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

  • Sigl, R.: Über die Beobachtung genauer astronomischer Längen. Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1960, mehr… BibTeX
  • Sigl, R.: Tellurometer measurements in the base extension network Munich. Journal of Geophysical Research 65 (2), 1960, 436-440 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Sigl, R.: Kritische Betrachtung zur Orientierung von geodätischen Hauptnetzen, günstigste Verteilung der Laplaceschen Punkte. Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1956, mehr… BibTeX
  • Hirt, Christian; Yang, Meng; Kuhn, Michael; Bucha, Blažej; Kurzmann, Andre; Pail, Roland: SRTM2gravity: an ultra-high resolution global model of gravimetric terrain corrections. Geophysical Research Letters 0 (ja) mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Hirt, Christian; Wildermann, Eugen: Venezuelan vertical deflection data set from classical astrogeodetic observations transformed to a global reference frame. (anderer Eintrag) mehr… BibTeX
  • Schack, Peter; Hirt, Christian; Hauk, Markus; Featherstone, Will; Lyon, Todd; Guillaume, Sébastien: Vertical deflection data set – Perth, Western Australia, 2017. (anderer Eintrag) mehr… BibTeX
  • Hauk, Markus; Wiese, David: New methods for linking science objectives to remote sensing observations: a concept study using single and dual-pair satellite gravimetry architectures. (anderer Eintrag) mehr… BibTeX