GRACE Follow-On: Validation of measurements and initial results

This project aims to advance knowledge to quantify ongoing mass loss of Earths polar ice caps and glaciers, increases in sea level, and changes in continental water storage. The project expects to improve capability to monitor changes on Earth using satellites and to enhance analysis by exploiting data from new instrumentation on the GRACE Follow-On space gravity mission, due for launch in 2018. Expected results aim to improve computation tools and to develop expertise to analyse the new data. Expected outcomes will enable reliable estimates to monitor significant sea-level rise and associated societal and economic disruptions.