H027
Applied Terrestrial Gravimetry: Monitoring and Modelling Environmental Processes

Session ID#: 79376

Session Description:
Terrestrial gravimetry has gained significant importance throughout the last decade for monitoring hydrological and other environmental processes.

Nevertheless, the complete workflow from instrumental operation to interpretation of processed data is complex and requires broad and detailed inter-disciplinary knowledge. The hydrological signal component of gravity is a key example: while hydrologists want to use it for hydrological process understanding and modelling, others need to remove it as noise before further interpretation (e.g., in the fields of volcanology, geodesy, reservoir monitoring in geothermal energy or carbon storage).

This session aims at addressing all applied aspects of terrestrial gravimetry, including but not limited to: innovative gravimeter technologies, instrumental setups, monitoring strategies, data processing, signal separation and environmental interpretation. We want to encourage discussions from different user perspectives to sensitize each other on respective challenges and to ultimately foster trans-disciplinary cooperation towards advanced applications.

Index Terms:

1217 Time variable gravity [GEODESY AND GRAVITY]
1218 Mass balance [GEODESY AND GRAVITY]
1835 Hydrogeophysics [HYDROLOGY]
1895 Instruments and techniques: monitoring [HYDROLOGY]


Primary Convener:  Marvin Reich, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Conveners:  Jean Lautier-Gaud, Muquans, Talence, France, Jeff Kennedy, USGS, Tucson, AZ, United States and Andreas Guntner, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
Primary Liaison:  Marvin Reich, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
 
Hydrogeological effects on terrestrial gravity measurements (Invited) (485824)
Michel J. Van Camp, Observatoire Royal de Belgique, Brussel, Belgium, Alain Dassargues, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium, Damien Delforge, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, Laurent Delobbe, Royal Meteorological Institute, Brussel, Belgium, Olivier de Viron, U. La Rochelle, LIENSs, La Rochelle, France, Olivier Francis, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Olivier Kaufmann, University of Mons, Geology and Applied Geology Unit, Mons, Belgium, Thomas Lecocq, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium, Marnik Vanclooster, UCLouvain / Earth & Life Inst., Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium and Arnaud Watlet, British Geological Survey Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
 
Hybrid gravimetry as a tool to spatialize water storage fluctuations in mountainous catchments. The case of the Strengbach catchment, Vosges mountains, France. (497348)
Quentin Chaffaut1, Jacques Hinderer2, Frederic Masson3, Daniel Viville4, Marie-Claire Pierret4, Nolwenn Lesparre4, Solenn Cotel4, Benjamin Jeannot5 and Jean-Daniel Bernard1, (1)Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, (2)CNRS IPGS, Strasbourg, France, (3)Univ Strasbourg, Strasbourg Cedex, France, (4)LHyGeS-UMR7517, EOST, INSU/CNRS, Strasbourg, France, (5)Lhyges, Strasbourg, France
 
Superconducting Gravity Observations at McDonald Geodetic Observatory (499146)
Clark R Wilson1, Chris Linick1 and Daniella Marie Rempe2, (1)University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Austin, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas at Austin, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, Austin, TX, United States
 
Water Storage Dynamics of a Forest Landscape: Monitoring with a Superconducting Gravimeter (501358)
Andreas Guntner1, Marvin Reich1, Daniel Rasche1, Michal Mikolaj1, Hartmut Wziontek2, Andreas Reinhold3, Erik Brachmann3, Theresa Blume4 and Stephan Schröder1, (1)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (2)BKG, Leipzig, Germany, (3)BKG Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy, Leipzig, Germany, (4)GFZ German Research Centre, Potsdam, Germany
 
Combining terrestrial gravimetry and cosmic-ray neutron sensing for depth-scaling of field-scale soil moisture time series (505023)
Daniel Rasche1, Marvin Reich1, Michal Mikolaj1, Theresa Blume2 and Andreas Guntner3, (1)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (2)GFZ German Research Centre, Potsdam, Germany, (3)German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
 
Building models of subsurface structure in volcanic terrains from detailed gravity observations with geologically-constrained inversion (509273)
Charles Connor1, Laura Connor2, Mikel Diez3, Paul Wetmore2, Fanghui Deng4 and Heather L Mcfarlin5, (1)University of South Florida Tampa, Tampa, FL, United States, (2)University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States, (3)University of Bristol, School of Earth Sciences, Bristol, United Kingdom, (4)University of South Florida Tampa, School of Geosciences, Tampa, FL, United States, (5)Univ South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States
 
Emerging Breakthroughs and Potential Applications in Borehole Gravimetry (518238)
Adrian Paul Topham1, Zhijun Du2, Yaoguo Li3, Jeremy (Jez) Lofts1 and Ashwin Seshia2, (1)Silicon Micro Gravity, Stokenchurch, United Kingdom, (2)Silicon Micro Gravity, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (3)Colorado School Mines, Golden, CO, United States
 
