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A benchmark data set for long-term monitoring in the eLTER site Gesäuse-Johnsbachtal Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Florian Lippl, Alexander Maringer, Margit Kurka, Jakob Abermann, Wolfgang Schöner, Manuela Hirschmugl
Abstract. This paper gives an overview over all currently available data sets for the European Long-term Ecosystem Research (eLTER) monitoring site Gesäuse-Johnsbachtal. The site is part of the eLTSER platform Eisenwurzen in the Alps of the province of Styria, Austria. It contains both protected (National Park Gesäuse) and non-protected areas (Johnsbachtal). Although the main research focus of the
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GLC_FCS30D: the first global 30 m land-cover dynamics monitoring product with a fine classification system for the period from 1985 to 2022 generated using dense-time-series Landsat imagery and the continuous change-detection method Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Xiao Zhang, Tingting Zhao, Hong Xu, Wendi Liu, Jinqing Wang, Xidong Chen, Liangyun Liu
Abstract. Land-cover change has been identified as an important cause or driving force of global climate change and is a significant research topic. Over the past few decades, global land-cover mapping has progressed; however, long-time-series global land-cover-change monitoring data are still sparse, especially those at 30 m resolution. In this study, we describe GLC_FCS30D, a novel global 30 m land-cover
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An observational network of ground surface temperature under different land-cover types on the northeastern Qinghai–Tibet Plateau Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Raul-David Şerban, Huijun Jin, Mihaela Şerban, Giacomo Bertoldi, Dongliang Luo, Qingfeng Wang, Qiang Ma, Ruixia He, Xiaoying Jin, Xinze Li, Jianjun Tang, Hongwei Wang
Abstract. Ground surface temperature (GST), measured at approximately 5 cm in depth, is a key controlling parameter for subsurface biophysical processes at the land–atmosphere boundary. This work presents a valuable dataset of GST observations at various spatial scales in the Headwater Area of the Yellow River (HAYR), a representative area of high-plateau permafrost on the northeastern Qinghai–Tibet
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DINOSTRAT version 2.1-GTS2020 Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Peter K. Bijl
Abstract. DINOSTRAT version 2.1-GTS2020 is now available (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10506652, Bijl et al., 2024b). This version updates DINOSTRAT to the Geologic Time Scale 2020, and new publications are added into the database. The resulting database now contains over 9450 entries from 209 sites. This update has not led to major and profound changes in the conclusions made previously. DINOSTRAT
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Systematically tracking the hourly progression of large wildfires using GOES satellite observations Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Tianjia Liu, James T. Randerson, Yang Chen, Douglas C. Morton, Elizabeth B. Wiggins, Padhraic Smyth, Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, Roy Nadler, Omer Nevo
Abstract. In the western United States, prolonged drought, a warming climate, and historical fuel buildup have contributed to larger and more intense wildfires as well as to longer fire seasons. As these costly wildfires become more common, new tools and methods are essential for improving our understanding of the evolution of fires and how extreme weather conditions, including heat waves, windstorms
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A regolith lead isoscape of Australia Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Candan U. Desem, Patrice de Caritat, Jon Woodhead, Roland Maas, Graham Carr
Abstract. We present the first national-scale lead (Pb) isotope maps of Australia based on surface regolith for five isotope ratios, 206Pb/204Pb, 207Pb/204Pb, 208Pb/204Pb, 207Pb/206Pb, and 208Pb/206Pb, determined by single-collector sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry after an ammonium acetate leach followed by aqua regia digestion. The dataset is underpinned principally by the
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A Lagrangian coherent eddy atlas for biogeochemical applications in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Alexandra E. Jones-Kellett, Michael J. Follows
Abstract. Mesoscale eddies affect phytoplankton in several ways, including the horizontal dispersal and mixing of populations. Coherent eddies trap and contain fluid masses, whereas other eddies mix more freely with surrounding waters. To evaluate the role of lateral dispersal and trapping on the biogeochemical properties of eddies, we must accurately characterize their coherency. We employed a Lagrangian
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Air pollution emission inventory using national high-resolution spatial parameters for the Nordic countries and analysis of PM2.5 spatial distribution for road transport and machinery and off-road sectors Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Ville-Veikko Paunu, Niko Karvosenoja, David Segersson, Susana López-Aparicio, Ole-Kenneth Nielsen, Marlene Schmidt Plejdrup, Throstur Thorsteinsson, Dam Thanh Vo, Jeroen Kuenen, Hugo Denier van der Gon, Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen, Jørgen Brandt, Camilla Geels
Abstract. Air pollution is an important cause of adverse health effects, even in the Nordic countries, which have relatively good air quality. Modelling-based air quality assessment of the health impacts relies on reliable model estimates of ambient air pollution concentrations, which furthermore rely on good-quality spatially resolved emission data. While quantitative emission estimates are the cornerstone
