Similarities and Differences in the Earth’s Water Variations Signal Provided by Grace and AMSR-E Observations Using Maximum Covariance Analysis at Various Land Cover Data Backgrounds
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Figure 1.
Land cover data of forest land (a), oxygen availability to roots (b), total cultivated land (c), and share of build-up land (d) based on Harmonized World Soil Database
Figure 2.
Seasonal patterns of ΔTWS (a), SM from band X (b), and SM from band C (c) grouped by month over time
Figure 3.
Average SM from AMSR-E and ΔTWS from GRACE grouped by latitude (a) and longitude (b)
Figure 4.
GRACE (a,b) and AMSR-E (c,d,e,f) average anomaly (a,c,e) and standard deviation (b,d,f) grouped by latitude over time
Figure 5.
GRACE ΔTWS (a,d,g,j) and AMSR-E band C (b,e,h,k) and band X (c,f,i,l) SM averaged and normalized values grouped by seasons DJF (a,b,c), MAM (g,h,i), JJA (j,k,l) and SON (j,k,l)
Figure 6.
Pearson correlation coefficient between SM from band X and C from AMSR-E (a), ΔTWS from GRACE and SM from band C from AMSR-E (b), ΔTWS from GRACE and SM from band X from AMSR-E (c)
Figure 7.
Dominant spatial pattern of water variability presended by decomposition of signal using EOF for ΔTWS from GRACE (a,d,g) and SM from AMSR-E (b,c,e,f,h,j). The first spatial pattern (EOF1) (a,b,c), the second spatial pattern (EOF2) (d,e,f), and the third spatial pattern (EOF3) (g,h,j)
Figure 8.
EOF signal amplitude for ΔTWS form GRACE (a), SM from band X from AMSR-E (b), and SM from band C from AMSR-E (c)
Figure 9.
EOF signal phase shift for ΔTWS form GRACE (a), SM from band X from AMSR-E (b), and SM from band C from AMSR-E (c)
Figure 10.
Pearson correlation over selected rivers basin between ΔTWS from GRACE and SM from band X from AMSR-E (a) and ΔTWS from GRACE and SM from band C from AMSR-E (b)
Figure 11.
Cross-correlation over selected rivers basin between ΔTWS from GRACE and SM from band X from AMSR-E (a) and ΔTWS from GRACE and SM from band C from AMSR-E (b)
Figure 12.
River basin time series containing ΔTWS and SM (a,c,e,g,i,k,m,o,q,s,u,w), TWSA and SMA (b,d,f,h,j,l,n,p,r,t,v,x) for European (a,b,c,d), North America (e,f,g,h), South America (i,j,k,l), Asian (m,n,o,p), African (q,r,s,t,w,x), and Australian (u,v) rivers