IGCP 565 Project Workshops

Synopsis of Workshop 3 (2010): Determination of mass transports in the hydrological cycle from geodetic observations

The third IGCP 565 Workshop will focus on the inversion of geodetic observations for surface mass changes and the relation of these changes to parameters of the global water cycle. Key issues will be comparison of models and algorithms, cross-technique and cross-model validation, including meteorological and climatological models of the water cycle at regional and global scales. The inter-model differences in existing models of the water cycle or part of it will be assessed, and based on comparison with the inverted mass redistributions the sources of the discrepancies will be identified. Anticipated output will be a summary report and proceedings.