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A global gridded dataset for cloud vertical structure from combined CloudSat and CALIPSO observations Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Leah Bertrand, Jennifer E. Kay, John Haynes, Gijs de Boer
Abstract. The vertical structure of clouds has a profound effect on the global energy budget, the global circulation, and the atmospheric hydrological cycle. The CloudSat and Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) missions have taken complementary, colocated observations of cloud vertical structure for over a decade. However, no globally gridded dataset is available
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GPS displacement dataset for the study of elastic surface mass variations Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Athina Peidou, Donald F. Argus, Felix W. Landerer, David N. Wiese, Matthias Ellmer
Abstract. Quantification of uncertainty in surface mass change signals derived from Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements poses challenges, especially when dealing with large datasets with continental or global coverage. We present a new GPS station displacement dataset that reflects surface mass load signals and their uncertainties. We assess the structure and quantify the uncertainty of vertical
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A global estimate of monthly vegetation and soil fractions from spatiotemporally adaptive spectral mixture analysis during 2001–2022 Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Qiangqiang Sun, Ping Zhang, Xin Jiao, Xin Lin, Wenkai Duan, Su Ma, Qidi Pan, Lu Chen, Yongxiang Zhang, Shucheng You, Shunxi Liu, Jinmin Hao, Hong Li, Danfeng Sun
Abstract. Multifaceted regime shifts of Earth's surface are ongoing dramatically and – in turn – considerably alter the global carbon budget, energy balance and biogeochemical cycles. Sustainably managing terrestrial ecosystems necessitates a deeper comprehension of the diverse and dynamic nature of multicomponent information within these environments. However, comprehensive records of global-scale
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Imputation of missing IPCC AR6 data on land carbon sequestration Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Ruben Prütz, Sabine Fuss, Joeri Rogelj
Abstract. The AR6 Scenario Database is a vital repository of climate change mitigation pathways used in the latest IPCC assessment cycle. In its current version, several scenarios in the database lack information about the level of gross carbon removal on land, as net and gross removals on land are not always separated and consistently reported across models. This makes scenario analyses focusing on
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HUST-Grace2024: a new GRACE-only gravity field time series based on more than 20 years satellite geodesy data and a hybrid processing chain Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Hao Zhou, Lijun Zheng, Yaozong Li, Xiang Guo, Zebing Zhou, Zhicai Luo
Abstract. To improve the accuracy of monthly temporal gravity field models for Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) and GRACE Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission, a new series named HUST-Grace2024 is determined based on the updated L1B dataset (GRACE L1B RL03 & GRACE-FO L1B RL04) and the newest atmosphere and ocean de-aliasing product (AOD1B RL07). Compared to the previous HUST temporal gravity
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Metazoan zooplankton in the Bay of Biscay: a 16-year record of individual sizes and abundances obtained using the ZooScan and ZooCAM imaging systems Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Nina Grandremy, Paul Bourriau, Edwin Daché, Marie-Madeleine Danielou, Mathieu Doray, Christine Dupuy, Bertrand Forest, Laetitia Jalabert, Martin Huret, Sophie Le Mestre, Antoine Nowaczyk, Pierre Petitgas, Philippe Pineau, Justin Rouxel, Morgan Tardivel, Jean-Baptiste Romagnan
Abstract. This paper presents two metazoan zooplankton datasets obtained by imaging samples collected on the Bay of Biscay continental shelf in spring during the PELGAS (PELagique GAScogne) integrated surveys over the 2004–2019 period. The samples were collected at night with a 200 µm mesh-size WP2 net fitted with a Hydrobios (back-run stop) mechanical flowmeter and hauled vertically from the sea floor
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Global datasets of hourly carbon and water fluxes simulated using a satellite-based process model with dynamic parameterizations Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Jiye Leng, Jing M. Chen, Wenyu Li, Xiangzhong Luo, Mingzhu Xu, Jane Liu, Rong Wang, Cheryl Rogers, Bolun Li, Yulin Yan
Abstract. Diagnostic terrestrial biosphere models (TBMs) forced by remote sensing observations have been a principal tool for providing benchmarks on global gross primary productivity (GPP) and evapotranspiration (ET). However, these models often estimate GPP and ET at coarse daily or monthly steps, hindering analysis of ecosystem dynamics at the diurnal (hourly) scales, and prescribe some essential
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A revised marine fossil record of the Mediterranean before and after the Messinian Salinity Crisis Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Konstantina Agiadi, Niklas Hohmann, Elsa Gliozzi, Danae Thivaiou, Francesca Bosellini, Marco Taviani, Giovanni Bianucci, Alberto Collareta, Laurent Londeix, Costanza Faranda, Francesca Bulian, Efterpi Koskeridou, Francesca Lozar, Alan Maria Mancini, Stefano Dominici, Pierre Moissette, Ildefonso Bajo Campos, Enrico Borghi, George Iliopoulos, Assimina Antonarakou, George Kontakiotis, Evangelia Besiou
