HR: 1340h
AN: G33B-1241    [Abstracts]
TI: Mass balance in the Mediterranean Sea basin from GRACE
AU: * Boy, J
EM: jpboy@eost.u-strasbg.fr
AF: EOST-IPG (UMR 7516 CNRS-ULP), 5 rue Rene Descartes, Strasbourg, 67084, France
AU: Luthcke, S B
EM: Scott.B.Luthcke@nasa.gov
AF: Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, Code 698, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AU: Rowlands, D D
EM: David.D.Rowlands@nasa.gov
AF: Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, Code 698, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, United States
AB: We compare mass variations retrieved from the GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment) mission over the Mediterranean Sea basin to bottom pressure from the ECCO (Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean) and MERCATOR operational ocean models, and to soil water content from GLDAS (Global Land Data Assimilation System) and ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts) global hydrology models. We show the agreement between ECCO and MERCATOR ocean bottom pressure and GRACE recovered mass variations from mascon and spherical harmonic solutions.
DE: 1217 Time variable gravity (7223, 7230)
DE: 1218 Mass balance (0762, 1223, 1631, 1836, 1843, 3010, 3322, 4532)
DE: 1222 Ocean monitoring with geodetic techniques (1225, 1641, 3010, 4532, 4556, 4560, 6959)
DE: 1223 Ocean/Earth/atmosphere/hydrosphere/cryosphere interactions (0762, 1218, 3319, 4550)
SC: Geodesy [G]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting