Terrestrial Water Storage: Regional Views 2003 - 2019

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The global terrestrial water storage dataset is created using the NASA Land Information System modeling framework to merge land surface model simulations with observations from satellites through data assimilation. The team uses the Noah-MP land surface model and assimilates soil moisture from the European Space Agency’s Climate Change Initiative Program (ESA CCI), leaf area index from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), and terrestrial water storage anomalies from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment and the follow-on missions (GRACE/GRACE-FO). For more information, please visit our data description page at NASA VEDA dashboard.

Global Monthly Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly from January 2003 through December 2019 showing fades from month to month.

Monthly Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly over North America from January 2003 through December 2019.

Monthly Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly over South America from January 2003 through December 2019.

Monthly Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly over Australia from January 2003 through December 2019.

Monthly Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly around the Mediterranean from January 2003 through December 2019.

Monthly Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly over Asia from January 2003 through December 2019.

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This page was originally published on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
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Related papers

W. Nie, S.V. Kumar, A. Getirana, L. Zhao, M.L. Wrzesien, G. Konapala, S.K. Ahmad, K.A. Locke, T.R. Holmes, B.D. Loomis, M. Rodell, Nonstationarity in the global terrestrial water cycle and its interlinkages in the Anthropocene, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.121 (45) e2403707121 (2024), linked here.

Datasets used

  • Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly data from global water reanalysis dataset (HydroGlobe) (Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly data from global water reanalysis dataset (HydroGlobe))

    ID: 1234
    Type: Analysis

    HydroGlobe integrates NASA's state-of-the art modeling system and remote sensing observations to reveal human impacts on the water cycle.

    This dataset can be found at: https://ldas.gsfc.nasa.gov/hydroglobe

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