Abstract. The Messinian Salinity Crisis and its precursor events have been the greatest environmental perturbation of the Mediterranean Sea to date, offering an opportunity to study the response of marine ecosystems to extreme hydrological change and a large-scale biological invasion. The restriction of the marine connection between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean already since the Tortonian–Messinian
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Mapping of sea ice concentration using the NASA NIMBUS 5 Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer data from 1972–1977 Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Wiebke Margitta Kolbe, Rasmus T. Tonboe, Julienne Stroeve
Abstract. The Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) instrument onboard the NIMBUS 5 satellite was a one-channel microwave radiometer that measured the 19.35 GHz horizontally polarized brightness temperature (TB) from 11 December 1972 to 16 May 1977. The original tape archive data in swath projection have recently been made available online by the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information
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A Copernicus-based evapotranspiration dataset at 100-m spatial resolution over the Mediterranean region Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Paulina Bartkowiak, Bartolomeo Ventura, Alexander Jacob, Mariapina Castelli
Abstract. Evapotranspiration (ET) is responsible for regulating the hydrological cycle with a relevant impact on air humidity and precipitation, particularly important in the context of acute drought events in recent years. With the intensification of rainfall deficits and extreme heat events, the Mediterranean region requires regular monitoring to enhance water resources management. Even though remote
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Improving the Latin America and Caribbean Soil Information System (SISLAC) database enhances its usability and scalability Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Sergio Díaz-Guadarrama, Viviana M. Varón-Ramírez, Iván Lizarazo, Mario Guevara, Marcos Angelini, Gustavo A. Araujo-Carrillo, Jainer Argeñal, Daphne Armas, Rafael A. Balta, Adriana Bolivar, Nelson Bustamante, Ricardo O. Dart, Martin Dell Acqua, Arnulfo Encina, Hernán Figueredo, Fernando Fontes, Joan S. Gutiérrez-Díaz, Wilmer Jiménez, Raúl S. Lavado, Jesús F. Mansilla-Baca, Maria de Lourdes Mendonça-Santos
Abstract. Spatial soil databases can help model complex phenomena in which soils are a decisive factor – for example, evaluating agricultural potential or estimating carbon storage capacity. The Latin America and Caribbean Soil Information System, SISLAC, is a regional initiative promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Latin America and the Caribbean Soil Partnership to contribute
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Catalogue of coastal-based instances with bathymetric and topographic data Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Owein Thuillier, Nicolas Le Josse, Alexandru-Liviu Olteanu, Marc Sevaux, Hervé Tanguy
Abstract. We provide a catalogue of 17 700 unique coastal-based instances distributed throughout the globe and derived from bathymetric and topographic data made publicly available by the GEneral Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) as of 2022. These instances, or Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), are delivered in the form of raster grids with a 15 arc-seconds resolution and are divided equally into
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Glaciological and meteorological monitoring at LTER sites Mullwitzkees and Venedigerkees, Austria, 2006–2022 Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Lea Hartl, Bernd Seiser, Martin Stocker-Waldhuber, Anna Baldo, Marcela Violeta Lauria, Andrea Fischer
Abstract. Glaciers in the Alps are losing mass at unprecedented and accelerating rates. Monitoring of glacier mass change as well as relevant atmospheric parameters plays an important role in improving understanding of local and downstream impacts. We present subseasonal, seasonal, and annual glaciological mass balance data and meteorological observations from Mullwitzkees and Venedigerkees, two glacier
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Dams in the Mekong: a comprehensive database, spatiotemporal distribution, and hydropower potentials Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Wei Jing Ang, Edward Park, Yadu Pokhrel, Dung Duc Tran, Ho Huu Loc
Abstract. Dams have proliferated along the Mekong, spurred by energy demands from economic development and capital from private companies. Swift dam evolution has rendered many databases outdated, in which mismatches arise from differing compilation methods. Without a comprehensive database, up-to-date spatial assessment of dam growth is unavailable. Looking at future development, hydropower potential
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The Tibetan Plateau space-based tropospheric aerosol climatology: 2007–2020 Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Honglin Pan, Jianping Huang, Jiming Li, Zhongwei Huang, Minzhong Wang, Ali Mamtimin, Wen Huo, Fan Yang, Tian Zhou, Kanike Raghavendra Kumar
Abstract. A comprehensive and robust dataset of tropospheric aerosol properties is important for understanding the effects of aerosol–radiation feedback on the climate system and reducing the uncertainties of climate models. The “Third Pole” of Earth (Tibetan Plateau, TP) is highly challenging for obtaining long-term in situ aerosol data due to its harsh environmental conditions. Here, we provide the
