| AA | Additive approach |
| CLM | Community Land Model |
| CPC | Climate Prediction Center |
| DJKR | Danjiangkou Reservoir |
| DVM | Dutt Vishwakarma et al. [65] Method |
| GLDAS | Global Land Data Assimilation System |
| GRACE | Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment |
| GRACE-TWSA | Terrestrial Water Storage Anomaly from GRACE data |
| GWSA | GroundWater Storage Anomaly |
| HRB | Hanjiang River Basin |
| HSWSA | Human-induced Surface Water Storage Anomaly |
| ILMM | Improved Lagrange Multiplier Method |
| LMM | Lagrange Multiplier Method |
| MA | Multiplicative Approach |
| SFM | Scale factor Method |
| SMA | Soil Moisture Anomaly |
| SWSA | Surface Water Storage Anomaly |
| TRMM | Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission |
| TSWSA | Total Surface Water Storage Anomaly |
| TWSA | Terrestrial Water Storage Anomalies |
| WGHM | WaterGAP Global Hydrology Model |