Areas of expertise

• Photogrammetry And Remote Sensing 090905
• Surfacewater Hydrology 040608
• Water Resources Engineering 090509
• Physical Oceanography 040503
• Tectonics 040313
• Geodesy 090902
• Atmospheric Sciences 0401
• Geophysics 0404
• Environmental Science And Management 0502
• Geomatic Engineering 0909

Available student projects

Publications

• Allgeyer, S, Tregoning, P, McQueen, H et al. 2022, 'ANU GRACE Data Analysis: Orbit Modeling, Regularization and Inter-satellite Range Acceleration Observations', Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, vol. 127, no. 2.
• Tregoning, P, McGirr, R, Pfeffer, J et al. 2022, 'ANU GRACE Data Analysis: Characteristics and Benefits of Using Irregularly Shaped Mascons', Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, vol. 127, no. 2, pp. 1-18.
• Razeghi, M, Tregoning, P, Shiezaei, M et al. 2022, 'Characterization of Changes in Groundwater Storage in the Lachlan Catchment, Australia, Derived From Observations of Surface Deformation and Groundwater Level Data', Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, vol. 127, no. 12.
• McGirr, R, Tregoning, P, Allgeyer, S et al. 2022, 'Mitigation of thermal noise in GRACE accelerometer observations', Advances in Space Research, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 386-401.
• shearan, B, Mukhopadhyay, S, Tregoning, P et al. 2022, 'Where is All the Water?', 2022 22nd International Symposium on Electrical Apparatus and Technologies (SIELA), IEEE, New York City. https://doi.org/10.1109/SIELA54794.2022.9845719
• Ghobadi‑Far, K, Han, S, Allgeyer, S et al. 2020, 'GRACE gravitational measurements of tsunamis after the 2004, 2010, and 2011 great earthquakes', Journal of Geodesy, vol. 94, no. 7, pp. 1-9.
• Colloff, M, Connell, D, Daniell, K et al. 2020, Water reform for all: a national response to a water emergency.
• Tian, S, Renzullo, L, Van Dijk, A et al 2019, 'Global joint assimilation of GRACE and SMOS for improved estimation of root-zone soil moisture and vegetation response', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 1067-1081.
• Tian, S, Van Dijk, A, Tregoning, P et al. 2019, 'Forecasting dryland vegetation condition months in advance through satellite data assimilation', Nature Communications, vol. 10, no. 469, pp. 1-7.
• Koulali, A, McClusky, S, Cummins, P et al 2018, 'Wedge geometry, frictional properties and interseismic coupling of the Java megathrust', Tectonophysics, vol. 734-735, pp. 89-95.
• Emetc, V, Tregoning, P, Morlighem, M et al 2018, 'A statistical fracture model for Antarctic ice shelves and glaciers', Cryosphere, vol. 12, no. 10, pp. 3187-3213.
• Pfeffer, J, Tregoning, P, Purcell, A et al 2018, 'Multitechnique assessment of the interannual to multidecadal variability in steric sea levels: A comparative analysis of climate mode fingerprints', Journal of Climate, vol. 31, no. 18, pp. 7583-7597pp.
• Purcell, A, Tregoning, P & Dehecq, A 2018, 'Reply to Comment by W. R. Peltier, D. F. Argus, and R. Drummond on "An Assessment of the ICE6G_C (VM5a) Glacial Isostatic Adjustment Model"', Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, vol. 123, no. 2, pp. 2029-2032pp.
• Koulali, A, McClusky, S, Susilo, S et al. 2017, 'The kinematics of crustal deformation in Java from GPS observations: Implications for fault slip partitioning', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 458, pp. 69-79pp.
• Koulali, A, McClusky, S, Wallace, L et al. 2017, 'Slow slip events and the 2016 Te Araroa Mw 7.1 earthquake interaction: Northern Hikurangi subduction, New Zealand', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 44, no. 16, pp. 8336-8344pp.
• Zannat, U & Tregoning, P 2017, 'Estimating network effect in geocenter motion: Theory', Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, vol. 122, no. 110, pp. 8360-8375.
• Zannat, U & Tregoning, P 2017, 'Estimating network effect in geocenter motion: Applications', Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, vol. 122, no. 10, pp. 8347-8359pp.
• Masoumi, A, McClusky, S, Koulali, A et al 2017, 'A directional model of tropospheric horizontal gradients in Global Positioning System and its application for particular weather scenarios', Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 122, no. 8, pp. 4401-4425.
• Tian, S, Tregoning, P, Renzullo, L et al 2017, 'Improved water balance component estimates through joint assimilation of GRACE water storage and SMOS soil moisture retrievals', Water Resources Research, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 1820-1840pp.
• Kallenberg, B., Tregoning, P, Hoffmann, J. F., Purcell, A., Allgeyer, S. 2017, 'A new approach to estimate ice dynamic rates using satellite observations in East Antarctica', Cryosphere, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 1235-1245.
• Gowan, E, Tregoning, P, Purcell, A et al 2016, 'ICESHEET 1.0: a program to produce paleo-ice sheet reconstructions with minimal assumptions', Geoscientific Model Development, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 1673-1682.
• Purcell, A, Tregoning, P & Dehecq, A 2016, 'An assessment of the ICE6G_C(VM5a) glacial isostatic adjustmentmodel', Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, vol. 121, no. 5, pp. 3939-3950.
• Gowan, E, Tregoning, P, Purcell, A et al 2016, 'A model of the western Laurentide Ice Sheet, using observations of glacial isostatic adjustment', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 139, pp. 1-16.
