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Bender, P. L., Conklin, J. W., and Wiese, D. N., 2025. Short–Period Mass Variations and the Next Generation Gravity Mission. Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth), 130(1):2024JB030290, doi:10.1029/2024JB030290.
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@ARTICLE{2025JGRB..13030290B,
author = {{Bender}, P.~L. and {Conklin}, J.~W. and {Wiese}, D.~N.},
title = "{Short-Period Mass Variations and the Next Generation Gravity Mission}",
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth)},
keywords = {GRACE, gravity, mass change, accelerometer, gravitational reference sensor},
year = 2025,
month = jan,
volume = {130},
number = {1},
pages = {2024JB030290},
abstract = "{At the time that the 2017{\textendash}2027 Decadal Survey for Earth
Science and Applications from Space was released, there was a
strong emphasis on reducing the possibility of a substantial gap
between the GRACE Follow-On mission and a successor mission.
This has led to the subsequent rapid development of a successor
mission in partnership between NASA and DLR, GRACE-Continuity
(GRACE-C), expected to launch in 2028, to continue the
timeseries of Earth system mass change established by GRACE and
GRACE-FO. In parallel, ESA continues development of a pair of
satellites called Next Generation Gravity Mission (NGGM),
targeted for an inclination between 65{\textdegree} and
75{\textdegree} to complement GRACE-C, launching in the early
2030s. NGGM offers the possibility for reduced noise in
measuring short-period variations in the satellite separation
using an improved accelerometer relative to what is flying on
GRACE-C. One pathway for this is by using a simplified version
of the Gravitational Reference Sensors demonstrated on the LISA
Pathfinder Mission in 2016. And, if the measurement accuracy is
much improved, it appears desirable to fly NGGM with a fixed
ground track and an approximately 5-day orbit repeat period.}",
doi = {10.1029/2024JB030290},
adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025JGRB..13030290B},
adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}
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