@article{fdi:010055865,
  title = {{C}hanges in land surface water dynamics since the 1990s and relation to population pressure},
  author = {{P}rigent, {C}. and {P}apa, {F}abrice and {A}ires, {F}. and {J}imenez, {C}. and {R}ossow, {W}. {B}. and {M}atthews, {E}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{W}e developed a remote sensing approach based on multi-satellite observations, which provides an unprecedented estimate of monthly distribution and area of land-surface open water over the whole globe. {R}esults for 1993 to 2007 exhibit a large seasonal and inter-annual variability of the inundation extent with an overall decline in global average maximum inundated area of 6% during the fifteen-year period, primarily in tropical and subtropical {S}outh {A}merica and {S}outh {A}sia. {T}he largest declines of open water are found where large increases in population have occurred over the last two decades, suggesting a global scale effect of human activities on continental surface freshwater: denser population can impact local hydrology by reducing freshwater extent, by draining marshes and wetlands, and by increasing water withdrawals. {C}itation: {P}rigent, {C}., {F}. {P}apa, {F}. {A}ires, {C}. {J}imenez, {W}. {B}. {R}ossow, and {E}. {M}atthews (2012), {C}hanges in land surface water dynamics since the 1990s and relation to population pressure, {G}eophys. {R}es. {L}ett., 39, {L}08403, doi:10.1029/2012{GL}051276.},
  keywords = {{ASIE} {DU} {SUD} ; {AMERIQUE} {DU} {SUD}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}eophysical {R}esearch {L}etters},
  volume = {39},
  numero = {},
  pages = {{L}08403},
  ISSN = {0094-8276},
  year = {2012},
  DOI = {10.1029/2012gl051276},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010055865},
}