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Global marine gravity gradient tensor inverted from altimetry-derived deflections of the vertical: CUGB2023GRAD Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Richard Fiifi Annan, Xiaoyun Wan, Ruijie Hao, Fei Wang
Abstract. Geodetic applications of altimetry have largely been inversions of gravity anomaly. Previous studies of Earth's gravity gradient tensor mostly presented only the vertical gravity gradient (VGG). However, there are six unique signals that constitute the gravity gradient tensor. Gravity gradients are signals suitable for detecting short-wavelength topographic and tectonic features. They are
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PANABIO: a point-referenced PAN-Arctic data collection of benthic BIOtas Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Dieter Piepenburg, Thomas Brey, Katharina Teschke, Jennifer Dannheim, Paul Kloss, Marianne Rehage, Miriam L. S. Hansen, Casper Kraan
Abstract. Profound environmental changes, such as drastic sea-ice decline, leave large-scale ecological footprints on the distribution and composition of marine biota in the Arctic. Currently, the impact of such stressors is not sufficiently understood due to the lack of pan-Arctic data that allow for estimating ecological baselines as well as modelling current and forecast potential changes in benthic
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TPRoGI: a comprehensive rock glacier inventory for the Tibetan Plateau using deep learning Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Zhangyu Sun, Yan Hu, Adina Racoviteanu, Lin Liu, Stephan Harrison, Xiaowen Wang, Jiaxin Cai, Xin Guo, Yujun He, Hailun Yuan
Abstract. Rock glaciers – periglacial landforms commonly found in high mountain systems – are of significant scientific value for inferring the presence of permafrost, understanding mountain hydrology, and assessing climate impacts on high mountain environments. However, inventories remain patchy in many alpine regions, and as a result they are poorly understood for some areas of High Mountain Asia
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Microbial plankton occurrence database in the North American Arctic region: synthesis of recent diversity of potentially toxic and harmful algae Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Nicolas Schiffrine, Fatma Dhifallah, Kaven Dionne, Michel Poulin, Sylvie Lessard, André Rochon, Michel Gosselin
Abstract. The Arctic Ocean is currently undergoing significant transformations due to climate change, leading to profound changes in its microbial planktonic communities. These communities consist of a wide range of organisms, including photoautotrophic prokaryotes and eukaryotes, as well as heterotrophic, phagotrophic, and mixotrophic protistan species. Here, for simplicity, we refer to these single-celled
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Climatological distribution of ocean acidification indicators along the North American ocean margins Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-04 Li-Qing Jiang, Tim P. Boyer, Christopher R. Paver, Hyelim Yoo, James R. Reagan, Simone R. Alin, Leticia Barbero, Brendan R. Carter, Richard A. Feely, Rik Wanninkhof
Abstract. Climatologies, which depict mean fields of oceanographic variables on a regular geographic grid, and atlases, which provide graphical depictions of specific areas, play pivotal roles in comprehending the societal vulnerabilities linked to ocean acidification (OA). This significance is particularly pronounced in coastal regions where most economic activities related to commercial and recreational
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A global dataset of the shape of drainage systems Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Chuanqi He, Ci-Jian Yang, Jens M. Turowski, Richard F. Ott, Jean Braun, Hui Tang, Shadi Ghantous, Xiaoping Yuan, Gaia Stucky de Quay
Abstract. Drainage basins delineate Earth's land surface into individual water collection units. Basin shape and river sinuosity determine water and sediment dynamics, affecting landscape evolution and connectivity between ecosystems and freshwater species. However, a high-resolution global dataset for the boundaries and geometry of basins is still missing. Using a 90 m resolution digital elevation
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Near real-time atmospheric and oceanic science products of Himawari-8/9 geostationary satellites over the South China Sea Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Jian Liu, Jingjing Yu, Chuyong Lin, Min He, Haiyan Liu, Wei Wang, Min Min
Abstract. The initial release of near real-time (NRT) atmospheric and oceanic science products from Japanese Himawari-8/9 (H8/9) geostationary (GEO) satellites over the South China Sea (SCS) was unveiled in 2024. The primary objective behind crafting these NRT H8/9 satellite products is to facilitate weather and marine environment monitoring, enhance maritime security, and aid ocean navigation, among
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Observed global ocean phytoplankton phenology indices Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Sarah-Anne Nicholson, Thomas J. Ryan-Keogh, Sandy J. Thomalla, Nicolette Chang, Marié E. Smith
Abstract. Phytoplankton bloom phenology is an important indicator for the monitoring and management of marine resources and the assessment of climate change impacts on ocean ecosystems. Despite its relevance, there is no long-term and sustained observational phytoplankton phenological product available for global ocean implementation. The data product presented here addresses this need through the
