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JPL TELLUS GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 version 04. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/GFLND-3AJ64
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However, a newer version exists.
JPL TELLUS GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 version 04. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5067/GFLND-3AJ64
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JPL TELLUS GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 version 04
(TELLUS_GRFO_L3_JPL_RL06_LND_v04)DOI | 10.5067/GFLND-3AJ64 |
Short Name | TELLUS_GRFO_L3_JPL_RL06_LND_v04 |
Description | The monthly land mass grids contain water mass anomalies given as equivalent water thickness derived from GRACE & GRACE-FO time-variable gravity observations during the specified timespan, and relative to the specified time-mean reference period. The Equivalent water thickness represents the total terrestrial water storage anomalies from soil moisture, snow, surface water (incl. rivers, lakes, reservoirs etc.), as well as groundwater and aquifers. A glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) correction has been applied, and standard corrections for geocenter (degree-1), C20 (degree-20) and C30 (degree-30) are incorporated. Post-processing filters have been applied to reduce correlated errors. Version 04 (v04) of the terrestrial water storage data uses updated and consistent C20 and Geocenter corrections (i.e., Technical Notes TN-14 and TN-13), as well as an ellipsoidal correction to account for the non-spherical shape of the Earth when mapping gravity anomalies to surface mass change. Data grids are provided in ASCII/netCDF/GeoTIFF formats. For the RL06 version, all GRACE products in the ASCII format have adopted the YAML encoding header, which is in full compliance with the PODAAC metadata best practices. |
Version | RL06v04 |
Dataset Type | DEPRECATED |
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Name | Long Name | Unit |
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lat | latitude | degrees_north |
lat_bounds | latitude boundaries | degrees_north |
lon | longitude | degrees_east |
lon_bounds | longitude boundaries | degrees_east |
lwe_thickness | Liquid_Water_Equivalent_Thickness | m |
time | time | days since 2002-01-01T00:00:00 |
time_bounds | time bounds for each time value, i.e. the first day and last day included in the monthly solution | days since 2002-01-01T00:00:00 |
uncertainty | uncertainty | m |
Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. Please cite the data as follows, and cite the reference papers when it is appropriate.
Citation | Felix Landerer. 2021. JPL TELLUS GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 version 04. Ver. RL06v04. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed [YYYY-MM-DD] at https://doi.org/10.5067/GFLND-3AJ64
For more information see Data Citations and Acknowledgments.
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Journal Reference | Landerer F. W. and S. C. Swenson, Accuracy of scaled GRACE terrestrial water storage estimates. Water Resources Research, Vol 48, W04531, 11 PP, doi:10.1029/2011WR011453, 2012. . |