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Brian F. Thomas
Researcher at University of Pittsburgh
Publications - 27
Citations - 1980
Brian F. Thomas is an academic researcher from University of Pittsburgh. The author has contributed to research in topics: Groundwater & Aquifer. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 27 publications receiving 1457 citations. Previous affiliations of Brian F. Thomas include California Institute of Technology & University of California, Berkeley.
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Quantifying renewable groundwater stress with GRACE
Alexandra S. Richey,Brian F. Thomas,Min-Hui Lo,John T. Reager,James S. Famiglietti,K. Voss,Sean Swenson,Matthew Rodell +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, renewable groundwater stress is quantified in the world's largest aquifersCharacteristic stress regimes are defined to determine the severity of stress overstressed aquifer are mainly in rangeland biomes with some croplands.
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Groundwater depletion during drought threatens future water security of the Colorado River Basin.
S. Castle,Brian F. Thomas,Brian F. Thomas,John T. Reager,John T. Reager,Matthew Rodell,Sean Swenson,James S. Famiglietti,James S. Famiglietti +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyzed 9 years of observations from the NASA Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment mission and found that during this period of sustained drought, groundwater accounted for 50.1 km3 of the total 64.8 km3 freshwater loss.
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River basin flood potential inferred using GRACE gravity observations at several months lead time
TL;DR: In this paper, a case study of the 2011 Missouri River floods demonstrates that the predisposition of a river basin to flooding can be inferred from satellite-based gravity data months in advance.
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GRACE Groundwater Drought Index: Evaluation of California Central Valley groundwater drought
Brian F. Thomas,Brian F. Thomas,James S. Famiglietti,James S. Famiglietti,Felix W. Landerer,David N. Wiese,Noah P. Molotch,Noah P. Molotch,Donald F. Argus +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an approach to evaluate groundwater drought occurrence based on observations from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite mission, which they define as the GRACE Groundwater Drought Index (GGDI).
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Uncertainty in global groundwater storage estimates in a Total Groundwater Stress framework
Alexandra S. Richey,Brian F. Thomas,Min-Hui Lo,James S. Famiglietti,Sean Swenson,Matthew Rodell +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors defined and quantified groundwater resilience with remote sensing from GRACETimescales of aquifer depletion and assessed as a Total Groundwater Stress ratio.