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Reconstruction of hourly coastal water levels and counterfactuals without sea level rise for impact attribution Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Simon Treu, Sanne Muis, Sönke Dangendorf, Thomas Wahl, Julius Oelsmann, Stefanie Heinicke, Katja Frieler, Matthias Mengel
Abstract. Rising seas are a threat to human and natural systems along coastlines. The relation between global warming and sea level rise is established, but the quantification of impacts of historical sea level rise on a global scale is largely absent. To foster such quantification, here we present a reconstruction of historical hourly (1979–2015) and monthly (1900–2015) coastal water levels and a
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An extensive spatiotemporal water quality dataset covering four decades (1980–2022) in China Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Jingyu Lin, Peng Wang, Jinzhu Wang, Youping Zhou, Xudong Zhou, Pan Yang, Hao Zhang, Yanpeng Cai, Zhifeng Yang
Abstract. Water quality data represent a critical resource for evaluation of the well-being of aquatic ecosystems and assurance of clean water sources for human populations. While the availability of water quality datasets is growing, the absence of a publicly accessible national water quality dataset for both inland and the ocean in China has been notable. To address this issue, we utilized R and
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PalVol v1: a proxy-based semi-stochastic ensemble reconstruction of volcanic stratospheric sulfur injection for the last glacial cycle (140 000–50 BP) Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Julie Christin Schindlbeck-Belo, Matthew Toohey, Marion Jegen, Steffen Kutterolf, Kira Rehfeld
Abstract. Perturbations in stratospheric aerosol due to explosive volcanic eruptions are a primary contributor to natural climate variability. Observations of stratospheric aerosol are available for the past decades, and information from ice cores has been used to derive estimates of stratospheric sulfur injections and aerosol optical depth over the Holocene (approximately 10 000 BP to present) and
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Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) time series and velocities about a slowly convergent margin processed on high-performance computing (HPC) clusters: products and robustness evaluation Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Lavinia Tunini, Andrea Magrin, Giuliana Rossi, David Zuliani
Abstract. The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is a well-known and fundamental tool for crustal monitoring projects and tectonic studies, thanks to its high coverage and the high quality of the data they provide. In particular, at slowly convergent margins, where deformation rates are of the order of a few millimetres per year, GNSS monitoring proves to be beneficial in detecting the diffuse
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A global database of dissolved organic matter (DOM) concentration measurements in coastal waters (CoastDOM v1) Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Christian Lønborg, Cátia Carreira, Gwenaël Abril, Susana Agustí, Valentina Amaral, Agneta Andersson, Javier Arístegui, Punyasloke Bhadury, Mariana B. Bif, Alberto V. Borges, Steven Bouillon, Maria Ll. Calleja, Luiz C. Cotovicz Jr., Stefano Cozzi, Maryló Doval, Carlos M. Duarte, Bradley Eyre, Cédric G. Fichot, E. Elena García-Martín, Alexandra Garzon-Garcia, Michele Giani, Rafael Gonçalves-Araujo, Renee
Abstract. Measurements of dissolved organic carbon (DOC), nitrogen (DON), and phosphorus (DOP) concentrations are used to characterize the dissolved organic matter (DOM) pool and are important components of biogeochemical cycling in the coastal ocean. Here, we present the first edition of a global database (CoastDOM v1; available at https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.964012, Lønborg et al., 2023) compiling
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MAP-IO, an atmospheric and marine observatory program onboard Marion Dufresne over the Southern Ocean Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Pierre Tulet, Joel Van Baelen, Pierre Bosser, Jérome Brioude, Aurelie Colomb, Philippe Goloub, Andrea Pazmino, Thierry Portafaix, Michel Ramonet, Karine Sellegri, Melilotus Thyssen, Lea Gest, Nicolas Marquestaut, Dominique Mékiès, Jean-Marc Metzger, Gilles Athier, Luc Blarel, Marc Delmotte, Guillaume Desprairies, Meredith Dournaux, Gaël Dubois, Valentin Duflot, Kevin Lamy, Lionel Gardes, Jean-François
Abstract. This article is devoted to the presentation of the MAP-IO observation program. This program, launched in early 2021, has enabled the observation of nearly 700 days of measurements over the Indian and Southern Ocean thanks to the equipment of 17 meteorological and oceanographic scientific instruments on board the ship Marion Dufresne. Several observation techniques have been developed to respond
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Laboratory data linking the reconfiguration of and drag on individual plants to the velocity structure and wave dissipation over a meadow of salt marsh plants under waves with and without current Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Xiaoxia Zhang, Heidi Nepf
Abstract. Salt marshes provide valuable ecosystem services, which are influenced by their interaction with currents and waves. On the one hand, currents and waves exert hydrodynamic forces on salt marsh plants, which shapes the distribution of species within the marsh. On the other hand, the resistance produced by the plants can shape the flow structure, turbulence intensity, and wave dissipation over
