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Recent Progress on Hydrogeodesy in China

Wei FENG1Yuhao XIONG1Shuang YI2Bo ZHONG3Xiaodong CHEN4Yulong ZHONG5Yuanjin PAN3Lin LIU6Wei WANG7Min ZHONG1
School of Geospatial Engineering and Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai 519000, China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
Chinese Academy of Surveying and Mapping, Beijing 100830, China
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Abstract

Modern geodetic technologies, including high-precision ground-based gravity measurements, satellite gravimetry, satellite altimetry, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar(InSAR), offer a wealth of observations for monitoring global hydrological processes with exceptional accuracy and spatio-temporal resolutions. Mass redistribution and Earth’s surface deformation over land related to global and regional water cycling can be inferred from modern gravimetry, altimetry, GNSS, and InSAR techniques. Hydrogeodesy becomes an emerging field of geodesy aiming to analyze the changes of water in the Earth system. The paper introduces the China’s advances in hydrogeodesy in recent years. It brings together multiple geodetic teams’ work from China, showcasing the application of modern geodetic technologies in the field of hydrology, including research on terrestrial water storage, groundwater storage, glaciers/ice sheets, and reservoir water storage.

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