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  Last updated: Dec. 28, 2011
  







Data Resources
(Updated: Dec. 28, 2011)
Parameters
Sources
Information
Global Mass Change From GRACE (Release 04)
GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment)
Time Span: Apr. 2002 - Sept. 2011
Sampling Rate: Monthly, 109 Solutions
CSR RL04 (GSM only, GAC not restored)
Grid: 1 x 1 Degree Grid
Decorrelation + 500 km Gaussian Smoothing
Truncation at degree 60
Global Mass Change From GRACE (Release 01)
GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment)
Time Span: Apr/May 2002 - Jul 2004
Sampling Rate: Monthly, 22 Solutions
CSR RL01 Unconstrained
Grid: 1 x 1 Degree Grid
Gaussian Smoothing: 600, 800, 1000 km
Truncation at degree 60, No C20
GLDAS Monthly Water Storage (New!)
NASA Global Land Data Assimilation System
Time Span: Jan. 1979 - Aug. 2011
Sampling Rate: Monthly
Grid: 1 x 1 Degree
Units: mm of water height
GLDAS Daily Water Storage
NASA Global Land Data Assimilation System
Time Span: Jan. 1, 2002 - May 31, 2007
Sampling Rate: Daily
Grid: 1 x 1 Degree
Units: mm of water height
NOAA LadWorld Monthly Water Storage
NOAA LadWorld (Fraser)
Time Span: Jan., 1980 - Nov., 2006
Sampling Rate: Monthly
Grid: 1 x 1 Degree
Units: mm of water height
CPC Monthly Water Storage
CPC Land Data Assimilation System
Time Span: Jan. 1948 - Dec. 2007
Sampling Rate: Monthly
Grid: 1 x 1 Degree
NCEP Daily Water Storage
NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Soil Moisture and Snow
Time Span: Jan. 1979 - Dec. 2004
Sampling Rate: Daily
Grid: Gaussian (T62), ~1.904 x 1.875 Degree
ECMWF Daily Water Storage
ECMWF Reanalysis Soil Moisture and Snow
Time Span: 1979 - 1993
Sampling Rate: Daily
Grid: 2.5 x 2.5 Degree
Water Storage
NCEP/NCAR Climate Data Assimilation Syatem I (CDAS-1) soil moisture and snow
Time Span: 1993 - 1998
Sampling Rate: Monthly
Grid: 1 x 1 degree
Water Flux
NCEP/NCAR Climate Data Assimilation Syatem I (CDAS-1) soil moisture and snow
Time Span: 1993 - 1998
Sampling Rate: Monthly
Grid: 1 x 1 degree


Global grids of loading derived from the GLDAS water storage model (from Dr. Tonie M. van Dam).
Hydrological loading service provided by NASA GSFC VLBI group.
GFZ Operational AAM (plus OAM & HAM) Products!
Daily hydrological excitations of polar motion and LOD from NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis (1948-2008)!
Water storage and flux changes of global major basins !!! (Underconstruction)
List of global major artificial reservoirs ! (by courtesy of Dr. Ben F. Chao)