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Time-Varying Gravity Models from GRACE Data over NW Australia. Lily Yu, IIP/PEI Summer 2010 Research School for the Earth Sciences, ANU. Image: NASA/JPL. Background. The geoid Observing ice melt and droughts The GRACE satellites
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Time-Varying Gravity Models from GRACE Data over NW Australia Lily Yu, IIP/PEI Summer 2010 Research School for the Earth Sciences, ANU Image: NASA/JPL
Background • The geoid • Observing ice melt and droughts • The GRACE satellites • The researchers: NASA/JPL, CSR at University of Texas, CNES/GRGS, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ)
The Problem Gravity field change, 2002-2008 Gravity field change, 2008-2010
The Problem Gravity field change, 2002-2010 ? Murray-Darling Basin drought, 2001-present
The Problem with the Problem Ground-based gravity surveys by WA Mining and Petroleum River Monitoring Stations Rainfall Monitoring Stations
Further Inquiries • Biomass (NVIS) • National Water Commission’s future mapping projects • Seismological data
Acknowledgements • Paul Tregoning, supervisorRSES, ANU • Emma-Kate PotterRSES, ANU • Tony PurcellRSES, ANU • Charlotte AllenRSES, ANU • IIP/PEI