한국지구과학회지 (Journal of the Korean earth science society)

  • 제32권6호
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  • Pages.586-594
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  • 2011
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  • 1225-6692(pISSN)
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  • 2287-4518(eISSN)
한국지구과학회 (The Korean Earth Science Society)
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Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) 중력자료 해석을 위한 자료 처리 및 응용

Data Reductions of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Gravity Solutions and Their Applications

  • 서기원 (극지연구소 지구시스템연구부)
  • Seo, Ki-Weon (Divison of Polar Earth System Sciences, Korea Polar Research Institute)
  • 투고 : 2011.06.24
  • 심사 : 2011.08.18
  • 발행 : 2011.10.31
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초록

2002년 4월에 발사된 Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment(GRACE) 위성의 중력시간변화 측정을 통해, 기후 및 환경 변화에 의한 지구 내 질량 재배치 연구가 가능해 졌다. GRACE 중력 자료는 구면조화 함수의 계수인 중력 스펙트럼 형태로 제공이 되며, 이를 구면조화 함수를 이용하여 원하는 지역의 중력 변화 또는 질량 변화로 환산을 해야 한다. 하지만, GRACE 중력 자료는 측정 잡음 이외에도 공간적인 알리아스 에러가 존재하여, 질량 재배치 효과를 확인하기 위해서는 중력 스펙트럼의 처리 과정이 필요하다. 이 연구에서는 GRACE 자료를 처리하는 가장 일반적인 방법을 소개하고, 처리된 중력 자료를 이용한 연구 사례를 소개하였다. GRACE 중력 자료를 이용하여 광범위한 지구과학 연구가 진행 중이지만, 그 중 가장 활발한 연구 분야인 육지의 물수지 연구, 빙하 변화 연구 그리고 해수면 상승 연구 등을 중심으로 소개하였다. GRACE 위성과 유사한 인공위성 중력 관측 사업이 2020년까지 계획되어 있으며, 향후 수십년간 축적된 인공위성 중력 자료는 지구 환경 변화 연구에 핵심적인 자료로 활용될 것으로 기대된다.

Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), launched in April, 2002, makes it possible to monitor Earth's mass redistribution with its time-varying gravity observation. GRACE provides monthly gravity solutions as coefficients of spherical harmonics, and thus ones need to convert the gravity spectrum to gravity grids (or mass grids) via the spherical harmonics. GRACE gravity solutions, however, include spatial alias error as well as noise, which requires to suppress in order to enhance signal to noise ratio. In this study, we present the GRACE data processing procedures and introduce some applications of time-varying gravity, which are studies of terrestrial water storage changes, Antarctic and Greenland ice melting, and sea level rise. Satellite missions such as GRACE will continue up to early 2020, and they are expected to be an essential resource to understand the global climate changes.

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