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Influence of Land Use and Land Cover Changes and Precipitation Patterns on Groundwater Storage in the Mississippi River Watershed: Insights from GRACE Satellite Data

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العنوان: Influence of Land Use and Land Cover Changes and Precipitation Patterns on Groundwater Storage in the Mississippi River Watershed: Insights from GRACE Satellite Data
المؤلفون: Padmanava Dash, Sushant Shekhar, Varun Paul, Gary Feng
المصدر: Remote Sensing, Vol 16, Iss 22, p 4285 (2024)
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG, 2024.
سنة النشر: 2024
المجموعة: LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, GRACE, groundwater, land use and land cover, cropping patterns, precipitation patterns, Science
الوصف: Growing human demands are placing significant pressure on groundwater resources, causing declines in many regions. Identifying areas where groundwater levels are declining due to human activities is essential for effective resource management. This study investigates the influence of land use and land cover, crop types, and precipitation patterns on groundwater level trends across the Mississippi River Watershed (MRW), USA. Groundwater storage changes from 2003 to 2015 were estimated using data from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite mission. A spatiotemporal analysis was conducted at four scales: the entire MRW, groundwater regimes based on groundwater level change rates, 31 states within the MRW, and six USGS hydrologic unit code (HUC)-2 watersheds. The results indicate that the Lower Mississippi region experienced the fastest groundwater decline, with a Sen’s slope of −0.07 cm/year for the mean equivalent water thickness, which was attributed to intensive groundwater-based soybean farming. By comparing groundwater levels with changes in land use, crop types, and precipitation, trends driven by human activities were identified. This work underscores the ongoing relevance of GRACE data and the GRACE Follow-On mission, launched in 2018, which continues to provide vital data for monitoring groundwater storage. These insights are critical for managing groundwater resources and mitigating human impacts on the environment.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 2072-4292
Relation: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/22/4285; https://doaj.org/toc/2072-4292
DOI: 10.3390/rs16224285
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/1817407de2e9410197c44ca2c8eb7077
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.1817407de2e9410197c44ca2c8eb7077
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:20724292
DOI:10.3390/rs16224285