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Evaluation of Terrestrial Water Storage Changes over China Based on GRACE Solutions and Water Balance Method

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  • Menglin Zhang

    (Beijing Water Science and Technology Institute, Beijing 100048, China)

  • Yanguo Teng

    (Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation of Ministry of Education of China, College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China)

  • Yazhen Jiang

    (State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environment Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China)

  • Wenjie Yin

    (Center for Satellite Application on Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), Beijing 100094, China)

  • Xuelei Wang

    (Center for Satellite Application on Ecology and Environment, Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), Beijing 100094, China)

  • Dasheng Zhang

    (Hebei Institute of Water Science, Shijiazhuang 050051, China)

  • Jinfeng Liao

    (Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China)

Abstract

Accurate estimation of terrestrial water storage anomalies (TWSA) is crucial for the sustainable management of water resources and human living. In this study, long-term TWSA estimates are reconstructed by integration of multiple meteorological products and the water balance (WB) method at 0.5° × 0.5° resolution, generating a total of 12 combinations of different meteorological data. This scheme is applied to 10 river basins (RBs) within China and validated against GRACE observations and GLDAS simulations from 2003 to 2020. Results indicate that similar seasonal characteristics can be observed between different precipitation and evapotranspiration products with the average correlation coefficient and Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency coefficient metrics larger than 0.96 and 0.90, respectively. Three GRACE solutions indicate similar seasonal variations and long-term trends of TWSA over 10 RBs, with the correlation above 0.90. Similar performance can also be observed concerning the root mean square error and mean absolute error metrics. Nevertheless, WB-based TWSA estimates represent larger discrepancies compared to GRACE observations and GLDAS simulations. Specifically, the variation amplitude and long-term trend of WB-based results are much larger than that of the GRACE observations, which is mainly caused by the inaccuracy of remote sensing products and the neglect of anthropogenic activities. Comparable TWSA estimates independently computed from the WB method can only be achieved in 4 out of 10 RBs. This study can provide insightful suggestions for an enhanced understanding of TWSA estimates and improving the performance of the water balance method.

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  • Menglin Zhang & Yanguo Teng & Yazhen Jiang & Wenjie Yin & Xuelei Wang & Dasheng Zhang & Jinfeng Liao, 2022. "Evaluation of Terrestrial Water Storage Changes over China Based on GRACE Solutions and Water Balance Method," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-20, September.
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