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3D reconstruction of horizontal and vertical quasi-geostrophic currents in the North Atlantic Ocean Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Sarah Asdar, Daniele Ciani, Bruno Buongiorno Nardelli
Abstract. In this paper we introduce a new high-resolution (1/10°) data-driven dataset of 3D ocean currents developed by the National Research Council of Italy in the framework of the European Space Agency World Ocean Circulation project: the WOC-NATL3D dataset. The product domain extends over a wide portion of the North Atlantic Ocean from the surface down to 1500 m depth, and the dataset covers the
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Generation of global 1 km all-weather instantaneous and daily mean land surface temperature from MODIS data Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Bing Li, Shunlin Liang, Han Ma, Xiaobang Liu, Tao He, Yufang Zhang
Abstract. Land surface temperature (LST) serves as a crucial variable in characterizing climatological, agricultural, ecological, and hydrological processes. Thermal infrared (TIR) remote sensing provides high temporal and spatial resolution for obtaining LST information. Nevertheless, TIR-based satellite-LST products frequently exhibit missing values due to cloud interference. Prior research on estimating
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Time series of alpine snow surface radiative temperature maps from high precision thermal infrared imaging Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Sara Arioli, Ghislain Picard, Laurent Arnaud, Simon Gascoin, Esteban Alonso-González, Marine Poizat, Mark Irvine
Abstract. The surface temperature of the snow cover is a key variable, as it provides information about the current state of the snowpack, helps predict its future evolution, and enhances estimations of the snow water equivalent. Although satellites are often used to measure surface temperature and despite the difficulty to retrieve accurate surface temperature from space, calibration-validation datasets
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The GERB Obs4MIPs Radiative Flux Dataset: A new tool for climate model evaluation Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Jacqueline Elizabeth Russell, Richard John Bantges, Helen Elizabeth Brindley, Alejandro Bodas-Salcedo
Abstract. A new radiative flux dataset, specifically designed to enable the evaluation of the diurnal cycle in top of the atmosphere fluxes, as captured by climate and Earth-system models is presented. Observations over the period 2007–2012 made by the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument are used to derive monthly hourly mean reflected shortwave (RSW) and outgoing longwave fluxes
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A field-based thickness measurement dataset of fallout pyroclastic deposits in the peri-volcanic areas of Campania region (Italy): Statistical combination of different predictions for spatial thickness estimation Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Pooria Ebrahimi, Fabio Matano, Vincenzo Amato, Raffaele Mattera, Germana Scepi
Abstract. Determining spatial thickness (z) of fallout pyroclastic deposits plays a key role in volcanological studies and shedding light on geomorphological and hydrogeological processes. However, this is a challenging line of research because: (1) field-based measurements are expensive and time-consuming; (2) the ash might have been dispersed in the atmosphere by several volcanic eruptions; and (3)
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Probabilistic reconstruction of sea-level changes and their causes since 1900 Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Sönke Dangendorf, Qiang Sun, Thomas Wahl, Philip Thompson, Jerry X. Mitrovica, Ben Hamlington
Abstract. Coastal communities around the world are increasingly exposed to extreme events that have been exacerbated by rising sea levels. Sustainable adaptation strategies to cope with the associated threats require comprehensive understanding of past and possible future changes. Yet, many coastlines lack accurate long-term sea level observations. Here, we introduce a novel probabilistic near-global
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Four decades of global surface albedo estimates in the third edition of the CM SAF cLoud, Albedo and surface Radiation (CLARA) climate data record Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Aku Riihelä, Emmihenna Jääskeläinen, Viivi Kallio-Myers
Abstract. We present the surface albedo data in the third edition of the CM SAF cLoud, Albedo and surface Radiation (CLARA) data record family. The temporal coverage of this edition is extended from 1979 until the near-present day. The core algorithms and data format remain unchanged from previous editions, but now white- and blue-sky albedo estimates are also available for the first time in CLARA
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Retrieval of dominant methane (CH4) emission sources, the first high resolution (1–2m) dataset of storage tanks of China in 2000–2021 Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Fang Chen, Lei Wang, Yu Wang, Haiying Zhang, Ning Wang, Pengfei Ma, Bo Yu
Abstract. Methane (CH4) is a significant greenhouse gas in exacerbating climate change. Approximately 25 % of CH4 is emitted from storage tanks. It is crucial to spatially explore the CH4 emission patterns from storage tanks for efficient strategy proposals to mitigate climate change. However, due to the lack of publicly accessible storage tank locations and distributions, it is difficult to ascertain
