Monitoring groundwater variability from space: The GRACE satellite gravity mission

John Wahr, Virendra M. Tiwari, Sean Swenson

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Abstract

NASA and the German Space Agency (DLR) launched the GRACE satellite mission in 2002. GRACE provides accurate monthly solutions for Earth's global gravity field. Differences between solutions provide information about monthly variations in Earth's mass distribution. The results can be used to monitor changes in the total volume of water stored in regions with scales of a few hundred kilometres and larger. Total water volume includes contributions from groundwater, soil moisture, surface water, and snow. If soil moisture and surface water+snow contributions are subtracted, using observations or model output, the residuals provide groundwater variability.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationImproving Integrated Surface and Groundwater Resources Management in a Vulnerable and Changing World
Pages263-270
Number of pages8
StatePublished - 2009
EventSymposium JS.3 at the Joint Convention of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, IAHS and the International Association of Hydrogeologists, IAH - Hyderabad, India
Duration: Sep 6 2009Sep 12 2009

Publication series

NameIAHS-AISH Publication
Volume330
ISSN (Print)0144-7815

Conference

ConferenceSymposium JS.3 at the Joint Convention of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, IAHS and the International Association of Hydrogeologists, IAH
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityHyderabad
Period09/6/0909/12/09

Keywords

  • GRACE satellite
  • Groundwater monitoring
  • Remote sensing
  • Soil moisture
  • Time-variable gravity
  • Water storage

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