ITSG‐Grace2018: Overview and evaluation of a new GRACE‐only gravity field time series

A Kvas, S Behzadpour, M Ellmer… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
ITSG‐Grace2018 is a new series of GRACE‐only gravity field solutions based on
reprocessed GRACE observation data (L1B RL03) and the latest atmosphere and ocean …

Extending the global mass change data record: GRACE Follow‐On instrument and science data performance

FW Landerer, FM Flechtner, H Save… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Since June, 2018, the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow‐On
(GRACE‐FO) is extending the 15‐year monthly mass change record of the GRACE mission …

Time-variable gravity from space and present-day mass redistribution in theEarth system

A Cazenave, J Chen - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2010 - Elsevier
Since 2002, the US–German GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) mission
has been providing a precise survey of Earth's time-variable gravity field, with …

GOCO06s–a satellite-only global gravity field model

A Kvas, JM Brockmann, S Krauss… - Earth System …, 2020 - essd.copernicus.org
GOCO06s is the latest satellite-only global gravity field model computed by the GOCO
(Gravity Observation Combination) project. It is based on over a billion observations …

Improved Earth oblateness rate reveals increased ice sheet losses and mass‐driven sea level rise

BD Loomis, KE Rachlin… - Geophysical Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Satellite laser ranging (SLR) observations are routinely applied toward the estimation of
dynamic oblateness, C 20, which is the largest globally integrated component of Earth's time …

Intersatellite laser ranging instrument for the GRACE follow-on mission

BS Sheard, G Heinzel, K Danzmann, DA Shaddock… - Journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) has demonstrated that low–
low satellite-to-satellite tracking enables monitoring the time variations of the Earth's gravity …

A spaceborne multisensor approach to monitor the desiccation of Lake Urmia in Iran

MJ Tourian, O Elmi, Q Chen, B Devaraju… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Lake Urmia, a hypersaline lake in northwestern Iran, is under threat of drying up. The high
importance of the lake's watershed for human life demands a comprehensive monitoring of …

The unexpected signal in GRACE estimates of

M Cheng, J Ries - Journal of Geodesy, 2017 - Springer
For science applications of the gravity recovery and climate experiment (GRACE) monthly
solutions, the GRACE estimates of C_ 20 C 20 (or J_ 2 J 2) are typically replaced by the …

Battling water limits to growth: lessons from water trends in the central plateau of Iran

A Sharifi, A Mirchi, R Pirmoradian, R Mirabbasi… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Zayandeh-Rud River Basin in the central plateau of Iran continues to grapple
with water shortages due to a water-intensive development path made possible by a …

Interannual variability in water storage over 2003–2008 in the Amazon Basin from GRACE space gravimetry, in situ river level and precipitation data

L Xavier, M Becker, A Cazenave… - Remote Sensing of …, 2010 - Elsevier
We investigate the interannual variability over 2003–2008 of different hydrological
parameters in the Amazon river basin:(1) vertically-integrated water storage from the …