@article{BoergensGuentnerDobslawetal.2020,
  author    = {Boergens, Eva and G{\"u}ntner, Andreas and Dobslaw, Henryk and Dahle, Christoph},
  title     = {Quantifying the Central European droughts in 2018 and 2019 with GRACE Follow-On},
  series = {Geophysical research letters : GRL},
  volume    = {47},
  journal   = {Geophysical research letters : GRL},
  number    = {14},
  publisher = {American Geophysical Union},
  address   = {Washington, DC},
  issn      = {0094-8276},
  doi       = {10.1029/2020GL087285},
  pages     = {9},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {The GRACE-FO satellites launched in May 2018 are able to quantify the water mass deficit in Central Europe during the two consecutive summer droughts of 2018 and 2019. Relative to the long-term climatology, the water mass deficits were-112 +/- 10.5 Gt in 2018 and-145 +/- 12 Gt in 2019. These deficits are 73\% and 94\% of the mean amplitude of seasonal water storage variations, which is so severe that a recovery cannot be expected within 1 year. The water deficits in 2018 and 2019 are the largest in the whole GRACE and GRACE-FO time span. Globally, the data do not show an offset between the two missions, which proves the successful continuation of GRACE by GRACE-FO and thus the reliability of the observed extreme events in Central Europe. This allows for a joint assessment of the four Central European droughts in 2003, 2015, 2018, and 2019 in terms of total water storage deficits.},
  language  = {en}
}