GRACE satellite monitoring and driving factors analysis of groundwater storage under high-intensity coal mining conditions: a case study of Ordos, northern Shaanxi and Shanxi, China

Chen, Xuhui; Jiang, Jinbao; Lei, Tianjie; Yue, Chong

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2020

Chen, Xuhui | Jiang, Jinbao | Lei, Tianjie | Yue, Chong

Coal mining in northwestern China is an important industry. For the traditional monitoring of water resources in coal-rich regions, a single monitoring well or remote-sensing image is often used to obtain the groundwater level or water body area. The process is restricted by the spatial distribution of monitoring wells and the quality of remote sensing images. The regions of Ordos, Northern Shaanxi (including Yan’an and Yulin cities), herein collectively referred to as OYY, and Shanxi (SX) were studied. Here, groundwater storage anomalies (GWSA) were derived using the gravity recovery and climate experiment (GRACE) satellite data and WaterGAP global hydrology model, and the change trend of groundwater storage (GWS) was explored. Using time series analysis and grey slope relational analysis, the potential driving factors of regional GWSA were derived and considered independent variables. In combination with GWSA, the quantitative relationship between the variables was established by partial least squares regression. Results showed that: (1) the decreasing rate of GWS in OYY and SX reached –0.65 and –1.16 cm/year, respectively, from 2003 to 2014; (2) the main driving factors leading to the reduction of GWS included coal-mining water consumption for OYY and water consumption by coal mining and agricultural irrigation for SX, and the weights of water consumption by coal mining and agricultural irrigation for SX were both 50%. Therefore, GRACE satellite data show good application in groundwater monitoring of coal-mining concentrated areas, providing an important basis for the formulation of water resource management measures.

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