Groundwater Monitoring using Observations from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Missions [Introductory]

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URL - the landing page for the learning resource: 
https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/arset/?utm_source=social&amp%3Butm_medium=ext&a…
Description - a brief synopsis, abstract or summary of what the learning resource is about: 
Groundwater makes up roughly 30% of global freshwater. It also provides drinking water for the world’s population and irrigation for close to 1/3rd of global agricultural land. Because of this level of reliance, monitoring groundwater is crucial for water resources and land management. The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and GRACE-Follow On (GRACE-FO) missions from NASA and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) provide large-scale terrestrial water storage estimation from mid-2000 to present. The mission uses twin satellites to accurately map variations in the Earth's gravity field and surface mass distribution.


 


GRACE observations have been used for detecting groundwater depletion and for drought and flood predictions. This lightning-style training is designed to answer the demand and interest from the applications community in technologies that can be used to support water resources management. The webinar will provide an overview of the GRACE missions, groundwater data availability, and their applications in the monitoring and management of water resources. This lightning webinar will also serve as the foundation for the upcoming advanced webinar: Using Earth Observations to Monitor Water Budgets for River Basin Management II.

Learning Objectives:
 By the end of this training, attendees will be able to:


  • Access GRACE data and analyze regional groundwater changes


course Format: 


  • A single, 1.5-hour webinar that includes a lecture and a question & answer session

  • No certificate of completion will be available for this webinar


Prerequisites:
 Fundamentals of Remote Sensing   

Agenda:
• Introduction to GRACE and GRACE-FO
• Data Format, Variables, and Resolution
• GRACE Data Access
• Q&A Session

Authoring Person(s) Name: 
Amita Mehta
Erika Podes
Sean McCartney
Authoring Organization(s) Name: 
NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET)
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Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic - CC BY 2.0
Access Cost: 
No fee
Primary language(s) in which the learning resource was originally published or made available: 
English
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Keywords - short phrases describing what the learning resource is about: 
Climate data
Data access
Data formats
Drought monitoring
Flood mapping applications
Freshwater habitat applications
Groundwater monitoring
Land management
Remote sensing
Satellite imagery
Subject Discipline - subject domain(s) toward which the learning resource is targeted: 
Education: Science and Mathematics Education
Physical Sciences and Mathematics: Earth Sciences
Physical Sciences and Mathematics: Environmental Sciences
Published / Broadcast: 
Thursday, June 25, 2020
Publisher - organization credited with publishing or broadcasting the learning resource: 
NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET)
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Contributor Organization(s): 
Name: 
German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)
Type: 
Collaborator
Contact Person(s): 
Brock Blevins
Contact Organization(s): 
NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET)
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Professional Development - increasing knowledge and capabilities related to managing the data produced, used or re-used, curated and/or archived.
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Citizen scientist
Data manager
Early-career research scientist
Mid-career research scientist
Research scientist
Technology expert group
Intended time to complete - approximate amount of time the average student will take to complete the learning resource: 
More than 1 hour (but less than 1 day)