DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070821
论文题名: SMAP observes flooding from land to sea: The Texas event of 2015
作者: Fournier S. ; Reager J.T. ; Lee T. ; Vazquez-Cuervo J. ; David C.H. ; Gierach M.M.
刊名: Geophysical Research Letters
ISSN: 0094-8547
EISSN: 1944-8278
出版年: 2016
卷: 43, 期: 19 起始页码: 10338
结束页码: 10346
语种: 英语
英文关键词: flood
; Gulf of Mexico
; plume
; salinity
; SMAP
; Texas
Scopus关键词: Moisture
; NASA
; Ocean currents
; Rain
; Soil moisture
; Soil surveys
; Soils
; Surface waters
; Gulf of Mexico
; Plume
; Salinity
; SMAP
; Texas
; Floods
英文摘要: Floods can have damaging impacts on both land and sea, yet studies of flooding events tend to focus on only one side of the land/sea continuum. Here we present the first two-sided analysis, focusing on the May 2015 severe flooding in Texas. Our investigation benefits from simultaneous measurements of land surface soil moisture and sea surface salinity from NASA's recent Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission as well as ancillary data. We report the comprehensive chronology of the flooding: above average rainfall preceding the flood caused soils to saturate; record rainfall then generated record river discharge; and subsequently, an unusual freshwater plume associated with anomalous ocean currents formed in the north central Gulf of Mexico. Together with the Mississippi River plume, a rare “horseshoe” pattern was created that may have significant biogeochemical implications. Such integrated land/sea analysis of flood evolution can improve impact assessments of future extreme flooding events. ©2016. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84990876476&doi=10.1002%2f2016GL070821&partnerID=40&md5=1dda9fea9c98d73bea03c4772d3cbebc
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资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/9510
Appears in Collections: 科学计划与规划 气候变化与战略
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作者单位: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Recommended Citation:
Fournier S.,Reager J.T.,Lee T.,et al. SMAP observes flooding from land to sea: The Texas event of 2015[J]. Geophysical Research Letters,2016-01-01,43(19).