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Technische Universität München
Technische Universität München

Ingenieurinstitut für Astronomische und Physikalische Geodäsie

Mass change in the Earth System

- water storage, sea level, ice sheets, crust-mantle dynamics, and others -

We started a survey on user requirements for future satellite gravity missions and would like users to participate

Abstract

Mass changes on and below the Earth surface, such as from water storage variations, groundwater use, glacier melt, sea level change, earthquakes, among many others, can be observed by satellite gravimetry. 

Since 2002, the GRACE and GRACE-FO satellite gravity missions have been observing changes in the Earth’s gravity field that can be converted to mass changes with an accuracy of 2 cm water equivalent at a spatial resolution of about 300km for monthly data. ESA and NASA are currently planning a double-pair satellite constellation MAGIC (envisaged time frame: 2028-2038), which promises an enhanced spatial and temporal resolution compared to GRACE/-FO. 

After that, e.g. 15 years into the future, the QSG4EMT (Quantum Space Gravimetry for monitoring Earth’s Mass Transport Processes) mission may provide even larger improvements in spatial and temporal resolution of mass change data, significantly expanding the potential range of applications. 

The purpose of this questionnaire is to compile user requirements for such novel mission concepts.

The survey will take approximately 15 minutes.

Das Ingenieurinstitut besteht aus:

