Testing the use of standardised indices and GRACE satellite data to estimate the European 2015 groundwater drought in near-real time

In 2015, central and eastern Europe were affected by a severe drought. This event has recently been studied from meteorological and streamflow perspective, but no analysis of the groundwater situation has been performed. One of the reasons is that real-time groundwater level observations often are n...

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Main Authors: A. F. Van Loon, R. Kumar, V. Mishra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-04-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/21/1947/2017/hess-21-1947-2017.pdf