Challenges in deriving trends from GRACE

A. Eicker*, T. Mayer-Guerr, E. Kurtenbach

*Corresponding author for this work

Abstract

The following contribution addresses some of the problems involved with the determination of long-term gravity field variations from GRACE satellite observations. First of all the choice of the time span plays a very important role, especially since it generally is a hard task to derive secular trends from only a few years of satellite data. Another issue, when one is interested in a single trend phenomenon, is the reduction of all other geophysical effects causing long-term gravity field variations. This paper uses the example of trends in continental hydrological water masses for the case of the High Plains aquifer to demonstrate some of the challenges implicated by trend analysis from GRACE.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationGeodesy for Planet Earth - Proceedings of the 2009 IAG Symposium
Pages153-160
Number of pages8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2012
Externally publishedYes
EventIAG Symposium on Geodesy for Planet Earth, IAG 2009 - Chania, Crete, Argentina
Duration: 31 Aug 20094 Sept 2009

Publication series

NameInternational Association of Geodesy Symposia
Volume136
ISSN (Print)0939-9585

Conference

ConferenceIAG Symposium on Geodesy for Planet Earth, IAG 2009
Country/TerritoryArgentina
CityChania, Crete
Period31/08/094/09/09

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