• Koulali, A, Susilo, S, McClusky, S et al 2016, 'Crustal strain partitioning and the associated earthquake hazard in the eastern Sunda-Banda Arc', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 1943-1949.
• Koulali, A, Tregoning, P, McClusky, S et al 2015, 'New Insights into the present-day kinematics of the central and western Papua New Guinea from GPS', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 202, no. 2, pp. 993-1004.
• White, N, Haigh, I, Church, J et al 2014, 'Australian sea levels-Trends, regional variability and influencing factors', Earth-Science Reviews, vol. 136, pp. 155-174.
• Memin, A, Watson, C, Haigh, I et al 2014, 'Non-linear motions of Australian geodetic stations induced by non-tidal ocean loading and the passage of tropical cyclones', Journal of Geodesy, vol. 88, no. 10, pp. 927-940.
• Wallace, L, Ellis, S, Little, T et al 2014, 'Continental breakup and UHP rock exhumation in action: GPS results from the Woodlark Rift, Papua New Guinea', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 15, no. 11, pp. 4267-4290.
• Moore, M, Watson, C, King, M et al 2014, 'Empirical modelling of site-specific errors in continuous GPS data', Journal of Geodesy, vol. 88, no. 9, pp. 887-900.
• Van Dijk, A, Renzullo, L, Wada, Y et al 2014, 'A global water cycle reanalysis (2003-2012) merging satellite gravimetry and altimetry observations with a hydrological multi-model ensemble', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 2955-2973.
• Burgette, R, Watson, C, Church, J et al 2013, 'Characterizing and minimizing the effects of noise in tide gauge time series: Relative and geocentric sea level rise around Australia', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 194, no. 2, pp. 719-736.
• Tregoning, P, Burgette, R, McClusky, S et al. 2013, 'A decade of horizontal deformation from great earthquakes', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 118, no. 5, pp. 2371-2381.
• McClusky, S & Tregoning, P 2013, Background paper on subsidence monitoring and measurement with a focus on coal seam gas (CSG) activities.
• Leblanc, M, Tweed, S, Ramillien, G et al 2012, 'Groundwater change in the Murray basin from long-term in-situ monitoring and GRACE estimates', in Holger Treidel, Jose Luis Martin-Bordes, Jason J. Gurdak (ed.), Climate Change Effects on Groundwater Resources, CRC Press LLC, Australia, pp. 169-187.
• McGrath, G, Sadler, R, Fleming, K et al 2012, 'Tropical cyclones and the ecohydrology of Australia's recent continental-scale drought', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 39, no. 3.
• Fleming, K, Tregoning, P, Kuhn, M et al. 2012, 'The effect of melting land-based ice masses on sea-level around the Australian coastline', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 457-467.
• Van Dijk, A, Crosbie, R, Pena-Arancibia, J et al 2012, 'Analysis of uncertainties in the inference of groundwater dynamics from gravity recovery and climate experiment observations over Australia', International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2012), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc), Munich, pp. 1318-1320.
• Darbeheshti, N, Zhou, L, Tregoning, P et al 2012, 'The ANU GRACE visualisation web portal', Computers and Geosciences, vol. 52, pp. 227-233.
• J-P. Montillet, P, Tregoning, S, McClusky, K. Yu, 2012, 'Extracting white noise statistics in GPS coordinate time series', IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 563-567.
• Tregoning, P, McClusky, S, van Dijk, A et al 2012, 'Assessment of GRACE satellites for groundwater estimation in Ausralia'.
• Tregoning, P & Watson, C 2011, 'Correction to "Atmospheric effects and spurious signals in GPS analyses"', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 116, pp. B02412.
• Watson, C, White, N, Church, J et al 2011, 'Absolute Calibration in Bass Strait, Australia: TOPEX, Jason-1 and OSTM/Jason-2', Marine Geodesy, vol. 34, no. 3-4, pp. 242-260.
• Purcell, A, Dehecq, A, Tregoning, P et al 2011, 'Relationship between glacial isostatic adjustment and gravity perturbations observed by GRACE', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 38, pp. L18305-5.
• Brown, N & Tregoning, P 2010, 'Quantifying GRACE data contamination effects on hydrological analysis in the Murray-Darling Basin southeast Australia', Geological Society of Australia Special Publication (now Australian Journal of Earth Science), vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 329-335.
• Vergnolle, M, Walpersdorf, A, Kostoglodov, V et al 2010, 'Slow slip events in Mexico revised from the processing of 11 year GPS observations', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 115, pp. B08403.
• Watson, C, Burgette, R, Tregoning, P et al 2010, 'Twentieth century constraints on sea level change and earthquake deformation at Macquarie Island', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 182, no. 2, pp. 781-796.
• Tregoning, P, Watson, C, Ramillien, G et al. 2009, 'Detecting hydrologic deformation using GRACE and GPS', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 36, no. L15401, p. 6.
• Tregoning, P, Ramillien, G, McQueen, H et al. 2009, 'Glacial isostatic adjustment and nonstationary signals observed by GRACE', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 114, no. B06406, p. 10.
• Tregoning, P & Watson, C 2009, 'Atmospheric effects and spurious signals in GPS analyses', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 114, p. 15.
• Melachroinos, S, Lemoine, J, Tregoning, P et al 2009, 'Quantifying FES2004 S2 tidal model from multiple space-geodesy techniques, GPS and GRACE, over North West Australia', Journal of Geodesy, vol. 83, no. 10, pp. 915-923.
