ECS WEBINAR: GROUNDWATER STORAGE DYNAMICS IN THE WORLD'S LARGE AQUIFER SYSTEMS FROM GRACE: UNCERTAINTY AND ROLE OF EXTREME PRECIPITATION

Under variable and changing climates, distributed groundwater storage sustains vital ecosystems and enables freshwater withdrawals globally for agriculture, drinking water, and industry. This seminar explores recent (since 2002) changes in groundwater storage (ΔGWS) in 37 of the world's large (>100 000 km2) aquifer systems using satellite datasets from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and land-surface models.