Present Day Challenges for High-Precision Terrestrial Gravimetry Applied to Geodynamics

Call for Papers

High-precision gravity measurements combined with other geodetic and geophysical data have experienced an advance in the last few years. New portable gravimeters (e.g., gPhone and iGrav) have become available, which brings the promise of tidal gravity research at new places on Earth. Meanwhile, superconducting gravimeters are being used to test satellite gravity missions (GOCE, GRACE). Together with better digital terrain models, this has led to more effective height corrections. Mass distributions in the Earth system, controlled by gravity forces, and surface displacements are presently measured and modeled with increased accuracy.

We invite authors to submit original research and review articles that contribute to improve our knowledge of the Earth's gravity field, concerning mass distribution and displacements, considering theoretical and instrumental (observational) aspects of terrestrial gravimetry. We are interested in approaches and methods based on terrestrial gravimetry even in combination with other geodetic and geophysical techniques able to lead a major breakthrough in geophysical and geodynamical researches. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Methods for measuring gravity (and its gradient) and processing of gravimetric data
• Improvements on precise gravimetric surveys using relative and/or absolute gravimeters for geodynamics investigation, considering the advances in data modeling
• Application of gravity measurements combined with other geodetic observations to study mass redistribution and ground deformation for monitoring of active (volcanic/seismic) areas
• Analysis of gravity time series: modeling tidal gravimetry observations for studying elastic properties and dynamics of the solid Earth
• Modeling of contribution of ocean and atmospheric loading to Earth's surface displacements
• Applications of terrestrial gravimetry to study sea-level changes and glacial isostatic adjustment
• Inversion of gravity data for studying subsurface density distribution with applications in geodynamic processes
• 4D gravity monitoring for studying geothermal or gas/oil fields
• Issues of the accuracy of absolute and relative gravity sensors and measurements

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijgp/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable:

Lead Guest Editor

• José Arnoso, Institute of Geosciences (CSIC-UCM), Madrid, Spain

Guest Editors

• Machiel S. Bos, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
• Umberto Riccardi, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy