Total water storage

“Total Water Storage (TWS) is the sum of all above and below surface water storages, including canopy water, rivers and lakes, soil moisture and groundwater, and it represents a synthetic proxy of the dynamic of slow-responding hydrological quantities.” (European Commission, 2020)
 

Sources

European Commission. “Copernicus Global Drought Observatory (GDO) - GDO Indicator Factsheet: GRACE Total Water Storage Anomaly.” (2020): 1-4. https://edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu/documents/factsheets/factsheet_grace_tws_a…

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