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Mass Distribution and Mass Transport in the Earth System: Recent Scientific Progress Due to Interdisciplinary Research

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This Special Issue on “Mass Distribution and Mass Transport in the Earth System: Recent Scientific Progress due to Interdisciplinary Research” reports a number of findings resulting from a collaborative effort run from 2006 until 2013, in the framework of the DFG Priority Program 1257 “Mass Distribution and Mass Transport in the Earth System”. Contributions have been arranged along five lines, i.e. (1) improvements in geodesy: satellite mass monitoring through gravimetry and altimetry, (2) applications in large-scale hydrology, (3) applications in solid Earth research, (4) applications in cryospheric research, (5) applications in ocean sciences.

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We would like to thank all contributors to this Special Issue, and all reviewers who have helped to improve the presentation of the results shown here. Special thanks go to editor-in-chief Michael Rycroft for guiding us smoothly through the compilation of this issue.

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  1. Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Jürgen Kusche

  2. Section 1.3, Earth System Modelling, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany

    Volker Klemann

  3. Institute of Geodesy, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

    Nico Sneeuw

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Kusche, J., Klemann, V. & Sneeuw, N. Mass Distribution and Mass Transport in the Earth System: Recent Scientific Progress Due to Interdisciplinary Research. Surv Geophys 35, 1243–1249 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10712-014-9308-9

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