EGU 2023: Session on "New tools for terrain gravimetry" – deadline approaching
Marvin Reich
Dear colleagues,
I would like
to draw your attention to this years EGU session entitled "New
tools for terrain gravimetry", held in the framework of the
Geodesy
programme group.
The session aims at bringing together
experts in terrain gravimetry, applied to different fields
(hydrology, volcanology, resource exploitation), to discuss the
state
of the art and the opportunities offered by recent developments in
instrumentation and methodology.
Abstract submission deadline is January 10th!
We would like to
encourage you to consider submitting a contribution to our
session,
if you have been working on related topics. Please feel free to
forward this announcement in your community. We are sorry for any
cross-posting!
Please, find further information about the
session and abstract submission
here:
https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/session/46646
The
description of the session is reported below.
Looking forward to
your submissions and an interesting meeting at Vienna (or online)
in
April!
Marvin Reich
and all co-conveners
G4.4 - New
tools for terrain gravimetry
Convener: Daniele Carbone |
Co-conveners: Marvin Reich, Elske de Zeeuw - van Dalfsen, Sara
Sayyadi
Terrain gravimetry is a powerful geophysical tool
that, through sensing changes in subsurface mass, can supply
unique
information on the dynamics of underground fluids, like water,
magma,
hydrocarbons, etc. This is critically important for energy
industry
(not just petroleum and natural gas, but also geothermal),
resource
management (particularly, with regard to water), and natural
hazards
(especially volcanoes).
Despite its potential, terrain
gravimetry is currently underexploited, owing to the high cost of
available instrumentation and the difficulty in using it under
harsh
environmental conditions and to the major challenge posed by
retrieving useful information from gravity changes in noisy
environments.
Major technology developments have recently
occurred in instrumentation and methodology and are being
demonstrated, opening up new perspectives to increase the
capability
of terrain gravimetry. On one hand, new types of sensors are being
developed and ruggedized, expanding the measurement capabilities.
On
the other hand, methodologies and workflows are developed to
exploit
more efficiently hybrid networks of sensors. As an example, a
recently funded H2020 project, called NEWTON-g, targets the
development and field application of a “gravity imager”
exploiting MEMS (relative) and quantum (absolute) gravimeters.
These
advancements will give new impulse to terrain gravimetry, thus
helping its transition from a niche field into a cornerstone
resource
for geophysical monitoring and research. However, for this
transition
to succeed, technology developments must be complemented by
constructive feedback from the gravimetry community
This session
aims at bringing together instrument and tool developers and
end-users of terrain gravimetry in a variety of fields, including,
but not limited to, hydrology, volcanology and petroleum geology.
We
aim at discussing the state of the art of terrain gravimetry and
the
added value it provides with respect to other geophysical
techniques,
as well as the exciting opportunities offered by the new
technologies
under development.
________________________________________________ Marvin Reich Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Section Hydrology Raum 2.21, C 4 Telegrafenberg 14473 Potsdam, Germany Tel: +49-331-288-1599 -- consider encrypting your emails my PGP-key id: 0xB0CAA8C1 -- ORCid: 0000-0001-7301-2094