G12A:
Mass Transport and Mass Distribution in the Earth System I

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Session ID#: 15693

Session Description:
Shrinking of ice sheets and glaciers, ocean circulation and sea level variations, river runoff, changes in precipitation, evapotranspiration, soil moisture and groundwater, post-glacial rebound and flow in the Earth mantle cause transport and re-distribution of mass. Using extremely precise sensor systems, gravity field and altimeter satellites observe these phenomena, and integration with physical modelling improves our knowledge about processes within the system Earth. We invite presentations dealing with the innovative use of satellite data from GRACE, SWARM, Jason-1/2, Cryosat-2, and other altimetry missions. We encourage papers dealing with complementary data such as obtained from global GNSS networks, InSAR, SLR, tide gauges and ocean bottom pressure sensors, and with near-future (GRACE-FO, ICESAT-II, SWOT) and planned missions. We welcome presentations on reconstructing long time series, e.g. addressing the 'ocean mass / sea level budget enigma’, as well as on new short-term applications of satellite data such as flood mapping with gravity.
Primary Convener:  Annette Eicker, University of Bonn, Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Bonn, Germany
Conveners:  Juergen Kusche, University of Bonn, Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Bonn, Germany, Martin Horwath, Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Planetare Geodäsie, Dresden, Germany and Tonie M van Dam, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Chairs:  Annette Eicker1, Juergen Kusche1, Martin Horwath2 and Tonie M van Dam3, (1)University of Bonn, Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Bonn, Germany(2)Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Planetare Geodäsie, Dresden, Germany(3)University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
OSPA Liaison:  Juergen Kusche, University of Bonn, Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Bonn, Germany

Cross-Listed:
  • C - Cryosphere
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • H - Hydrology
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

1217 Time variable gravity [GEODESY AND GRAVITY]
1218 Mass balance [GEODESY AND GRAVITY]
1223 Ocean/Earth/atmosphere/hydrosphere/cryosphere interactions [GEODESY AND GRAVITY]
1225 Global change from geodesy [GEODESY AND GRAVITY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Towards near-real time daily GRACE gravity field solutions for global monitoring of hydrological extremes (Invited) (147743)
Ben Gouweleeuw1, Andreas Kvas2, Christian Gruber1, Maike Schumacher3, Torsten Mayer-Gurr4, Frank Michael Flechtner1, Juergen Kusche5 and Andreas Guntner6, (1)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (2)Graz University of Technology, Institute of Geodesy, Graz, Austria, (3)Geodesy Group, Department of Planning, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, (4)Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria, (5)University of Bonn, Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Bonn, Germany, (6)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Hydrology, Potsdam, Germany
Global Hydrological Drought and Teleconnections from GRACE and Sea Surface Temperature Products (146704)
Ehsan Forootan, Cardiff University, School of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Juergen Kusche, University of Bonn, Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Bonn, Germany, Mehdi Khaki Dr, Curtin University, Western Australian Centre for Geodesy and The Institute for Geoscience Research, Perth, WA, Australia, Maike Schumacher, Geodesy Group, Department of Planning, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; University of Bristol, Bristol Glaciology Center, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom, C.K. Shum, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States and Guillaume Ramillien, CNRS, TOULOUSE, France
A global reconstruction of past terrestrial water storage changes (181612)
Vincent Humphrey, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Lukas Gudmundsson, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland and Sonia I Seneviratne, ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Zurich, Switzerland
Assessment of the hydrologic setting and mass transport within Saharan and Arabian Aquifers using GRACE, geochemical, geophysical and subsurface data (Invited) (164403)
Mohamed Sultan1, Neil Colrick Sturchio2, Mohamed Ahmed3, Sefry Saleh4, Ahmed Mohamed5, Mazen M Abuabdullah4, Mustafa Kemal Emil1, Srinivas V Bettadpur6, Himanshu Save7, Karem Abdelmohsen8 and Kyle Chouinard5, (1)Western Michigan University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, (2)University of Delaware, Geological Sciences, Newark, DE, United States, (3)Suez Canal University, Faculty of Science, Geology Department, Ismailia, Egypt, (4)Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, (5)Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, United States, (6)The University of Texas at Austin, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Austin, United States, (7)The University of Texas at Austin, Center for Space Research, Austin, TX, United States, (8)Western Michigan University, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Kalamazoo, United States
Can GRACE Explain Some of the Main Interannual Polar Motion Signatures? (137745)
Surendra Adhikari1, Erik Roman Ivins1 and Eric Y Larour2, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
A New Unified Approach to Determine Geocenter Motion Using Space Geodesy and GRACE Gravity Data (140040)
Xiaoping Wu, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Juergen Kusche, University of Bonn, Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, Bonn, Germany and Felix W Landerer, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Annual Sea Level Changes on the North American Northeast Coast: Influence of Wind Forcing and Mass Redistribution (128970)
Rui M Ponte, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Lexington, MA, United States, Christopher G Piecuch, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, United States, Sönke Dangendorf, University of Siegen, Research Institute for Water and Environment, Siegen, Germany and Marta Marcos, Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies (CSIC-UIB), Esporles, Spain
Closure of sea level and mass budgets from various observing systems during the last decade (131059)
Anny A Cazenave1,2 and Habib Dieng2, (1)Université de Toulouse, LEGOS (CNES/CNRS/IRD/UT), Toulouse, France, (2)LEGOS, Toulouse, France

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