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Here, we utilized an integrated approach to combine remote sensing imagery, digital elevation model, and satellite radar and laser altimetry data, to quantify freshwater storage change in a twin lake system named Chibuzhang Co and Dorsoidong Co in the central TP, and compared that with independent observations including mass changes from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) data. Our results show that this twin lake, located within the Tanggula glacier system, remained almost steady during 1973\u20132000. However, Dorsoidong Co has experienced a significant lake level rise since 2000, especially during 2000\u20132005, that resulted in the plausible connection between the two lakes. The contemporary increasing lake level signal at a rate of 0.89 \u00b1 0.05 cm\u00b7yr\u22121, in a 2\u00b0 by 2\u00b0 grid equivalent water height since 2002, is higher than the GRACE observed trend at 0.41 \u00b1 0.17 cm\u00b7yr\u22121 during the same time span. Finally, a down-turning trend or inter-annual variability shown in the GRACE signal is observed after 2012, while the lake level is still rising at a consistent rate.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs8060441","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,5,24]],"date-time":"2016-05-24T21:53:40Z","timestamp":1464126820000},"page":"441","update-policy":"https:\/\/linproxy.fan.workers.dev:443\/https\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Quantifying Freshwater Mass Balance in the Central Tibetan Plateau by Integrating Satellite Remote Sensing, Altimetry, and Gravimetry"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"8","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/linproxy.fan.workers.dev:443\/https\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3581-076X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kuo-Hsin","family":"Tseng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, National Central University, 32001 Taoyuan, Taiwan"},{"name":"Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, 32001 Taoyuan, Taiwan"},{"name":"Institute of Hydrological and Oceanic Sciences, National Central University, 32001 Taoyuan, Taiwan"}]},{"given":"Chung-Pai","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, 32001 Taoyuan, Taiwan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/linproxy.fan.workers.dev:443\/https\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9378-4067","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"C.","family":"Shum","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Geodetic Science, School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth\u2019s Dynamics, Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 43077, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/linproxy.fan.workers.dev:443\/https\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3449-995X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chung-Yen","family":"Kuo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geomatics, National Cheng-Kung University, 70101 Tainan, Taiwan"}]},{"given":"Kuan-Ting","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Civil Engineering, National Central University, 32001 Taoyuan, Taiwan"}]},{"given":"Kun","family":"Shang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Geodetic Science, School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA"}]},{"given":"Yuanyuan","family":"Jia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Geodetic Science, School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/linproxy.fan.workers.dev:443\/https\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5828-2889","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jian","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Geodetic Science, School of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,5,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"415","DOI":"10.1007\/s11442-016-1277-0","article-title":"Changes in inland lakes on the Tibetan Plateau over the past 40 years","volume":"26","author":"Fang","year":"2016","journal-title":"J. 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