ABSOLUTE GRAVIMETRIC MONITORING OF SUBSIDENCE IN LOUISIANA (518700)
Clifford Mugnier1, Ahmed Abdalla2, George Z Voyiadjis3, J. Anthony Cavell4, Randy Osborne5, Larry Dunaway6, Jon Cliburn6, Benjamin Fernandez2, Rachel Barnett2 and Vasily Dubinin6, (1)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (2)Louisiana State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Center for GeoInformatics, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (3)Louisiana State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering & Center for GeoInformatics (C4G), Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (4)Louisiana State University, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Center for GeoInformatics (C4G), Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (5)Louisiana State University, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Center for GeoInformatics, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (6)Louisiana State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Center for GeoInformatics (C4G), Baton Rouge, LA, United States
 
The gPhone-solar-cube: an energy self-sufficient mobile container for monitoring gravity and climate parameters at remote field sites (534074)
Marvin Reich, Heiko Thoss, Stephan Schröder and Andreas Guntner, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
 
Separating signals in the 20-year gravity time series of Medicina (Italy) (539650)
Sara Bruni1, Susanna Zerbini2, Hartmut Wziontek3, Matteo Berti1 and Maddalena Errico1, (1)University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, (2)Univ Bologna, Bologna, Italy, (3)BKG, Leipzig, Germany
 
Aquifer storage coefficients along a vertical aquifer profile from two months of absolute gravity measurements in the Pingtung Plain of southern Taiwan (544269)
Kuan Hung Chen, Cheinway Hwang and Liang Cheng Chang, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
 
Gravity anomalies reveal volcano-tectonic interaction in an active distributed volcanic field, Blackfoot Reservoir volcanic field (ID) (552447)
Mitchell Scott Hastings1, Rocco Malservisi1, Charles Connor1, Bradford Mack2, Tonian Robinson1, Laura Connor3, Mel Rodgers1 and Peter C La Femina4, (1)University of South Florida, School of Geosciences, Tampa, FL, United States, (2)University of South Florida Tampa, School of Geosciences, Tampa, FL, United States, (3)University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States, (4)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Department of Geosciences, University Park, PA, United States
 
A Microgravity Pilot Study: Insights into Storage Change, Specific Yield, and Groundwater/Surface Water Interaction in the Mesilla Groundwater Basin, New Mexico. (555728)
Meghan Bell1, Libby Kahler2, Jeff Kennedy3 and Andrew Robertson1, (1)USGS New Mexico Water Science Center, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (2)USGS Arizona Water Science Center, Tucson, United States, (3)USGS, Tucson, AZ, United States
 
Matter wave interferometry for inertial sensing: very long baselines and guided systems (557996)
Dennis Schlippert, Leibniz University of Hannover, Institut fuer Quantenoptik, Hannover, Germany and Ernst M Rasel, Leibniz University of Hannover, Institute of Quantum Optics, Hannover, Germany
 
Relative gravimetry in alpine permafrost-affected tunnel: a first attempt to reveal changes in hydrostatic pressure. (573764)
Markus Heinze1, Riccardo Scandroglio2, Matthias Graf1, Roland Pail1 and Michael Krautblatter2, (1)Technical University of Munich, Institute of Astronomical and Physical Geodesy, Munich, Germany, (2)Technical University of Munich, Chair of Landslide Research, Munich, Germany
 
Water mass movements in Classical Karst depicted by continuous gravity measurements (575784)
Tommaso Pivetta, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy, Carla F Braitenberg, Univ Trieste, Trieste, Italy, Franci Gabrovšek, Znanstvenoraziskovalni Center Slovenske Akademije Znanosti in Umetnosti, Postojna, Slovenia, Bruno Meurers, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria and Gerald Gabriel, LIAG, Hannover, Germany
 
A high-resolution real-time impounding model and its gravity effect simulation in the China’s Three Gorges Reservoir (579235)
Xian Ma, Linsong Wang and Chao Chen, China University of Geosciences Wuhan, Hubei Subsurface Multi-Scale Imaging Key Laboratory, Institute of Geophysics and Geomatics, Wuhan, China
 
First operation of a field version of the Absolute Quantum Gravimeter (584466)
Jean Lautier-Gaud1, Pierre Vermeulen1, Laura Antoni-Micollier1, Gabriel Condon1, Tommaso Mazzoni1, Vincent Menoret1, Camille Janvier1, Bruno Desruelle1, Arnaud Landragin2 and Philippe Bouyer3, (1)Muquans, Talence, France, (2)SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris 6, PSL university, CNRS, Paris, France, (3)LP2N, Institut d'Optique Graduate School, Talence, France
 
Mountain-Top Hydrology in Support of Lunar Laser Ranging (593835)
David J Crossley, Saint Louis University, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis, MO, United States, Tom Murphy, University of California San Diego, Physics, La Jolla, CA, United States and John Chandler, Harvard University, Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, United States
 
Comparing Approaches to Network Design and Drift Correction for Relative-Gravity Surveys (595308)
Jeff Kennedy, USGS Arizona Water Science Center, Tucson, AZ, United States and Derek van Westrum, NOAA National Geodetic Survey, Boulder, CO, United States
 
Experiences in Microgravity Surveying Techniques (599566)
Ola Eiken, Quad Geometrics Norway, Trondheim, Norway and Mark A Zumberge, Univ California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
 
Monitoring Change in Groundwater Storage Using Micro-gravity Data Between 2002 and 2017 in the Phoenix Active Management Area, Arizona, USA (622666)
Brian D Conway, Arizona Department of Water Resources, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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