Benchmarking multimodel terrestrial water storage seasonal  cycle against Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment  (GRACE) observations over major global river basins

Bibi, Sadia; Zhu, Tingju; Rateb, Ashraf; Scanlon, Bridget R.; Kamran, Muhammad Aqeel; Elnashar, Abdelrazek; Bennour, Ali; Li, Ci

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-28-1725-2024

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Benchmarking multimodel terrestrial water storage seasonal cycle against Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) observations over major global river basins

Sadia Bibi, Tingju Zhu, Ashraf Rateb, Bridget R. Scanlon, Muhammad Aqeel Kamran, Abdelrazek Elnashar, Ali Bennour, and Ci Li

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