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Voigt, Christian [Author]; Schulz, Karsten [Author]; Koch, Franziska [Author]; Wetzel, Karl-Friedrich [Author]; Timmen, Ludger [Author]; Rehm, Till [Author]; Pflug, Hartmut [Author]; Stolarczuk, Nico [Author]; Förste, Christoph [Author]; Flechtner, Frank [Author]

Technical note: Introduction of a superconducting gravimeter as novel hydrological sensor for the Alpine research catchment Zugspitze - [published Version]

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  • Media type: Text; E-Article
  • Title: Technical note: Introduction of a superconducting gravimeter as novel hydrological sensor for the Alpine research catchment Zugspitze
  • Contributor: Voigt, Christian [Author]; Schulz, Karsten [Author]; Koch, Franziska [Author]; Wetzel, Karl-Friedrich [Author]; Timmen, Ludger [Author]; Rehm, Till [Author]; Pflug, Hartmut [Author]; Stolarczuk, Nico [Author]; Förste, Christoph [Author]; Flechtner, Frank [Author]
  • Published: Göttingen : Copernicus, 2021
  • Published in: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 25 (2021), Nr. 9 ; Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Issue: published Version
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.15488/12264; https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-5047-2021
  • ISSN: 1027-5606
  • Keywords: Technical notes ; High sensitivity ; Central Alps ; Superconducting gravimeter ; Research center ; Sensor networks ; Alpine regions ; Runoff ; Water supply ; alpine environment ; Catchments ; Sensitivity analysis ; sensor ; Alpine catchments ; instrumentation ; Alps ; Observatories ; Gravimeters ; catchment ; Wetterstein Mountains ; Zugspitze ; Geosciences ; Bavarian Alps ; Digital storage ; [...]
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  • Description: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences) set up the Zugspitze Geodynamic Observatory Germany with a worldwide unique installation of a superconducting gravimeter at the summit of Mount Zugspitze on top of the Partnach spring catchment. This high alpine catchment is well instrumented, acts as natural lysimeter and has significant importance for water supply to its forelands, with a large mean annual precipitation of 2080ĝ€¯mm and a long seasonal snow cover period of 9 months, while showing a high sensitivity to climate change. However, regarding the majority of alpine regions worldwide, there is only limited knowledge on temporal water storage variations due to sparsely distributed hydrological and meteorological sensors and the large variability and complexity of signals in alpine terrain. This underlines the importance of well-equipped areas such as Mount Zugspitze serving as natural test laboratories for improved monitoring, understanding and prediction of alpine hydrological processes. The observatory superconducting gravimeter, OSG 052, supplements the existing sensor network as a novel hydrological sensor system for the direct observation of the integral gravity effect of total water storage variations in the alpine research catchment at Zugspitze. Besides the experimental set-up and the available data sets, the gravimetric methods and gravity residuals are presented based on the first 27 months of observations from 29 December 2018 to 31 March 2021. The snowpack is identified as being a primary contributor to seasonal water storage variations and, thus, to the gravity residuals with a signal range of up to 750ĝ€¯nms-2 corresponding to 1957ĝ€¯mm snow water equivalent measured with a snow scale at an altitude of 2420ĝ€¯m at the end of May 2019. Hydro-gravimetric sensitivity analysis reveal a snow-gravimetric footprint of up to 4ĝ€¯km distance around the gravimeter, with a dominant gravity contribution from the snowpack in the Partnach spring catchment. This shows that the hydro-gravimetric approach ...
  • Access State: Open Access
  • Rights information: Attribution (CC BY)