Satellite Gravimetry Applied to Drought Monitoring

Authors

Matthew Rodell, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Date of this Version

2012

Citation

Published in Remote Sensing of Drought: Innovative Monitoring Approaches, edited by Brian D. Wardlow, Martha C. Anderson, & James P. Verdin (CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, 2012).

Comments

U.S. Government Work

Abstract

11.1 Introduction...261

11.2 Satellite Gravimetry...262

11.3 Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment...263

11.4 Hydrological Science Enabled by GRACE...264

11.5 Unique and Challenging Aspects of GRACE Data...265

11.6 Disaggregating and Downscaling GRACE Data...266

11.7 Drought Monitoring with GRACE...268

11.8 Future Prospects... 272

Acknowledgments....274

References.... 274