Terrestrial water storage anomalies of Yangtze River Basin droughts observed by GRACE and connections with ENSO

2015 ◽  
Vol 126 ◽  
pp. 35-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zizhan Zhang ◽  
B.F. Chao ◽  
Jianli Chen ◽  
C.R. Wilson
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Yangtze River Basin ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Terrestrial Water Storage ◽  
Terrestrial Water

scholarly journals Analysis of long-term terrestrial water storage variations in the Yangtze River basin

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 1985-2000 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Huang ◽  
M. S. Salama ◽  
M. S. Krol ◽  
R. van der Velde ◽  
A. Y. Hoekstra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Yangtze River Basin ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Terrestrial Water Storage ◽  
Terrestrial Water ◽  
The Yangtze River Basin ◽  
Lower Yangtze ◽  
Gauging Station

Abstract. In this study, we analyze 32 yr of terrestrial water storage (TWS) data obtained from the Interim Reanalysis Data (ERA-Interim) and Noah model from the Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS-Noah) for the period 1979 to 2010. The accuracy of these datasets is validated using 26 yr (1979–2004) of runoff data from the Yichang gauging station and comparing them with 32 yr of independent precipitation data obtained from the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre Full Data Reanalysis Version 6 (GPCC) and NOAA's PRECipitation REConstruction over Land (PREC/L). Spatial and temporal analysis of the TWS data shows that TWS in the Yangtze River basin has decreased significantly since the year 1998. The driest period in the basin occurred between 2005 and 2010, and particularly in the middle and lower Yangtze reaches. The TWS figures changed abruptly to persistently high negative anomalies in the middle and lower Yangtze reaches in 2004. The year 2006 is identified as major inflection point, at which the system starts exhibiting a persistent decrease in TWS. Comparing these TWS trends with independent precipitation datasets shows that the recent decrease in TWS can be attributed mainly to a decrease in the amount of precipitation. Our findings are based on observations and modeling datasets and confirm previous results based on gauging station datasets.

scholarly journals Attributing Terrestrial Water Storage Variations across China to Changes in Groundwater and Human Water Use

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-21
Author(s):  
Meixia Lv ◽  
Zhuguo Ma ◽  
Naiming Yuan
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Dominant Role ◽  
Yangtze River Basin ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Terrestrial Water Storage ◽  
Huai River ◽  
Terrestrial Water ◽  
Gravity Recovery

AbstractThis study investigated the attribution of terrestrial water storage (TWS) variations across China to changes in groundwater and human water use. As one vital storage component, the groundwater storage (GWS) derived from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) mass concentration solution compared reasonably well with the in situ groundwater table depth, with the correlation coefficients ranging from −0.83 to −0.18, all of which were statistically significant at the 95% confidence level. About 71% of the trends in derived GWS had the same sign as those of observations, without systematic deviation, across China. The GWS variation contributed a large portion of the TWS trend in most regions of China, and the majority of contribution values reached 50%–150% in the Hai River basin, the Loess Plateau, and the middle portion of the Yangtze River basin. The dominant role of GWS is closely related to the detected long-term “memories” in both TWS and GWS. The increase of irrigation consumption accelerated the TWS depletion trend by 13.4% in the Huai River basin, while the decrease of consumptive agricultural water use alleviated the TWS decline rate by 4.1% in the Hai River basin. Importantly, the correlation coefficients reached 0.74–0.95 between the TWS change and the residual of precipitation, evapotranspiration, flow into the sea, and irrigation consumption in the four river basins of particular interest. The findings of this study are helpful for understanding regional water cycles in China.

The water storage change anomaly and its causes in the middle-lower reaches of Yangtze River basin

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taoyong Jin ◽  
Xiaolong Li ◽  
Zuansi Cai
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Southern Oscillation ◽  
Yangtze River Basin ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Water Storage ◽  
Enso Events ◽  
Extreme Flood ◽  
Terrestrial Water ◽  
Storage Change

<p>The three gorges dam (TGD) is always thought to have a significant impact on hydrological and climatic change in the middle-lower reaches of the Yangtze River basin (MLYRB), which can be regarded as human driven factor. The El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events are also considered have large effect in the MLYRB, which can be regarded as climate driven factor. In the study, using terrestrial water storage change anomalies (TWSA) from Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission and hydrological data, we investigate the effect of TGD and ENSO on the TWSA in MLYRB and its sub-basins. From the routinely impoundment of TGD since October 2010, the TWSA and ENSO show high correlation greater than 0.75 with a 5-month time lag, except for the upper Han River basin which is large affected by the Danjiangkou reservoir, and during two extreme flood and drought events, the TWSA and ENSO are almost consistent. It is concluded that the TWSA in the MLYRB is mainly affected by the climate driven factor, but the impoundment of TGD has limited effect. Since the relationship between TWSA and ENSO is stable during the routinely impoundment of TGD, the extreme events occurred in the MLYRB can be early warned by the ENSO index. </p>

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