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On study of the Earth topography correction for the GRACE surface mass estimation / Fan Yang in Journal of geodesy, vol 96 n° 12 (December 2022)  

Public [article]  inJournal of geodesy > vol 96 n° 12 (December 2022) . - n° 95 Titre : On study of the Earth topography correction for the GRACE surface mass estimation Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Fan Yang, Auteur ; Zhicai Luo, Auteur ; Hao Zhou, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2022 Article en page(s) : n° 95 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Géodésie physique [Termes IGN] champ de pesanteur terrestre [Termes IGN] données GRACE [Termes IGN] formule de Stokes [Termes IGN] géoïde gravimétrique [Termes IGN] itération [Termes IGN] masse de la Terre [Termes IGN] topographie Résumé : (auteur) Traditional conversion from gravity Stokes coefficients into the surface mass, e.g., in the GRACE(-FO) applications, presumes the Earth as a perfect sphere that is apparently against the reality. Recent studies manage to correct the conversion by considering the Earth’s oblateness, in another word, the Earth is treated as an ellipsoid. However, the Earth’s geometry is far more complicated due to the topography, so that neither a sphere nor an ellipsoid is exact. Evidences from recent studies and this one demonstrate that any geometrical approximation of the Earth shape like a presumed sphere will inevitably lead to a bias in the surface mass estimation from GRACE gravity fields, resulting in a possible misinterpretation of geophysical signals that may occur in polar regions or mountain areas. In this context, we propose an iterative scaling factor method to numerically realize a more accurate surface mass estimate, considering a more realistic geometry of the Earth including its oblateness, topography and geoid undulation. Verified with a series of simulations, the proposed method is found to be efficient (less than four iterations), reliable (after a broad range of tests) and universally accurate (reducing at least 80% of the bias). Relative to our method, the mean linear trend in 2002–2015 estimated from GRACE under an ideal spherical Earth is found to be underestimated by about 3.1% and 5.5% over Greenland and West Antarctica, respectively. Among the trend underestimation, the topography-related contribution takes up − 0.5% (0.79 Gt/yr, the negative sign denotes an overestimation) and − 0.4% (0.34 Gt/yr), respectively. Although the value is small, it is a systematic bias worth considering, for example, it is greater than the influence (0.3 Gt/yr on the trend estimation over West Antarctica) by switching atmospherical de-aliasing products from RL05 to RL06. Besides, the topography-induced bias rapidly increases to 2.7% (0.26 mm/yr) at mountain Himalayas, which is even larger than the ellipsoid-induced bias (0.19 mm/yr). Based on the results obtained so far, the topography-induced bias is found to be roughly one order of magnitude smaller than GRACE’s present measurement error; nevertheless, it will be relevant once the GRACE is improved toward its baseline accuracy. In particular, the topography correction should be considered for NGGM that expects to map the Earth gravity field in an unprecedented accuracy and spatial resolution. Numéro de notice : A2022-878 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article DOI : 10.1007/s00190-022-01683-0 Date de publication en ligne : 02/12/2022 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-022-01683-0 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=102189 [article]