Dear Colleagues,
We would like to advertise newly released Gravimetric Mass Balance
products for the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The products are available at the
data portal
data1.geo.tu-dresden.de/ais_gmb/
with convenient functions to explore and download the data.
The mass balance products are derived from GRACE monthly solutions of
the global gravity field. For the period from 08/2002 to 01/2016, we provide
- time series of mass changes for 26 drainage basins as well as for
basin aggregations (West Antarctica, East Antarctica, Antarctic
Peninsula, Entire Antarctica)
- time series of grids of mass changes (in terms of mass per surface
area, or millimeters water equivalent)
The products come along with detailed descriptions and error
characterizations.
They were generated in the frame of the ESA CCI (Climate Change
Initiative) Antarctic Ice Sheet project (see
http://www.esa-icesheets-antarctica-cci.org/).
We have invested considerable efforts in improving our GRACE analysis in
terms of a compromise between retaining spatial resolution and reducing
noise, and we really welcome any feedback.
Similar products for Greenland will follow.
Best regards,
Martin Horwath and Andreas Groh
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Horwath
TU Dresden
Institut für Planetare Geodäsie
Geodätische Erdsystemforschung
01062 Dresden
Fon +49 351 463 37582
Fax +49 351 463 37063
Martin.Horwath@tu-dresden.de
tu-dresden.de/geo/ipg/gef
