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Vasco DW, Kim KH, Farr TG, Reager JT, Bekaert D, Sangha SS, Rutqvist J, Beaudoing HK. Using Sentinel-1 and GRACE satellite data to monitor the hydrological variations within the Tulare Basin, California. Sci Rep 2022; 12:3867. [PMID: 35264619 PMCID: PMC8907331 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-07650-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Subsidence induced by groundwater depletion is a grave problem in many regions around the world, leading to a permanent loss of groundwater storage within an aquifer and even producing structural damage at the Earth’s surface. California’s Tulare Basin is no exception, experiencing about a meter of subsidence between 2015 and 2020. However, understanding the relationship between changes in groundwater volumes and ground deformation has proven difficult. We employ surface displacement measurements from Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) and gravimetric estimates of terrestrial water storage from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite pair to characterize the hydrological dynamics within the Tulare basin. The removal of the long-term aquifer compaction from the InSAR time series reveals coherent short-term variations that correlate with hydrological features. For example, in the winter of 2018–2019 uplift is observed at the confluence of several rivers and streams that drain into the southeastern edge of the basin. These observations, combined with estimates of mass changes obtained from the orbiting GRACE satellites, form the basis for imaging the monthly spatial variations in water volumes. This approach facilitates the quick and effective synthesis of InSAR and gravimetric datasets and will aid efforts to improve our understanding and management of groundwater resources around the world.
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Affiliation(s)
- Donald W Vasco
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Retired, Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Hydrological Sciences Lab, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, USA.,Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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Jasinski MF, Borak JS, Kumar SV, Mocko DM, Peters-Lidard CD, Rodell M, Rui H, Beaudoing HK, Vollmer BE, Arsenault KR, Li B, Bolten JD, Tangdamrongsub N. NCA-LDAS: Overview and Analysis of Hydrologic Trends for the National Climate Assessment. J Hydrometeorol 2019; 20:1595-1617. [PMID: 32908457 PMCID: PMC7477810 DOI: 10.1175/jhm-d-17-0234.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Terrestrial hydrologic trends over the conterminous United States are estimated for 1980-2015 using the National Climate Assessment Land Data Assimilation System (NCA-LDAS) reanalysis. NCA-LDAS employs the uncoupled Noah version 3.3 land surface model at 0.125°× 1258° forced with NLDAS-2 meteorology, rescaled Climate Prediction Center precipitation, and assimilated satellite-based soil moisture, snow depth, and irrigation products. Mean annual trends are reported using the nonparametric Mann-Kendall test at p < 0.1 significance. Results illustrate the interrelationship between regional gradients in forcing trends and trends in other land energy and water stores and fluxes. Mean precipitation trends range from +3 to +9 mm yr-1 in the upper Great Plains and Northeast to -1 to -9 mm yr-1 in the West and South, net radiation flux trends range from 10.05 to 10.20 W m-2 yr-1 in the East to -0.05 to -0.20 W m-2 yr-1 in the West, and U.S.-wide temperature trends average about +0.03 K yr-1. Trends in soil moisture, snow cover, latent and sensible heat fluxes, and runoff are consistent with forcings, contributing to increasing evaporative fraction trends from west to east. Evaluation of NCA-LDAS trends compared to independent data indicates mixed results. The RMSE of U.S.-wide trends in number of snow cover days improved from 3.13 to 2.89 days yr-1 while trend detection increased 11%. Trends in latent heat flux were hardly affected, with RMSE decreasing only from 0.17 to 0.16 W m-2 yr-1, while trend detection increased 2%. NCA-LDAS runoff trends degraded significantly from 2.6 to 16.1 mm yr-1 while trend detection was unaffected. Analysis also indicated that NCA-LDAS exhibits relatively more skill in low precipitation station density areas, suggesting there are limits to the effectiveness of satellite data assimilation in densely gauged regions. Overall, NCA-LDAS demonstrates capability for quantifying physically consistent, U.S. hydrologic climate trends over the satellite era.
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- Michael F. Jasinski
- Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
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- Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
- Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland
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- Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
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- Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
- Science Applications International Corporation, Greenbelt, Maryland
- Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
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- Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
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- NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
- ADNET Systems, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
- Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland
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- NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
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- Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
- Science Applications International Corporation, Greenbelt, Maryland
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- Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
- Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland
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- Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
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- Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland
- Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, Maryland
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Rodell M, Famiglietti JS, Wiese DN, Reager JT, Beaudoing HK, Landerer FW, Lo MH. Author Correction: Emerging trends in global freshwater availability. Nature 2019; 565:E7. [PMID: 30604767 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0831-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In Fig. 2 of this Analysis, the tick-mark labels on the colour bars in the second and third images from the top were inadvertently swapped. In addition, the citation at the end of the sentence, "On a monthly basis GRACE can resolve TWS changes with sufficient accuracy over scales that range from approximately 200,000 km2 at low latitudes to about 90,000 km2 near the poles" should be to ref. 4 not ref. 1. These errors have been corrected online.
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- M Rodell
- Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.,Global Institute for Water Security, School of Environment and Sustainability, and Department of Geography and Planning, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.,Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Rodell M, Famiglietti JS, Wiese DN, Reager JT, Beaudoing HK, Landerer FW, Lo MH. Emerging trends in global freshwater availability. Nature 2018; 557:651-659. [PMID: 29769728 PMCID: PMC6077847 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0123-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 298] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2017] [Accepted: 03/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Freshwater availability is changing worldwide. Here we quantify 34 trends in terrestrial water storage observed by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites during 2002-2016 and categorize their drivers as natural interannual variability, unsustainable groundwater consumption, climate change or combinations thereof. Several of these trends had been lacking thorough investigation and attribution, including massive changes in northwestern China and the Okavango Delta. Others are consistent with climate model predictions. This observation-based assessment of how the world's water landscape is responding to human impacts and climate variations provides a blueprint for evaluating and predicting emerging threats to water and food security.
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- M Rodell
- Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Global Institute for Water Security, School of Environment and Sustainability, and Department of Geography and Planning, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Atmospheric Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Khedun CP, Mishra AK, Bolten JD, Beaudoing HK, Kaiser RA, Giardino JR, Singh VP. Understanding changes in water availability in the Rio Grande/Río Bravo del Norte basin under the influence of large-scale circulation indices using the Noah land surface model. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1029/2011jd016590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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