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Using Geodetic Data to Monitor Hydrological Drought at Different Spatial Scales: A Case Study of Brazil and the Amazon Basin

Luo, Xinyu, Wu, Tangting, Lu, Liguo, Chao, Nengfang, Liu, Zhanke, and Peng, Yujie, 2025. Using Geodetic Data to Monitor Hydrological Drought at Different Spatial Scales: A Case Study of Brazil and the Amazon Basin. Remote Sensing, 17(10):1670, doi:10.3390/rs17101670.

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@ARTICLE{2025RemS...17.1670L,
       author = {{Luo}, Xinyu and {Wu}, Tangting and {Lu}, Liguo and {Chao}, Nengfang and {Liu}, Zhanke and {Peng}, Yujie},
        title = "{Using Geodetic Data to Monitor Hydrological Drought at Different Spatial Scales: A Case Study of Brazil and the Amazon Basin}",
      journal = {Remote Sensing},
     keywords = {GNSS vertical displacement, GRACE/GFO, terrestrial water storage, hydrological drought, Brazil},
         year = 2025,
        month = may,
       volume = {17},
       number = {10},
          eid = {1670},
        pages = {1670},
     abstract = "{Geodetic data, especially from the Global Navigation Satellite System
        (GNSS) and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)/GRACE
        Follow-On (GFO), are extensively employed in hydrological
        drought monitoring across various spatial scales due to their
        unique spatial resolution. In recent years, Brazil has
        experienced some of the most severe drought events in decades.
        This study focuses on Brazil and its northeastern Amazon Plain,
        investigates the spatiotemporal characteristics of terrestrial
        water storage (TWS) changes, and calculates the hydrological
        drought severity index (DSI) and meteorological drought index
        for comprehensive analysis of drought conditions. The results
        indicate that the time series of TWS changes derived from
        different data sources are highly correlated, with correlation
        coefficients exceeding 0.85, and are consistent with the trend
        of precipitation variation, reflecting notable seasonal
        fluctuations, i.e., an increase in precipitation during the
        spring and summer seasons leads to a rise in TWS, while a
        decrease in precipitation during the autumn and winter seasons
        triggers a reduction in TWS. In terms of spatial distribution,
        the annual amplitude of TWS variation is most pronounced in the
        northeastern Amazon Plain. The highest amplitude, approximately
        800 mm, is observed near the Amazon River Basin, and this
        amplitude gradually weakens from northeast to southwest. GNSS
        and GRACE/GFO data reveal four hydrological drought events in
        Brazil from 2013 to 2024, with two of these events detected
        using GRACE/GFO data. The most severe droughts occurred between
        2023 and 2024, primarily driven by prolonged precipitation
        deficits and the El Ni{\~n}o phenomenon, lasting up to nine
        months. Additionally, three distinct drought events were
        identified in the Amazon Plain, suggesting that its hydrological
        dynamics significantly influenced Brazil's drought conditions.
        These results demonstrate the capability of geodetic data to
        effectively monitor water deficit and drought duration on both
        small spatial scales and short timeframes, thereby providing
        crucial support for timely responses to and the management of
        hydrological drought events.}",
          doi = {10.3390/rs17101670},
       adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025RemS...17.1670L},
      adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}

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