The following images feature space geodetic applications in various Earth science disciplines. Sources for each image are provided on each individual application page and information on the space geodetic technologies used in these applications can be found here. For more information please download Geodesy in the 21st Century, Eos, Vol. 90, No. 18, 5 May 2009, by S. Wdowinski and S. Eriksson. You may also download the electronic supplement to this article.

Solid Earth

Tectonic Plate Motion

Geoid Determination

Glacial Isostatic Adjustment

Earthquake Deformation Cycle

Magmatic-Induced Deformation

 

Geo-Technical

Urban and Infrastructure Subsidence

Landslides

Hydrocarbon Production

 

Cryosphere

Glacier Flow

 

Hydrology

Global/Regional Water Budget

Wetlands Water Level Changes

Aquifer-System Response

River and Lakes Water Level

Soil Moisture

 

Ocean

Bathymetry

Sea Surface Height

 

Atmosphere & Ionosphere

Atmospheric Precipitable Water Vapor (Atmosphere)

Total Electron Content (Ionosphere)

 

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