Assimilation of GRACE terrestrial water storage into a land surface model: Evaluation and potential value for drought monitoring in western and central Europe
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Li, B.[Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, United States, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States]
Rodell, M.[Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States]
Zaitchik, B. F.[Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States]
Reichle, R. H.[Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States]
Koster, R. D.[Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States]
van Dam, Tonie[University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Engineering Research Unit >]
[en] Data assimilation ; GRACE terrestrial water storage ; Groundwater ; Runoff ; Soil moisture ; Central Europe ; Drought monitoring ; Gravity recovery and climate experiment satellites ; In-situ data ; Kalman smoother ; Land surface models ; Mass imbalance ; Meteorological forcing ; Model physics ; Normalized difference vegetation index datum ; Potential values ; Root mean square errors ; Root zone ; Seasonality ; Significant impacts ; Space and time ; Temporal correlations ; Terrestrial water storage ; Warm seasons ; Catchments ; Data processing ; Drought ; Mean square error ; NASA ; Vegetation ; Geodetic satellites ; GRACE ; MODIS ; NDVI ; Central Europe ; Western Europe