• Leblanc, M, Tregoning, P, Ramillien, G et al 2009, 'Basin-scale, integrated observations of the early 21st century multiyear drought in southeast Australia', Water Resources Research, vol. 45, no. W04408, pp. 1-10.
• Dawson, J, Cummins, P, Tregoning, P et al 2008, 'Shallow intraplate earthquakes in Western Australia observed by Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 113, no. 11, pp. B11408.
• Tregoning, P 2008, 'New Geodetic Infrastructure for Australia', Journal of Spatial Science, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 65-80.
• Tregoning, P, Lambeck, K & Ramillien, G 2008, 'GRACE estimates of sea surface height anomalies in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 271, no. 1-4, pp. 241-244.
• Tregoning, P & Rizos, C, eds, 2007, Dynamic Planet: Monitoring and Understanding a Dynamic Planet with Geodetic and Oceanographic Tools, Springer, New York.
• Boehm, J, Mendes Cerveira, P, Schuh, H et al 2007, 'The impact of tropospheric mapping functions based on numerical weather models on the determination of geodetic parameters', in P Tregoning and C Rizos (ed.), Dynamic Planet: Monitoring and Understanding a Dynamic Planet with Geodetic and Oceanographic Tools, Springer, New York, pp. 837-843.
• Dawson, J & Tregoning, P 2007, 'Uncertainty analysis of earthquake source parameters determined from InSAR: A simulation study', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 112, pp. 1-13.
• Tregoning, P & Herring, T 2006, 'Impact of a priori zenith hydrostatic delay errors on GPS estimates of station heights and zenith total delays', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 33, no. L23303, pp. 1-5.
• Tregoning, P, Boehm, J, Niell, A et al 2006, 'Global Mapping Function (GMF): A new empirical mapping function based on numerical weather model data', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 33, no. 7, pp. L07304.
• Tregoning, P, Coleman, R & Watson, C 2006, 'Impact of solid Earth tide models on GPS coordinate and tropospheric time series', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 33, no. 8, pp. L08306.
• Tregoning, P, Walpersdorf, A, Baize, S et al 2006, 'Deformation in the Jura Mountains (France): First results from semi-permanent GPS measurements', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 245, no. 1- Feb, pp. 365-372.
• Tregoning, P & van Dam, T 2005, 'Atmospheric pressure loading corrections applied to GPS data at the obsevation level', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 32, pp. 1-4.
• Tregoning, P & van Dam, T 2005, 'Effects of atmospheric pressure loading and seven-parameter transformations on estimates of geocenter motion and station heights from space geodetic observations', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 110, pp. 1-12.
• Tregoning, P, Sambridge, M, McQueen, H et al. 2005, 'Tectonic interpretation of aftershock relocations in eastern Papua New Guinea using teleseismic data and the arrival pattern method', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 160, pp. 1103-1111.
• Titov, O & Tregoning, P 2005, 'Effect of post-seismic deformation on earth orientation parameter estimates from VLBI observations: a case study at Gilcreek, Alaska', Journal of Geodesy, vol. 79, pp. 196-202.
• Tregoning, P & Gorbatov, A 2004, 'Evidence for active subduction at the New Guinea Trench', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 31, pp. 1-4 (L13608).
• Titov, O & Tregoning, P 2004, 'Post-Seismic Motion of Gilcreek Geodetic Sites Following the November, 2002 Denali Earthquake', International VLBI Service for Geodesy and Astrometry 2004, ed. Nancy R. Vandenberg and Karen D. Baver, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Canada, pp. 496-500.
• Tregoning, P 2003, 'Is the Australian Plate deforming? A space geodetic perspective', Geological Society of Australia Special Publication (now Australian Journal of Earth Science), vol. 22, pp. 41-48.
• Beavan, J, Tregoning, P, Bevis, M et al 2002, 'Motion and rigidity of the Pacific Plate and implications for plate boundary deformation', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 107, no. B10, pp. 10.1029/2001JB000282.
• Tregoning, P 2002, 'Plate Kinematics in the western Pacific derived from geodetic observations', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 107, no. B1, pp. 10.1029/2001JB000406.
• Tregoning, P & McQueen, H 2001, 'Resolving slip-vector azimuths and plate motion along the southern boundary of the South Bismarck Plate, Papua New Guinea', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 48, pp. 745-750.
• Tregoning, P, McQueen, H, Lambeck, K et al. 2000, 'Present-day crustal motion in Papua New Guinea', International Symposium on GPS 1999, Terra Scientific Publishers, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 727-730.
• Tregoning, P, Welsh, A, McQueen, H et al. 2000, 'The search for postglacial rebound near the Lambert Glacier, Antarctica', International Symposium on GPS 1999, Terra Scientific Publishers, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 727-730.
• Zwartz, D, Tregoning, P, Lambeck, K et al 1999, 'Estimates of present-day glacial rebound in the Lambert Glacier region, Antarctica', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 26, pp. 1461?1464.
• Tregoning, P, Jackson, R, McQueen, H et al. 1999, 'Motion of the South Bismarck Plate, Papua New Guinea', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 26, pp. 3517?3520.

