Terrestrial gravimetry for groundwater, hydrology, and Earth surface processes

Session ID#: 279635

Session Description:
Advances in portable and high-precision terrestrial gravimeters are creating new opportunities to observe water and mass change across groundwater systems, watersheds, and the critical zone. Micro-terrestrial gravimetry can directly sense subsurface mass redistribution associated with groundwater depletion and recharge, aquifer storage change, surface water–groundwater exchange, subsidence, and hydrologic responses to climate variability and human activities. This session invites contributions that use terrestrial gravimetry to investigate hydrologic and near-surface Earth processes, including groundwater monitoring, aquifer characterization, managed aquifer recharge, land subsidence, snow and soil moisture change, surface water variations, volcanic and geothermal hydrology, earthquakes, tides, and integration with GNSS, InSAR, extensometers, leveling, well observations, and hydrologic or geomechanical models. We welcome field studies, methodological advances, and emerging applications involving absolute, relative, superconducting, and hybrid gravity observations. The session aims to connect communities across hydrology, geodesy, and environmental change and to highlight gravity-based approaches for understanding and managing water resources.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
Index Terms:

1217 Time variable gravity [GEODESY AND GRAVITY]
1218 Mass balance [GEODESY AND GRAVITY]
1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1830 Groundwater/surface water interaction [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener:  Cheinway Hwang, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan and Jeff Kennedy
Conveners:  Jeff Kennedy, USGS Arizona Water Science Center, Tucson, AZ, United States, Wei Feng, Sun Yat-Sen University, School of Geospatial Engineering and Science, Guangzhou, China, Kuan-Huang Chen Prof, National Ilan University, Civil Engineering, Ilan, Taiwan and Jeff Kennedy
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