Hydrological mass changes inferred from high-low satellite- to-satellite tracking data Tonie van Dam, Matthias Weigelt Mohammad J. Tourian Nico Sneeuw Adrian Jäggi Lars Prange
GRACE und GRACE Follow-On (GFO) 2 Low-low © CSR Texas K-Band (Laser) GPS Accelerometer ~ 4-5 year data gap (?) year
Other gravity field missions 3 High-low GOCE © ESA © EADS Astrium SWARM year
CHAMP
CHAMP reprocessing Prange s sampling empirical absolute antenna phase center model GPS positions: Postprocessing with a Kalman filter: acceleration approach no accelerometer data used no regularization and no a priori model / information Approach: Kalman filtering (Davis et al. 2012) Prediction model Process noise Trend + mean annual signal Time series K lm Filtered time series
Filtered monthly gravity field solution
CHAMP vs. GRACE CHAMP: GRACE: 1400km
CHAMP vs. GRACE CHAMP: GRACE: 1400km CHAMP: GRACE: 1000km
CHAMP vs. GRACE CHAMP: GRACE: 1400km CHAMP: GRACE: 1000km CHAMP: GRACE: 750km
CHAMP vs. GRACE CHAMP: GRACE: 1400km CHAMP: GRACE: 1000km CHAMP: GRACE: 750km CHAMP: GRACE: 500km
CHAMP vs. GRACE CHAMP: GRACE: 1400km CHAMP: GRACE: 1000km CHAMP: GRACE: 750km CHAMP: GRACE: 500km CHAMP: GRACE: 750km
CHAMP vs. GRACE CHAMP: GRACE: 1400km CHAMP: GRACE: 1000km CHAMP: GRACE: 750km CHAMP: GRACE: 500km CHAMP: GRACE: 750km CHAMP: GRACE: 750km
EVALUATION WITH HYDRO- METEOROLOGY
Mass change as a hydrological observable 14 Balance P=precipitation ET a =evapo- transpiration R=runoff = divergence of vertically integrated moisture flux CHAMP GRACE
Mass estimate & correlation – 750km
Mass estimate & correlation – 450km
“Optimal” filter radius is catchment and signal dependent (see Tourian 2013)
EVALUATION WITH GPS
Loading analysis - Amazon 750 km CHAMP GRACE 450 km
Loading analysis - Amazon 750 km CHAMP GRACE 450 km GPS GRACE CHAMP [mm] year Surface displacement km
Loading analysis – South Africa 750 km CHAMP GRACE 450 km
Loading analysis – South Africa 750 km CHAMP GRACE 450 km GPS CHAMP GRACE Surface displacement km [mm] year
Loading analysis – East Asia CHAMP GRACE 750 km 450 km
Loading analysis – East Asia CHAMP GRACE 750 km 450 km Surface displacement km [mm] year GRACE CHAMP GPS
SUMMARY
Summary Time variable gravity field from high-low SST Long wavelength features Refinement in the processing possible/necessary –Spatial error pattern needs to be understood Filter dependency on catchment and application –Processing might include a beneficial smoothing! Remarkable agreement with hydro-meteorology and GPS SWARM? GOCE?
SUMMARY
BACKUP
Filter size for Amazon basin