Projects and Grants

Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.

• GRACE-FO analysis - 2023 (Secondary Investigator)
• Integrating Quantum Tech into Space Manufacturing for Defence & Agriculture - Round 12 (Secondary Investigator)
• Simulation of satellite-based gravitational survey with ultra-stable quantum gravimeters (Primary Investigator)
• Analysis of GRACE-FO space gravity data (Primary Investigator)
• The Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (Secondary Investigator)
• Processing and integration of new space gravity data (GRACE-FO) for groundwater storage changes in the Great Artesian Basin (Primary Investigator)
• Where is all the Water Project - Schedule Project Agreement (No 2) (Primary Investigator)
• Application and interpretation of GRACE data for groundwater storage changes in the Great Artesian Basin (Primary Investigator)
• Tracking changes in Australia's water resources in Northern Australia (Primary Investigator)
• GRACE Follow-On: Validation of measurements and initial results (Primary Investigator)
• APR Internship (Veronika Emetc): INT - 0503 & Electric Vehicles (EVs) & Connected and AutomatedVehicles (CAVs) Transport, Performance & Analytics (TPA) (Primary Investigator)
• Validation of the CarbonNet Probability Approach for Reservoir Dynamic Modelling CMS 160620592 (Primary Investigator)
• Sea level around Australia: fingerprints of melting ice sheets (Primary Investigator)
• A seismo-geodetic observation network for the Antarctic Peninsula (Secondary Investigator)
• Forecasting drought impacts months ahead using satellite data (Secondary Investigator)
• Space gravity: Squeezing the last drop of hydrological information out of current and future missions (Primary Investigator)
• Antarctic mass balance: data mining and assimilation of geodetic observations (Secondary Investigator)
• What is happening in Enderby Land? (Primary Investigator)
• Earthquake Hazard in Indonesia (Secondary Investigator)
• Assessment of GRACE satellites for groundwater estimation in Australia (Primary Investigator)
• The GRACE Follow-on mission (Secondary Investigator)
• GRACE Analysis (Primary Investigator)
• Tracking the response of terrestrial and ocean waters to climate variations using space gravity observations (Primary Investigator)
• Environmental geodesy: variations of sea level and water storage in the Australian region (Primary Investigator)
• CLOSED - AuScope Participant Agreement 2007-2011 (Secondary Investigator)

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