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29 Jun 2017
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| 29 Jun 2017
Landscape-scale water balance monitoring with an iGrav superconducting gravimeter in a field enclosure
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 5.4 Hydrology, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
University of Potsdam, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
Marvin Reich
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 5.4 Hydrology, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Michal Mikolaj
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 5.4 Hydrology, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Benjamin Creutzfeldt
Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment, 10707 Berlin, Germany
Stephan Schroeder
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Section 5.4 Hydrology, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Hartmut Wziontek
Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG), 04105 Leipzig, Germany
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Monitoring water storage changes beyond the point scale is a challenge. Here, we show that an integrative and non-invasive way is by observing variations of gravity that are induced by water mass changes. A high-precision superconducting gravimeter is successfully operated in the field and allows for direct and continuous monitoring of the water balance and of its components, such as actual evapotranspiration.
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