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The German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) supports the GRACE project and the exploitation of the satellite-based estimates of mass redistributions within the Earth system by the GEOTECHNOLOGIEN geoscientific R+D programme under grants 03F0423A, 03F0424A and 03F0436A.

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  1. Section 5.4 Engineering Hydrology, GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ), Telegrafenberg, 14473, Potsdam, Germany

    Andreas Güntner

  2. GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ), Department 1 Remote Sensing and Geodesy, Telegrafenberg, 14473, Potsdam, Germany

    Roland Schmidt

  3. Institute of Physical Geography, University of Frankfurt am Main, P.O. Box 111932, 60054, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    Petra Döll

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Güntner, A., Schmidt, R. & Döll, P. Supporting large-scale hydrogeological monitoring and modelling by time-variable gravity data. Hydrogeol J 15, 167–170 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-006-0089-1

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