Lehrstuhl für Astronomische und Physikalische Geodäsie

Univ.-Prof. Dr.techn. Mag.rer.nat. Roland Pail

Professur für Satellitengeodäsie

Univ.-Prof. Dr.phil.nat. Urs Hugentobler

aktuelle Publikationen

  • Montenbruck, O.; Steigenberger, P.; Hugentobler, U.: Enhanced solar radiation pressure modeling for Galileo satellites. Journal of Geodesy 89 (3), 2015, 283-297 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Göttl, F.; Schmidt, M.; Seitz, F.; Bloßfeld, M.: Separation of atmospheric, oceanic and hydrological polar motion excitation mechanisms based on a combination of geometric and gravimetric space observations. Journal of Geodesy 89 (4), 2015, 377-390 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Glaser, S.; Fritsche, M.; Sośnica, K.; Rodríguez-Solano, C.J.; Wang, K.; Dach, R.; Hugentobler, U.; Rothacher, M.; Dietrich, R.: A consistent combination of GNSS and SLR with minimum constraints. Journal of Geodesy 89 (12), 2015, 1165-1180 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Hackel, S.; Steigenberger, P.; Hugentobler, U.; Uhlemann, M.; Montenbruck, O.: Galileo orbit determination using combined GNSS and SLR observations. GPS Solutions 19 (1), 2015, 15-25 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Pail, R.; Bingham, R.; Braitenberg, C.; Dobslaw, H.; Eicker, A.; Güntner, A.; Horwath, M.; Ivins, E.; Longuevergne, L.; Panet, I.; Wouters, B.: Science and User Needs for Observing Global Mass Transport to Understand Global Change and to Benefit Society. Surveys in Geophysics 36 (6), 2015, 743-772 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Zhu, X.X.; Montazeri, S.; Gisinger, C.; Hanssen, R.; Bamler, R.: Geodetic SAR Tomography. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 54/2016 (1), 2015, 18-35 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Glaser, S.; Fritsche, M.; Sośnica, K.; Rodríguez-Solano, C.J.; Wang, K.; Dach, R.; Hugentobler, U.; Rothacher, M.; Dietrich, R.: Erratum to: A consistent combination of GNSS and SLR with minimum constraints. Journal of Geodesy 89 (12), 2015, 1181-1182 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Kutterer, H.; Seitz, F.; Alkhatib, H.; Schmidt, M.: Kutterer, H.; Seitz, F.; Alkhatib, H.; Schmidt, M. (Hrsg.): The 1st International Workshop on the Quality of Geodeic Observation and Monitoring Systems (QuGOMS'11). Band 140. IAG Symposia. Springer, 2015 mehr… BibTeX
  • Pail, R.; IUGG, Writing Team: Observing Mass Transport to Understand Global Change and Benefit Society: Science and User Needs. Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Kommission beim Verlag C.H. Beck, 2015, mehr… BibTeX
  • Rexer, M.; Pail, R.; Fecher, T.; Meyer, U.: Time Variable Gravity: Contributions of GOCE Satellite Data to Monthly and Bi-monthly GRACE Gravity Field Estimates. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Gravity, Geoid and Height Systems (GGHS2012), Springer, 2015 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Alothman, A.; Bouman, J.; Gruber, Th.; Lieb, V.; Alsubaei, M.; Alomar, A.; Fuchs, M.; Schmidt, M.: Validation of Regional Geoid Models for Saudi Arabia Using GPS/Levelling Data and GOCE Models. Proceedings of the IAG Symposium GGHS2012, October 9-12, 2012, Venice, Italy, Springer, 2015 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Claessens, S.J.; Hirt, C.: A surface spherical harmonic expansion of gravity anomalies on the ellipsoid. Journal of Geodesy 89 (10), 2015, 1035-1048 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI ) Volltext (mediaTUM)
  • Rexer, M.; Hirt, C.: Ultra-high-Degree Surface Spherical Harmonic Analysis Using the Gauss-Legendre and the Driscoll/Healy Quadrature Theorem and Application to Planetary Topography Models of Earth, Mars and Moon. Surveys in Geophysics 36 (6), 2015, 803-830 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI ) Volltext (mediaTUM)
  • Hirt, C.; Rexer, M.; Claessens, S.: Topographic evaluation of fifth-generation GOCE gravity field models - globally and regionally. In: Newton's Bulletin 5, Special issue on validation of GOCE gravity fields, International Association of Geodesy. IAG, 2015, 1-24 mehr… BibTeX Volltext (mediaTUM)
  • Hirt, C.; Rexer, M.: Earth2014: 1' shape, topography, bedrock and ice-sheet models - Available as gridded data and degree 10,800 spherical harmonics. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 39, 2015, 103-112 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI ) Volltext (mediaTUM)
  • Rexer, M.; Hirt, C.; Claessens, S.; Braitenberg, C.: Use of topography in the context of the GOCE satellite mission - some examples. Proc. '5th International GOCE User Workshop', Paris, France, 25-28 November 2014, ESA Communications, 2015 mehr… BibTeX Volltext (mediaTUM)
  • Singh, A.; Kumar, U.; Seitz, F.: Remote Sensing of Storage Fluctuations of Poorly Gauged Reservoirs and State Space Model (SSM)-Based Estimation. Remote Sensing (7), 2015, 17113–17134 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI ) Volltext (mediaTUM)
  • Rexer, M.; Hirt, C.: Spectral analysis of the Earth’s topographic potential via 2D-DFT: a new data-based degree variance model to degree 90,000. Journal of Geodesy 89 (9), 2015, 887-909 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI ) Volltext (mediaTUM)
  • Steigenberger, Peter; Montenbruck, Oliver; Hugentobler, Urs: GIOVE-B solar radiation pressure modeling for precise orbit determination. Advances in Space Research 55 (5), 2015, 1422-1431 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Chen, Yi-Wei; Shyu, J. Bruce H.; Chang, Chung-Pai: Neotectonic characteristics along the eastern flank of the Central Range in the active Taiwan orogen inferred from fluvial channel morphology. Tectonics 34 (10), 2015, 2249-2270 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Plattner, Christina; Malservisi, Rocco; Amelung, Falk; Dixon, Timothy H.; Hackl, Matthias; Verdecchia, Alessandro; Lonsdale, Peter; Suarez-Vidal, Francisco; Gonzalez-Garcia, Javier: Space geodetic observation of the deformation cycle across the Ballenas Transform, Gulf of California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 120 (8), 2015, 5843-5862 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Montenbruck, O.; Steigenberger, P.: The BeiDou Navigation Message. Proceedings of IGNSS 2013, 2014 mehr… BibTeX
  • Liang, W.; Limberger, M.; Schmidt, M.; Dettmering, D.; Hugentobler, U.: Combination of ground- and space-based GPS data for the determination of a multi-scale regional 4-D ionosphere model (accepted). International Association of Geodesy Symposia, 2014 mehr… BibTeX
  • Spiridonova, S.; Kirschner, M.; Hugentobler, U.: Precise Mean Orbital Elements Determination for LEO Monitoring and Maintenance. Proceedings of 24th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics (ISSFD), 2014 mehr… BibTeX
  • Iwaszczuk, D.; Stilla, U.: Identification of Errors in 3D Building Models by a Robust Camera Pose Estimation. Proceedings of Photogrammetric Computer Vision - PCV 2014,, 2014 mehr… BibTeX
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