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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</journal-id>
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<journal-title>The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ISPRS-Archives</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">2194-9034</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Copernicus Publications</publisher-name>
<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-8-329-2014</article-id>
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<article-title>Estimation of regional mass anomalies from Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) over Himalayan region</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Agrawal</surname>
<given-names>R.</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Singh</surname>
<given-names>S. K.</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Rajawat</surname>
<given-names>A. S.</given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Ajai</surname>
<given-names></given-names>
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<addr-line>Space Applications Centre, Indian Space research Organization, Ahmedabad 380015, India</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>28</day>
<month>11</month>
<year>2014</year>
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<volume>XL-8</volume>
<fpage>329</fpage>
<lpage>332</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2014 R. Agrawal et al.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2014</copyright-year>
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<p>Time-variable gravity changes are caused by a combination of postglacial rebound, redistribution of water and snow/ice on land and
as well as in the ocean. The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite mission, launched in 2002, provides
monthly average of the spherical harmonic co-efficient. These spherical harmonic co-efficient describe earth’s gravity field with a
resolution of few hundred kilometers. Time-variability of gravity field represents the change in mass over regional level with
accuracies in cm in terms of Water Equivalent Height (WEH). The WEH reflects the changes in the integrated vertically store water
including snow cover, surface water, ground water and soil moisture at regional scale. GRACE data are also sensitive towards
interior strain variation, surface uplift and surface subsidence cover over a large area.
&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
GRACE data was extracted over the three major Indian River basins, Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra, in the Himalayas which are
perennial source of fresh water throughout the year in Northern Indian Plain. Time series analysis of the GRACE data was carried
out from 2003&amp;ndash;2012 over the study area. Trends and amplitudes of the regional mass anomalies in the region were estimated using
level 3 GRACE data product with a spatial resolution at 10 by 10 grid provided by Center for Space Research (CSR), University of
Texas at Austin. Indus basin has shown a subtle decreasing trend from 2003&amp;ndash;2012 however it was observed to be statistically
insignificant at 95 % confidence level. Ganga and Brahmaputra basins have shown a clear decreasing trend in WEH which was also
observed to be statistically significant. The trend analysis over Ganga and Brahamputra basins have shown an average annual change
of &amp;minus;1.28 cm and &amp;minus;1.06 cm in terms of WEH whereas Indus basin has shown a slight annual change of &amp;minus;0.07 cm. This analysis will be
helpful to understand the loss of mass in terms of WEH over Indian Himalayas and will be crucial for hydrological and climate
applications at regional scale.</p>
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