Trends in Global Freshwater Availability from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
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Originator: Rodell, M., J. S. Famiglietti, D. N. Wiese, J. T. Reager, H. K. Beaudoing, F. W. Landerer, and M.-H. Lo
Publication Date: 20190522
Title: Trends in Global Freshwater Availability from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
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Publication Place: Palisades, NY
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Online Linkage: https://doi.org/10.7927/H4TT4P2C
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Originator: Rodell, M., J. S. Famiglietti, D. N. Wiese, J. T. Reager, H. K. Beaudoing, F. W. Landerer, and M.-H. Lo
Publication Date: 20180516
Title: Emerging Trends in Global Freshwater Availability
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Series Name: Nature
Issue Identification: 557(7707): 651-659
Online Linkage: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0123-1
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The Trends in Global Freshwater Availability from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), 2002-2016, is a global gridded data set at a spatial resolution of 0.5 degrees that presents trends (rate of change measured in centimeters per year) in freshwater availability based on data obtained from 2002 to 2016 by NASA GRACE. Terrestrial water availability storage is the sum of groundwater, soil moisture, snow and ice, surface waters, and wet biomass, expressed as an equivalent height of water. GRACE measures changes in the terrestrial water cycle by assessing small changes in Earth's gravity field. This observation-based assessment of how the world's water cycle is responding to human impacts and climate variations provides an important tool for evaluating and predicting emerging threats to water and food security.
Purpose: To provide data on changes in freshwater availability in order to better understand impacts on regional food supplies, human and ecosystem health, energy generation, and social unrest.
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Beginning Date: 2002/01/01
Ending Date: 2016/12/31
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Theme Keyword: Inland Waters
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Theme Keyword: Agriculture
Theme Keyword: Climate
Theme Keyword: Remote Sensing
Theme Keyword: Sustainability
Theme Keyword: Water
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Theme Keyword: Global
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Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SURFACE WATER
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > SNOW/ICE
Theme Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > GROUND WATER
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Originator: Rodell, M., J. S. Famiglietti, D. N. Wiese, J. T. Reager, H. K. Beaudoing, F. W. Landerer, M.-H. Lo, and A.de Sherbinin
Publication Date: 20190520
Title: Documentation for the Trends in Global Freshwater Availability from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
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Publication Place: Palisades, NY
Publisher: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
Online Linkage: https://doi.org/10.7927/h4q23xbz
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Beginning Date: 2019/05/22
Ending Date: Present
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Metadata Date: 2018/12/10
Metadata Review Date: 2022/04/18
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