Impact of Water Withdrawals from Groundwater and Surface Water on Continental Water Storage Variations

• Published in: NASA Center for AeroSpace Information (CASI). Misc. Resources
• Main Authors: Doell, Petra, Hoffmann-Dobrev, Heike, Portmann, Felix T, Siebert, Stefan, Eicker, Annette, Rodell, Matthew, Strassberg, Gil
• Format: Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Hampton NASA/Langley Research Center 01.01.2011
• Subjects: Aquifers; Electric power generation; Evapotranspiration; GRACE (experiment); Groundwater; Groundwater levels; Groundwater recharge; High plains; Households; Impact analysis; Irrigation; Livestock; Power consumption; Return flow; Surface water; Thermal power plants; Water resources; Water storage; Water table; Water use; Mississippi River

Humans have strongly impacted the global water cycle, not only water flows but also water storage. We have performed a first global-scale analysis of the impact of water withdrawals on water storage variations, using the global water resources and use model WaterGAP. This required estimation of frac...