Mass variation observing system by high low inter-satellite links (MOBILE) -a new concept for sustained observation of mass transport from space

R. Pail (1) , J. Bamber (2) , Richard Biancale (3) , R. Bingham (2) , C Braitenberg (4) , A Eicker (5) , F. Flechtner (6) , T Gruber (1) , A. Güntner (6) , G Heinzel (1) , M. Horwath (1) , Laurent Longuevergne (7) , J Müller (1) , I. Panet (1) , H. Savenije (1) , S Seneviratne (1) , N. Sneeuw (1) , T van Dam (1) , B Wouters (1)

1 TUM - Technische Universität Munchen - Université Technique de Munich [Munich, Allemagne]
2 University of Bristol [Bristol]
3 CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse]
4 Università degli studi di Trieste = University of Trieste
5 University of Hamburg
6 GFZ - GeoForschungsZentrum - Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam
7 GR - Géosciences Rennes

As changes in gravity are directly related to mass variability, satellite missions observing the Earth's time varying gravity eld are a unique tool for observing mass transport processes in the Earth system, such as the water cycle, rapid changes in the cryosphere, oceans, and solid Earth processes, on a global scale. The observation of Earth's gravity eld was successfully performed by the GRACE and GOCE satellite missions, and will be continued by the GRACE Follow-On mission.

Domains: Earth Sciences

R. Pail, J. Bamber, Richard Biancale, R. Bingham, C Braitenberg, et al.. Mass variation observing system by high low inter-satellite links (MOBILE) -a new concept for sustained observation of mass transport from space. Journal of Geodetic Science, 2019, 9 (1), pp.48 - 58. ⟨10.1515/jogs-2019-0006⟩. ⟨insu-02332872⟩