ESA Greenland Ice Sheet Climate Change Initiative (Greenland_Ice_Sheet_cci): Greenland Gravimetric Mass Balance from GRACE data (CSR RL06), derived by TU Dresden, v1.3

This dataset provides the Gravitational Mass Balance (GMB) product derived from gravimetry data from the GRACE satellite instrument, by TU Dresden. The data consists of two products: a mass change time series for the entire Greenland Ice Sheet and different drainage basins for the period April 2002 to August 2016; and mass trend grids for different 5-year periods between 2003 and 2016. This version (1.3) is derived from GRACE monthly solutions from the CSR RL06 product.

The mass change time series contains the mass change (with respect to a chosen reference month) for all of the Greenland Ice Sheet and each individual drainage basin. For each month (defined by a decimal year) a mass change in Gt and its associated error (also in Gt) is provided. The mass trend grid product is given in units of mm water equivalent per year.

Mass balance is an important variable to understand glacial thinning and ablation rates to enable mapping glacier area change. The time series allows the longer term comparison of trends whereas the mass trend grids provide a yearly snapshot which can be further analysed and compared across the data set.

Basin definitions and further data descriptions can be found in the Algorithm Theoretical Baseline Document (ST-DTU-ESA-GISCCI-ATBD-001_v3.1.pdf) and Product Specification Document (ST-DTU-ESA-GISCCI-PSD_v2.2.pdf) which are provided on the Greenland Ice Sheet CCI project website. This GMB product has been produced by TU Dresden for comparison with the existing GMB product derived by DTU Space.

Please cite the dataset as follows: Groh, A., & Horwath, M. (2016). The method of tailored sensitivity kernels for GRACE mass change estimates. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18, EGU2016-12065

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Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2018-11-28T17:03:31
Dataset Reference Date ()
2018-11-28T17:03:31
Identifier
http://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/5970b33c92ef444793fb6d7e54d1230e
Identifier
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 5970b33c92ef444793fb6d7e54d1230e
  ESA Greenland Ice Sheet CCI project team - author
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - custodian
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - distributor
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - point_of_contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - publisher
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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Keywords
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
  • orthoimagery
Limitations on Public Access
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Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
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Other constraints
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/esacci_icesheets_greenland_terms_and_conditions.pdf . When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Spatial representation type
grid
Topic category
  • Imagery base maps earth cover
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Begin date
2002-03-31T23:00:00
End date
2016-08-31T22:59:59
 
Code
WGS 84

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Data format

  • Mass trend grids are in NetCDF format.

    Time series are in ASCII and png format.

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Product Specification Document (ST-DTU-ESA-GISCCI-PSD_v2.2.pdf)

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Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ST-DTU-ESA-GISCCI-ATBD-001_v3.1.pdf

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The ESA Greenland Ice Sheet CCI Project

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Product User Guide

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ESA Climate Change Initiative website

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Product Specification Document (ST-DTU-ESA-GISCCI-PSD_v2.2.pdf)

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Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ST-DTU-ESA-GISCCI-ATBD-001_v3.1.pdf

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The ESA Greenland Ice Sheet CCI Project

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Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Statement
Data were processed by the ESA CCI Greenland Ice Sheet project team and supplied to CEDA in the context of the ESA CCI Open Data Portal Project.

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Metadata Language
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Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
Parent identifier
ESA Greenland Ice Sheet Climate Change Initiative (Greenland Ice Sheet CCI) Dataset Collection 394464f9c39445d3b6445d8e305841d7
Resource type
dataset
Metadata Date
2022-05-23T23:35:29
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
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