Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Assessing modern river sediment discharge to the ocean using satellite gravimetry

  • Maxime Mouyen,
  • Laurent Longuevergne,
  • Philippe Steer,
  • Alain Crave,
  • Jean-Michel Lemoine,
  • Himanshu Save,
  • Cécile Robin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05921-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Measuring rivers’ sediment discharge is critical to assess continental erosion and landscape dynamics, yet it remains a challenging task. Here the authors show that GRACE satellite helps quantifying river sediment discharge by measuring the increment in gravitational attraction due to sediment accumulation.