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| author | VAGNER G. FERREIRA |
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| contents | MONITORING MASS CHANGES IN THE VOLTA RIVER BASIN USING GRACE SATELLITE GRAVITY AND TRMM PRECIPITATION VAGNER G. FERREIRA ZHENG GONG SAMUEL A. ANDAM-AKORFUL Ciencias de la Tierra Water Storage Mass Transport Equivalent Water Thickness GRACE satellite gravity data was used to estimate mass changes within the Volta River basin in West African for the period of January, 2005 to December, 2010. We also used the precipitation data from the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) to determine relative contributions source to the seasonal hydrological balance within the Volta River basin. We found out that the seasonal mass change tends to be detected by GRACE for periods from 1 month in the south to 4 months in the north of the basin after the rainfall events. The results suggested a significant gain in water storage in the basin at reference epoch 2007.5 and a dominant annual cycle for the period under consideration for both in the mass changes and rainfall time series. However, there was a low correlation between mass changes and rainfall implying that there must be other processes which cause mass changes without rainfall in the upstream of the Volta River basin. 2012 artículo científico 1413-4853 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=393937726003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3939 Boletim de Ciências Geodésicas application/pdf Universidade Federal do Paraná Boletim de Ciências Geodésicas (Brasil) Num.4 Vol.18 |
| format | Artículo científico |
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| language | en |
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| publisher | Universidade Federal do Paraná |
| spellingShingle | MONITORING MASS CHANGES IN THE VOLTA RIVER BASIN USING GRACE SATELLITE GRAVITY AND TRMM PRECIPITATION VAGNER G. FERREIRA Ciencias de la Tierra Water Storage Mass Transport Equivalent Water Thickness MONITORING MASS CHANGES IN THE VOLTA RIVER BASIN USING GRACE SATELLITE GRAVITY AND TRMM PRECIPITATION VAGNER G. FERREIRA ZHENG GONG SAMUEL A. ANDAM-AKORFUL Ciencias de la Tierra Water Storage Mass Transport Equivalent Water Thickness GRACE satellite gravity data was used to estimate mass changes within the Volta River basin in West African for the period of January, 2005 to December, 2010. We also used the precipitation data from the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) to determine relative contributions source to the seasonal hydrological balance within the Volta River basin. We found out that the seasonal mass change tends to be detected by GRACE for periods from 1 month in the south to 4 months in the north of the basin after the rainfall events. The results suggested a significant gain in water storage in the basin at reference epoch 2007.5 and a dominant annual cycle for the period under consideration for both in the mass changes and rainfall time series. However, there was a low correlation between mass changes and rainfall implying that there must be other processes which cause mass changes without rainfall in the upstream of the Volta River basin. 2012 artículo científico 1413-4853 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=393937726003 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3939 Boletim de Ciências Geodésicas application/pdf Universidade Federal do Paraná Boletim de Ciências Geodésicas (Brasil) Num.4 Vol.18 |
| title | MONITORING MASS CHANGES IN THE VOLTA RIVER BASIN USING GRACE SATELLITE GRAVITY AND TRMM PRECIPITATION |
| topic | Ciencias de la Tierra Water Storage Mass Transport Equivalent Water Thickness |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=393937726003 |