Project Details

Description

Within this research project, future satellite gravity missions GRACE-C, NGGM, and MAGIC will be examined to assess their capacity to support various applications in hydrology, glaciology, oceanography, climate sciences, solid earth sciences, and geodesy. The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Continuity (GRACE-C) is the pair developed by NASA/DLR, will be the first to be launched and placed in a near-polar orbit at an altitude of about 500 km like the previous mission configurations GRACE and GRACE Follow-On. The ESA’s Next Generation Gravity Mission (NGGM) consists of satellite twins in an inclined orbit. Finally, the Mass change And Geosciences International Constellation (MAGIC) is referred to as a combination of GRACE-C and NGMM.
The contribution of the Geodesy Group is this SING project is around addressing the potential added value of NGGM and MAGIC missions to hydrological Data Assimilation (DA) applications. Particularly, we will assess to what extent one can benefit higher spatial and temporal resolution, as well as lower uncertainty and more homogenised noise structure of the NGGM and MAGIC missions (compared to the GRACE-type missions) in the global hydrological DA studies.
AcronymSING
StatusActive
Effective start/end date01/09/202401/04/2026

Collaborative partners

  • Magellium
  • CNRS
  • Technical University of Munich
  • National Research Council of Italy
  • University of Bonn
  • Institut de physique du globe de Paris
  • University of Trieste
  • University of Bristol
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • Delft University of Technology
  • Alfred Wegener Institute - Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

Keywords

  • Satellite Geodesy
  • Gravity Missions
  • Terrestrial Water Storage
  • TWS
  • Data Assimilation
  • Hydrology
  • GRACE
  • GRACE-FO
  • NGGM
  • MAGIC

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