GRACE-FO 2025 Science Team Meeting

Meeting Update

While we had planned for a hybrid Science Team Meeting and were looking forward to hosting the community in Boulder from October 7-9 this year, current circumstances require us to switch to a remote-ONLY meeting this year.

Registrations

The meeting organizer UCAR/CPAESS will process refunds in case you had already registered & paid for the meeting. All registrations are on hold for now while we pivot to a remote-only meeting. We will update you when the registration for the virtual meeting will open.

Please contact gfostm-2025@jpl.nasa.gov with any urgent questions. More details to come soon!

Meeting Overview & Objective

Changes in how water is stored in the land surface and across the Earth has broad implications for society, especially in the domains of water availability, flood and drought occurrence, and sea level rise. Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission, launched in 2018, continuously extends the global 23+ year record of Earth’s monthly gravity and water mass changes from the first GRACE mission (2002 to 2017). The observations of Earth’s water movement and month-to-month surface mass changes enable important applications for everyday life in the evolving Earth system. These measurements provide essential and unique information on changing groundwater availability in the US and across the globe, as well as early warning for emergent drought and flood conditions.

Monitoring changes in ice sheets and glaciers, near-surface and underground water storage, the amount of water in large lakes and rivers, as well as changes in sea level and ocean currents with the GRACE-series provides an integrated view of Earth’s global water cycle and energy balance. Additionally, GRACE-FO also provides unique observations of solid Earth processes, such as glacial isostatic adjustment and large earthquakes. GRACE-FO data play a key role in up-to-date terrestrial reference frames that provide an enduring foundation for monitoring changes in the geoid and sea levels, as well as allowing for precision orbit determination for satellites.

The objective of the 2025 GFO-STM is to provide the community of data producers, users and practitioners with mission status updates, as well as near-term plans towards the launch of the planned GRACE-C mission in 2028. Furthermore, the meeting is a forum to present & engage in discussion about algorithm improvements, and novel science and applications results.

About the Meeting

While we had initially planned a hybrid meeting in Boulder, CO, this year’s meeting is now (as of Sep-03, 2025) pivoting to be virtual only. The meeting will consist of moderated thematic sessions with contributed presentations and opportunities for discussions to improve data quality, user engagement, and overall mission return for science and applications.

Important Dates

• Presentation Upload Deadline: October 6, 2025 (more details will be provided soon)
• Meeting Dates: October 7-9

We are currently working on an agenda and schedule to accommodate international time zones.

Abstracts

Abstract submission is closed. Please contact gfostm-2025@jpl.nasa.gov should you have any questions.

Poster & Oral Presentation Instructions

• Your poster is no bigger than 46"x46" (117cm X 117cm).
• Your oral presentation is no longer than 15 minutes (talk + questions)
• Please be prepared to upload your talk by October 6th to the meeting website (link will be provided later to registered participants)

Refund Policy

There will be a non-refundable administration fee of $20.00 for any registrations that are cancelled after payment is made. Cancellations after September 17th will receive a $0 refund due to contractual obligations.

Scientific Organizing Committee

Felix Landerer, Athina Peidou, JT Reager (JPL)
Frank Flechtner, Christoph Dahle (GFZ)
Himanshu Save, Nadege Pie (CSR)

To contact the scientific organizing committee, please send an email to : gfostm-2025@jpl.nasa.gov

Meeting Contact

Questions? Contact Maggie Payeur