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DFG-COAST
Studying changes of sea level and water storage for coastal regions in West-Africa, using satellite and terrestrial data sets (COAST).
Period
01.06.2015 - 30.06.2018
Funding Agency
DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
Contact
Prof. Dr.-Eng. Annette Eicker
Prof. Dr.-Eng. Jürgen Kusche
M. Sc. Anne Springer
Dr.-Eng. Roelof Rietbroek
Summary
In this project we study methods for the integrated analysis of sea level and water storage for coastal regions, using space-borne (GRACE, SMOS, ASCAT, ERS1/2 and radar-altimetric) data, oceanographic (ARGO), terrestrial (tide-gauge, hydrological) data and models. We aim at investigating and quantifying ongoing effects of climate change with particular emphasis on the coastal areas of several West-African countries, and at improving hydrological modeling at the regional scale by assimilating space-borne data into dynamic models of the terrestrial hydrological cycle.
