University of Toronto|Université de Toronto

Purpose

This project aims to develop a multi-variate data assimilation system to integrate the space-based soil moisture measurements from SMAP and SMOS and the terrestrial water storage observations from GRACE/GRACE-FO with hydrological modeling. The scientific objective is to exploit the potential of Earth observation, especially the scientific data collected through Canadian investments in space-based platforms in developing and advancing physically-based groundwater surface water computational models, thus providing evidence-based support for a better understanding of the physical processes that govern water movement in both the surface and subsurface domains of the Earth system.