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High-resolution digital outcrop model of the faults, fractures, and stratigraphy of the Agardhfjellet Formation cap rock shales at Konusdalen West, central Spitsbergen Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Peter Betlem, Thomas Birchall, Gareth Lord, Simon Oldfield, Lise Nakken, Kei Ogata, Kim Senger
Abstract. Structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry has become an important tool for the digitalisation of outcrops as digital outcrop models (DOMs). DOMs facilitate the mapping of stratigraphy and discontinuous structures like folds, faults, and fractures from the centimetre to kilometre scale. With pristine, treeless exposures, the outcropping strata in Svalbard, Arctic Norway, hold exceptional
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A quality-assured dataset of nine radiation components observed at the Shangdianzi regional GAW station in China (2013–2022) Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Weijun Quan, Zhenfa Wang, Lin Qiao, Xiangdong Zheng, Junli Jin, Yinruo Li, Xiaomei Yin, Zhiqiang Ma, Martin Wild
Abstract. The New Baseline Surface Radiation (NBSR) system was established at the Shangdianzi (SDZ) regional Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) station in 2013 to observe nine broadband radiation components, i.e. the global, direct, diffuse, and upwelling shortwave irradiance (GSWI, DSWI, DifSWI, and UpSWI); the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR); the ultraviolet irradiance (UVAI and UVBI); and the
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HERA: a high-resolution pan-European hydrological reanalysis (1950–2020) Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Aloïs Tilloy, Dominik Paprotny, Stefania Grimaldi, Goncalo Gomes, Alessandra Bianchi, Stefan Lange, Hylke Beck, Luc Feyen
Abstract. Since 1950, European rivers have been put under increasing pressure by anthropogenic activities, resulting in changes in climate, land cover, soil properties and channel morphologies. These evolving environmental conditions can translate into changes in hydrological conditions. The availability of consistent estimates of river flow at global and continental level is a necessity to assess
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Paleo±Dust: quantifying uncertainty in paleo-dust deposition across archive types Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Nicolás J. Cosentino, Gabriela Torre, Fabrice Lambert, Samuel Albani, François De Vleeschouwer, Aloys J.-M. Bory
Abstract. Mineral dust aerosol concentrations in the atmosphere varied greatly on glacial–interglacial timescales. The greatest changes in global dust activity occurred in response to changes in orbital parameters (which affect dust emission intensity through glacial activity) and the lifetime of dust in the atmosphere (caused by changes in the global hydrological cycle). Long-term changes in the surface
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A high-resolution calving front data product for marine-terminating glaciers in Svalbard Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Tian Li, Konrad Heidler, Lichao Mou, Ádám Ignéczi, Xiao Xiang Zhu, Jonathan L. Bamber
Abstract. The mass loss of glaciers outside the polar ice sheets has been accelerating during the past several decades and has been contributing to global sea-level rise. However, many of the mechanisms of this mass loss process are not well understood, especially the calving dynamics of marine-terminating glaciers, in part due to a lack of high-resolution calving front observations. Svalbard is an
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Integration by design: Driving mineral system knowledge using multi modal, collocated, scale-consistent characterization Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 James Austin, Michael Gazley, Renee Birchall, Ben Patterson, Jessica Stromberg, Morgan Willams, Andreas Björk, Monica Le Gras, Tina Shelton, Courteney Dhnaram, Vladimir Lisitsin, Tobias Schlegel, Helen McFarlane, John Walshe
Abstract. Recent decades have seen an exponential rise in the application of machine learning in geoscience. Fundamental differences distinguish geoscience data from most other data types. Geoscience datasets are typically multi-dimensional, and contain 1-D (drillholes), 2-D (maps or cross-sections), and 3-D volumetric and point data (models/voxels). Geoscience data quality is a product of its resolution
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Operational and experimental snow observation systems in the upper Rofental: data from 2017 to 2023 Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Michael Warscher, Thomas Marke, Erwin Rottler, Ulrich Strasser
Abstract. This publication presents a comprehensive hydrometeorological data set for three research sites in the upper Rofental (1891–3772 ma.s.l., Ötztal Alps, Austria) and is a companion publication to a data collection published in 2018: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-151-2018 (Strasser et al., 2018). The time series presented here comprise data from 2017 to 2023 and originate from three meteorological
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Early-life dispersal traits of coastal fishes: a long-term database combining observations and growth models Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Marine Di Stefano, David Nerini, Itziar Alvarez, Giandomenico Ardizzone, Patrick Astruch, Gotzon Basterretxea, Aurélie Blanfuné, Denis Bonhomme, Antonio Calò, Ignacio Catalan, Carlo Cattano, Adrien Cheminée, Romain Crec'hriou, Amalia Cuadros, Antonio Di Franco, Carlos Diaz-Gil, Tristan Estaque, Robin Faillettaz, Fabiana C. Félix-Hackradt, José Antonio Garcia-Charton, Paolo Guidetti, Loïc Guilloux,
