We compute the vertical displacements in Amazon Basin using Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) GRACE Follow-On (GRACE-FO) observations, including both gravity spherical harmonic (SH) solutions from Center for Space Research (CSR), GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) mascons CSR, JPL Goddard Flight (GSFC). The correlation coefficients, annual amplitude root me...

Abstract Geodetic observation methods, e.g., satellite gravimeter and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), are mainly used for determining the Earth’s gravity field reference system. However, many efforts have been made to adopt mentioned methods estimating hydrological dynamics. The of Gravity Recovery Climate Experiment its Following-On missions (GRACE/GRACE-FO) proven capture terrestri...

The vertical motion of the Earth’s surface is dominated by hydrologic cycle on a seasonal scale. Accurate land deformation measurements can provide constructive insight into regional geophysical process. Although Global Positioning System (GPS) delivers relatively accurate measurements, GPS networks are not uniformly distributed across globe, posing challenge to obtaining information in data-sp...

Height variations caused by mass change make an important contribution to the tectonic uplift of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (QTP). To study deformation attributable hydrological loading and real potential vertical motion, satellite gravity data from Gravity Recovery Climate Experiment (GRACE) GRACE Follow-On (GRACE-FO) with Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) Positioning (GPS) are adopted e...

Monitoring changes in the Earth’s gravity field for terrestrial water storage change (soil moisture, ground water, snow etc.) is a relatively new and novel concept that has been inspired by the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite mission. GRACE will soon be providing time varying maps of the Earth’s gravity. However, there has been no field based study to demonstrate that ...

[1] The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites provide observations of water storage variation at regional scales. However, when focusing on a region of interest, limited spatial resolution and noise contamination can cause estimation bias and spatial leakage, problems that are exacerbated as the region of interest approaches the GRACE resolution limit of a few hundred km. R...

We investigate terrestrial water storage (TWS) changes over the Sichuan Basin and the related impacts of water variations in the adjacent basins from GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment), in situ river level, and precipitation data. Although GRACE shows water increased over the Sichuan Basin from January 2003 to February 2015, two heavy droughts in 2006 and 2011 have resulted in sign...

Recent observations from satellite gravimetry (the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission) suggest an acceleration of ice mass loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS). The contribution of surface mass balance changes (due to variable precipitation) is compared with GRACE-derived mass loss acceleration by assessing the estimated contribution of snow mass from meteorological rean...

[1] The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites have produced an unprecedented data set of terrestrial water storage (TWS) change in large-scale river basins. Recent research has found that monthly variations of soil moisture and snow water simulated by land surface models compared favorably with the GRACEderived TWS change. Compared to the GRACE data, the standard version of...