https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 A transfer function between line-of-sight gravity difference and GRACE intersatellite ranging data and an application to hydrological surface mass variation https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:35328 5 cycles‐per‐revolution. The admittance spectrum quantifies that the LGD response to range‐acceleration is systematically larger at lower frequencies, due to the increased contribution of centrifugal acceleration. We find that the correlation and admittance spectra are stationary (i.e., are independent of time, satellite altitude, and gravity strength) and, therefore, can be determined a priori with high fidelity. We determine the spectral transfer function and the equivalent time domain filter. Using both synthetic and actual GRACE data, we demonstrate that in situ LGD can be estimated via the transfer function with an estimation error of 0.15 nm/s2, whereas the actual GRACE data error is around 1.0 nm/s2. We present an application of LGD data to surface water storage changes in large basins such as Amazon, Congo, Parana, and Mississippi by processing 11 years of GRACE data. Runoff routing models are calibrated directly using LGD data. Our technique demonstrates a new way of using GRACE data by forward modeling of various geophysical models and in‐orbit comparison with such GRACE in situ data.]]> Tue 16 Jul 2019 12:19:45 AEST ]]> Quantifying water storage change and land subsidence induced by reservoir impoundment using GRACE, Landsat, and GPS data https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:46606 2. In this paper, a forward model is developed to determine the increased water surface level corresponding to GRACE observations, estimated to be about 120 m. In contrast to GRACE, the TWS derived from land surface models cannot capture the increased ΔTWS, due to the lack of reservoir routing algorithms in the models. In addition, the land subsidence was calculated using the disk load model constructed based on the GRACE-derived lake level and Landsat-derived lake extent; the result is validated with the GPS data from BIN1 station, located at the western coast of Borneo. The commencement stage of the Bakun Dam induces the large-scale land subsidence, which causes the GPS-BIN1 station to subside by ~9 mm, and move toward the Bakun Lake by ~4 mm. Computation of the surface displacements directly from GRACE spherical harmonic coefficient data fails to capture the subsidence feature, mainly due to the truncation error. Overall, this study demonstrates that evaluating GRACE in conjunction with Landsat, LSMs, and GPS data allows the exploitation of the gravity signal at a much smaller spatial scale than its intrinsic resolution. Benefiting from global coverage, the newly developed satellite-based algorithm is a valuable tool for assessing the impacts of reservoir operation on hydrological and geophysical changes from local to regional scales.]]> Tue 14 May 2024 10:25:42 AEST ]]> Sea level rise in the Samoan Islands escalated by viscoelastic relaxation after the 2009 Samoa-Tonga earthquake https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:37420 Thu 12 Nov 2020 17:52:52 AEDT ]]> A joint analysis of GPS displacement and GRACE geopotential data for simultaneous estimation of geocenter motion and gravitational field https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:36727 Thu 02 Jul 2020 09:24:42 AEST ]]> GRACE gravitational measurements of tsunamis after the 2004, 2010, and 2011 great earthquakes https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:40035 2. There is good agreement between GRACE measurements and tsunami models for the three events. Complementarily to buoys, ocean bottom pressure sounders, and satellite altimeters, GRACE is sensitive to the long-wavelength spatial scale of tsunamis and provides an independent source of information for assessing alternate early earthquake and tsunami models. Our study demonstrates an innovative way of applying GRACE and GRACE Follow-On data to detect transient geophysical mass changes which cannot be observed by the conventional monthly Level-2 and mascon solutions.]]> Fri 15 Jul 2022 10:11:21 AEST ]]>