Clearing observed PGR in GRACE data aimed at global viscosity inversion: Weighted Mass Trends technique

Details Clearing observed PGR in GRACE data aimed at global viscosity inversion: Weighted Mass Trends technique Clearing observed PGR in GRACE data aimed at global viscosity inversion: Weighted Mass Trends technique

Jan 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009georl..3602305b&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 2, CiteID L02305

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Geodesy And Gravity: Time Variable Gravity (7223, 7230), Computational Geophysics: Data Analysis: Algorithms And Implementation, Global Change: Solid Earth (1225), Geodesy And Gravity: Instruments And Techniques, Tectonophysics: Rheology: Mantle (8033)

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The time-variable gravity field shows the effects of large present-day mass variations associated with hydrological phenomena and melting ice-sheets, resulting in a shaded Post Glacial Rebound (PGR) signal. A meaningful viscosity inversion based on a global scale comparison of GRACE data and PGR predictions is thus hard to obtain. We derive a weighted surface mass distribution in water equivalent, starting from an initial guess, which portrays the secular effects of present-day phenomena. The gravity field it generates is then carefully removed from GRACE data, resulting in a gravity pattern where the effects of PGR are clearer and ready to be compared with the predictions. On the basis of viscoelastic stratified Earth models and different Pleistocene deglaciation models, we show that the quality of a global preliminary viscosity inversion greatly improves.

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