| Titre | Groundwater depletion in Central Mexico: Use of GRACE and InSAR to support water resources management |
| Auteur | Castellazzi, P; Martel, R; Rivera, A; Huang, J; Pavlic, G; Calderhead, A; Chaussard, E; Garfias, J; Salas, J |
| Source | Water Resources Research vol. 52, 2016 p. 5985-6003, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR018211 (Accès ouvert) |
| Année | 2016 |
| Séries alt. | Ressources naturelles Canada, Contribution externe 20170057 |
| Éditeur | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Document | publication en série |
| Lang. | anglais |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR018211 |
| Media | papier; en ligne; numérique |
| Formats | pdf |
| Lat/Long OENS | -106.0000 -100.0000 26.0000 20.0000 |
| Sujets | eau souterraine; ressources en eau souterraine; méthodes de collecte de données de terrain; humidité du sol; affaissement; bassins versants; télédétection; hydrogéologie |
| Illustrations | formulae; location maps; graphs; tables; geological sketch maps; photographs; bar graphs |
| Diffusé | 2016 08 11 |
| Résumé | (disponible en anglais seulement)
Groundwater deficits occur in several areas of Central Mexico, where water resource assessment is limited by the availability and reliability of field data. In
this context, GRACE and InSAR are used to remotely assess groundwater storage loss in one of Mexico's most important watersheds in terms of size and economic activity: the Lerma-Santiago-Pacifico (LSP). In situ data and Land Surface Models are used
to subtract soil moisture and surface water storage changes from the total water storage change measured by GRACE satellites. As a result, groundwater mass change time-series are obtained for a 12 years period. ALOS-PALSAR images acquired from 2007
to 2011 were processed using the SBAS-InSAR algorithm to reveal areas subject to ground motion related to groundwater over-exploitation. In the perspective of providing guidance for groundwater management, GRACE and InSAR observations are compared
with official water budgets and field observations. InSAR-derived subsidence mapping generally agrees well with official water budgets, and shows that deficits occur mainly in cities and irrigated agricultural areas. GRACE does not entirely detect
the significant groundwater losses largely reported by official water budgets, literature and InSAR observations. The difference is interpreted as returns of wastewater to the groundwater flow systems, which limits the watershed scale groundwater
depletion but suggests major impacts on groundwater quality. This phenomenon is enhanced by ground fracturing as noticed in the field. Studying the fate of the extracted groundwater is essential when comparing GRACE data with higher resolution
observations, and particularly in the perspective of further InSAR/GRACE combination in hydrogeology. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 300840 |
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