Abstract. Early-life stages play a key role in the dynamics of bipartite life cycle marine fish populations. Difficult to monitor, observations of these stages are often scattered in space and time. While Mediterranean coastlines have been highly surveyed, no effort was made to assemble historical observations. Here we build an exhaustive compilation of dispersal traits for coastal fish species, considering
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VODCA v2: Multi-sensor, multi-frequency vegetation optical depth data for long-term canopy dynamics and biomass monitoring Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Ruxandra-Maria Zotta, Leander Moesinger, Robin van der Schalie, Mariette Vreugdenhil, Wolfgang Preimesberger, Thomas Frederikse, Richard de Jeu, Wouter Dorigo
Abstract. Vegetation optical depth (VOD) is a model-based indicator of the total water content stored in the vegetation canopy derived from microwave Earth observations. As such, it is related to vegetation density, abundance, and above-ground biomass (AGB). Moesinger et al. (2020) introduced the global microwave VOD Climate Archive (VODCA v1), which harmonises VOD retrievals from several individual
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Data supporting the North Atlantic Climate System: Integrated Studies (ACSIS) programme, including atmospheric composition, oceanographic and sea ice observations (2016–2022) and output from ocean, atmosphere, land and sea-ice models (1950–2050) Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Alexander T. Archibald, Bablu Sinha, Maria Russo, Emily Matthews, Freya Squires, N. Luke Abraham, Stephane Bauguitte, Thomas Bannan, Thomas Bell, David Berry, Lucy Carpenter, Hugh Coe, Andrew Coward, Peter Edwards, Daniel Feltham, Dwayne Heard, Jim Hopkins, James Keeble, Elizabeth C. Kent, Brian King, Isobel R. Lawrence, James Lee, Claire R. Macintosh, Alex Megann, Ben I. Moat, Katie Read, Chris Reed
Abstract. The North Atlantic Climate System: Integrated Study (ACSIS) was a large multidisciplinary research programme funded by the United Kingdom’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). ACSIS ran from 2016–22 and brought together around 80 scientists from seven leading UK-based environmental research institutes to deliver major advances in understanding North Atlantic climate variability and
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Exploring multi-decadal time series of temperature extremes in Australian coastal waters Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Michael Hemming, Moninya Roughan, Amandine Schaeffer
Abstract. The intensity and frequency of extreme ocean temperature events, such as marine heatwaves (MHWs) and marine cold spells (MCSs), are expected to change as our oceans warm. Little is known about marine extremes in Australian coastal waters, particularly below the surface. Here we introduce a multi-decadal observational record of extreme ocean temperature events starting in the 1940s and 1950s
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Measurements of morphodynamics of a sheltered beach along the Dutch Wadden Sea Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Marlies A. van der Lugt, Jorn W. Bosma, Matthieu A. de Schipper, Timothy D. Price, Marcel C. G. van Maarseveen, Pieter van der Gaag, Gerben Ruessink, Ad J. H. M. Reniers, Stefan G. J. Aarninkhof
Abstract. A field campaign was carried out at a sheltered sandy beach with the aim of gaining new insights into the driving processes behind sheltered beach morphodynamics. Detailed measurements of the local hydrodynamics, bed-level changes and sediment composition were collected at a man-made beach on the leeside of the barrier island Texel, bordering the Marsdiep basin that is part of the Dutch Wadden
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IAPv4 ocean temperature and ocean heat content gridded dataset Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Lijing Cheng, Yuying Pan, Zhetao Tan, Huayi Zheng, Yujing Zhu, Wangxu Wei, Juan Du, Huifeng Yuan, Guancheng Li, Hanlin Ye, Viktor Gouretski, Yuanlong Li, Kevin Trenberth, John Abraham, Yuchun Jin, Franco Reseghetti, Xiaopei Lin, Bing Zhang, Gengxin Chen, Michael Mann, Jiang Zhu
Abstract. Ocean observational gridded products are vital for climate monitoring, ocean and climate research, model evaluation, and supporting climate mitigation and adaptation measures. This paper describes the 4th version of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAPv4) ocean temperature and ocean heat content (OHC) objective analysis product. It accounts for recent developments in quality control
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A Newly Digitised Ice-penetrating Radar Data Set Acquired over the Greenland Ice Sheet in 1971–1979 Earth Syst. Sci. Data (IF 11.4) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Nanna Bjørnholt Karlsson, Dustin M. Schroeder, Louise Sandberg Sørensen, Winnie Chu, Jørgen Dall, Natalia H. Andersen, Reese Dobson, Emma J. Mackie, Simon J. Köhn, Jillian E. Steinmetz, Angelo S. Tarzona, Thomas O. Teisberg, Niels Skou
Abstract. We present an ice-penetrating radar data set acquired over the Greenland ice sheet by aircraft during the years 1971, 1972, 1974, 1978, and 1979. The data set comprises over 177,000 km of flight lines and contains a wealth of information on the state of the Greenland ice sheet including information on ice thickness and englacial properties. During data collection in the 1970s, the data were