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slide 1 - A map of North America shows how the midwest was almost entirely above its long-term average in mass in May 2019, due to Midwestern flooding, with the runoff raising the Great Lakes to record levels.

GRACE-FO Shows the Weight of Midwestern Floods

Data from the mission show a gain in water weight across the U.S. Midwest as well as rapid weight loss from ice melt in Greenland. Full story ›

slide 2 - Illustration of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission. GRACE-FO tracks the evolution of Earth's water cycle by monitoring changes in the distribution of mass on Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

GRACE-FO First Gravity Field Data Now Available

GRACE-FO releases first Level-2 data products, including nine monthly gravity fields and corresponding atmosphere and ocean model data. Full story ›

slide 3 - Illustration of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission. GRACE-FO tracks the evolution of Earth's water cycle by monitoring changes in the distribution of mass on Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

GRACE-FO Project Releases First Science Data

GRACE-FO Level-1 science data products are now available at NASA’s Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) and GFZ’s Information System and Data Center (ISDC). Read more ›

slide 4 - Illustration of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission. GRACE-FO tracks the evolution of Earth's water cycle by monitoring changes in the distribution of mass on Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

GRACE-FO Resumes Data Collection

GRACE Follow-On has resumed collecting data after completing a switchover to a backup system. Read more ›

slide 5 - Artist's rendering of the twin GRACE-FO satellites in orbit over Earth.

GRACE-FO Satellite Switching to Backup Instrument Processing Unit

NASA's GRACE-FO team plans to switch to a backup system in the Microwave Instrument on one of the twin spacecraft this month. Read more ›

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Tracking Earth's Water in Motion

GRACE Follow-On (GRACE-FO) is continuing GRACE’s legacy of tracking Earth’s water movement across the planet. Monitoring changes in ice sheets and glaciers, underground water storage, the amount of water in large lakes and rivers, and changes in sea level provides a unique view of Earth’s climate and has far-reaching benefits for its people.

Water Storage

Ice Sheets & Glaciers

Sea Level

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Tracking Earth's Water in Motion

GRACE Follow-On (GRACE-FO) is continuing GRACE’s legacy of tracking Earth’s water movement across the planet. Monitoring changes in ice sheets and glaciers, underground water storage, the amount of water in large lakes and rivers, and changes in sea level provides a unique view of Earth’s climate and has far-reaching benefits for its people.

Water Storage

Ice Sheets & Glaciers

Sea Level

Solid Earth

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May 17, 2018

NASA Satellites Reveal Major Shifts in Global Freshwater

NASA scientists used GRACE data to identify regional trends of freshwater movement, and combined that information with data from other satellites, climate models and precipitation measurements to determine the causes of major regional trends in freshwater storage.
March 29, 2018

NASA Renews Focus on Earth's Frozen Regions

In 2018, NASA will intensify its focus on one of the most critical but remote parts of our changing planet with the launch of GRACE-FO and ICESat-2, and an array of airborne campaigns.

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A 3D interactive model of NASA's GRACE-FO spacecraft.
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A long exposure of the GRACE-FO launch from Vandenberg
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The rocket carrying GRACE-FO lifts off into a blue sky, with the Pacific Ocean beneath it.

GRACE Data

After GRACE-FO launches and all instruments are checked out in early 2018, we will begin delivering monthly surface mass anomaly grids.

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GRACE Tellus

GRACE Tellus provides user-friendly Level-3 data grids of monthly surface mass changes, with most geophysical corrections applied, to analyze changes in the mass of Earth's water, ice and land.

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