Dataset
ESA Antarctic Ice Sheet Climate Change Initiative (Antarctic_Ice_Sheet_cci): Gravimetric Mass Balance Basin products, v1.1
Abstract
This dataset provides Gravimetric Mass Balance Basin data for the Antarctic Ice Sheet. It has been produced in the framework of the Antarctic Ice Sheets Climate Change Initiative (CCI) project, under the lead of TU Dresden.
The ice sheet mass balance, i.e. the change in ice mass over time, is determined using the US-German satellite gravimetry mission GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment). The Antarctic Ice Sheet CCI GMB products are based on the monthly GRACE solutions ITSG-Grace2016 by Technische Universität Graz, and comprises a time series of mass change grids covering the entire ice sheet (GMB Gridded product), along side mass change time series for different drainage basins (GMB Basin Product).
The dataset described here covers version 1.1 of the Basin product. Mass change time series are provided for a number of drainage basins. They describe the evolution of ice mass relative to a modelled reference value, defined to be the GRACE-derived mass as of 2009-01-01. Respective time series are also derived for the total areas of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, the Antarctic Peninsula and the Antarctic Ice Sheet as a whole.
If publishing results based on this dataset, please cite the following: Groh, A., & Horwath, M. (2016). The method of tailored sensitivity kernels for GRACE mass change estimates. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18, EGU2016-12065.
Interactive data visualisation is available at: https://data1.geo.tu-dresden.de/ais_gmb/
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Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/esacci_icesheets_antarctic_terms_and_conditions.pdf When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
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Data were produced by TU Dresden in the context of the ESA CCI Antarctic Ice Sheet project team and are archived on https://data1.geo.tu-dresden.de/ais_gmb/. They have been supplied to CEDA in the context of the ESA CCI Open Data Portal Project. |
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Process overview
| Title | ESA Antarctic Ice Sheet Climate Change Initiative (Antarctic_Ice_Sheet_cci): Gravimetric Mass Balance Basin products |
| Abstract | GRACE monthly solutions provided by TU Graz (ITSG-Grace2016) |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
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Temporal Range
2002-07-31T23:00:00
2016-07-31T22:59:59
Geographic Extent
-62.0000° |
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-180.0000° |
180.0000° |
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-90.0000° |