves GRACE and Global
        Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) data to analyze
        temporal water mass variations in Saudi Arabia (KSA). Recently,
        KSA has witnessed a historic wet period between 2018 and 2020
        (i.e., 120{\textendash}150 mm/year) following a prolonged dry
        period between 2002 and 2017 (i.e., 80{\textendash}100 mm/year).
        Inspection of GRACE data showed a decline in groundwater
        recharge of ‑4 to ‑6 mm during the dry period. The depletion was
        reduced by 1 to 6.8 mm in the Northeastern side of KSA (e.g.
        Hail, Al-Jouf, Al-Hudud Ash-Shamaliyah areas) during the wet
        period. This impressive recovery has led to a groundwater
        recharge increase of 360 km$^{3}$ in Hail, 174 km$^{3}$ in Al-
        Jouf and 97 km$^{3}$ in Al-Hudud Ash-Shamaliyah. The findings
        emphasize the notion that climate change will bring more
        frequent extreme climatic events to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
        and call for continuous monitoring of aquifers every year.}",
          doi = {10.1080/16583655.2024.2331991},
       adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024JTUS...1831991O},
      adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}

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