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Spatially coordinated airborne data and complementary products for aerosol, gas, cloud, and meteorological studies: the…
Abstract. The NASA Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment (ACTIVATE) produced a unique dataset for research into aerosol–cloud–meteorology int…
OneDZ: a global detrital zircon database and implications for constructing giant geoscience database
Abstract. The amount of detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology data and Lu-Hf isotopic data has doubled in the past two decades with the continuous improvement of analytical methods, …
The PROFOUND Database for evaluating vegetation models and simulating climate impacts on European forests
Abstract. Process-based vegetation models are widely used to predict local and global ecosystem dynamics and climate change impacts. Due to their complexity, they require careful …
Metazoan zooplankton in the Bay of Biscay: a 16-year record of individual sizes and abundances obtained using the ZooSc…
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…
Rosalia: an experimental research site to study hydrological processes in a forest catchment
Abstract. Experimental watersheds have a long tradition as research sites in hydrology and have been used since the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The University o…
Global distribution of photosynthetically available radiation on the seafloor
Abstract. A 21 year (1998–2018) continuous monthly data set of the global distribution of light (photosynthetically available radiation, PAR, or irradiance) reaching the seabed is…
Homogenized century-long surface incident solar radiation over Japan
Abstract. Surface incident solar radiation (Rs) plays a key role in climate change on Earth. Rs can be directly measured, and it shows substantial variability on decadal scales, i…
Diets of the Barents Sea cod ( <i>Gadus morhua</i> ) from the 1930s to 2018
Abstract. A new dataset on the diet of Atlantic cod in the Barents Sea from the 1930s to the present day has been compiled to produce one of the largest fish diet datasets availab…
Global radiation, photosynthetically active radiation, and the diffuse component dataset of China, 1981–2010
Abstract. Solar radiation, especially photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), is the main energy source of plant photosynthesis, and the diffuse component can enhance canopy li…
30 years of upper air soundings on board of R/V <i>POLARSTERN</i>
Abstract. The research vessel and supply icebreaker POLARSTERN is the flagship of the Alfred-Wegener-Institut in Bremerhaven (Germany) and one of the infrastructural pillars of Ge…
CN_Wheat10: a 10 m resolution dataset of spring and winter wheat distribution in China (2018–2024) derived from time-se…
Abstract. Wheat, as one of the main food crops in the world, plays a vital role in shaping agricultural trade patterns. China is the largest producer and consumer of wheat globall…
A multi-decadal wind-wave hindcast for the North Sea 1949–2014: coastDat2
Abstract. Long and consistent wave data are important for analysing wave climate variability and change. Moreover, such wave data are also needed in coastal and offshore design an…
Spatial and temporal patterns of plantation forests in the United States since the 1930s: an annual and gridded data se…
Abstract. Plantation forest area in the conterminous United States (CONUS) ranked second among the world's nations in the land area apportioned to forest plantation. As compared t…
New gridded dataset of rainfall erosivity (1950–2020) on the Tibetan Plateau
Abstract. The risk of water erosion on the Tibetan Plateau (TP), a typical fragile ecological area, is increasing with climate change. A rainfall erosivity map is useful for under…
Regional-scale shear-wave velocity profiles for ground response analyses and uncertainty evaluations – the Piedmont reg…
Abstract. Ground response analyses using a statistically representative sample of soil and rock profiles are typically used to estimate earthquake ground motions and, in turn, the…
A leaf area index data set acquired in Sahelian rangelands of Gourma in Mali over the 2005–2017 period
Abstract. The leaf area index of Sahelian rangelands and related variables such as the vegetation cover fraction, the fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation and …
Gas flaring activity and black carbon emissions in 2017 derived from the Sentinel-3A Sea and Land Surface Temperature R…
Abstract. Gas flares are a regionally and globally significant source of atmospheric pollutants. They can be detected by satellite remote sensing. We calculate the global flared g…
Remote and autonomous measurements of precipitation for the northwestern Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Abstract. The Antarctic Precipitation System project deployed and maintained four sites across the northwestern Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica from November 2017 to November 2019. T…
In situ observations of the Swiss periglacial environment using GNSS instruments
Abstract. Monitoring of the periglacial environment is relevant for many disciplines including glaciology, natural hazard management, geomorphology, and geodesy. Since October 202…
Methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, and isotopic ratios of methane observations from the Permian Basin tower net…
Abstract. We describe the instrumentation, calibration, and uncertainty of the network of ground-based, in situ, cavity ring down spectroscopy (CRDS) greenhouse gas (GHG) measurem…
A 12-year-long (2010–2021) hydrological and biogeochemical dataset in the Sicily Channel (Mediterranean Sea)
Abstract. The dataset presented here consists of 273 conductivity–temperature–depth (CTD) stations, as well as 2034 sampled data points in the water column, where dissolved inorga…
CARINA oxygen data in the Atlantic Ocean
Abstract. In the CARINA (Carbon dioxide in the Atlantic Ocean) project, a new dataset with many previously unpublished hydrographic data from the Atlantic, Arctic and Southern Oce…
C <sup>3</sup> ONTEXT: a Common Consensus on Convective OrgaNizaTion during the…
Abstract. The C3ONTEXT (a Common Consensus on Convective OrgaNizaTion during the EUREC4A eXperimenT) dataset is presented as an overview of the mesoscale cloud patterns identified…
Combined high-resolution rainfall and wind data collected for 3 months on a wind farm 110 km southeast of Paris (France)
Abstract. The Hydrology Meteorology and Complexity laboratory of École des Ponts ParisTech (http://hmco.enpc.fr, last access: 16 August 2022) has made a data set of high-resolutio…
OasisMap30: a 30 m annual land cover dataset of China's oases from 1987 to 2024
Abstract. High spatio-temporal resolution maps of oasis land cover are valuable for understanding ecological and societal development processes in dryland regions. However, the re…
The MSG-SEVIRI-based cloud property data record CLAAS-2
Abstract. Clouds play a central role in the Earth's atmosphere, and satellite observations are crucial for monitoring clouds and understanding their impact on the energy budget an…
PAPILA dataset: a regional emission inventory of reactive gases for South America based on the combination of local and…
Abstract. The multidisciplinary project Prediction of Air Pollution in Latin America and the Caribbean (PAPILA) is dedicated to the development and implementation of an air qualit…
OpenSWI: a massive-scale benchmark dataset for surface wave dispersion curve inversion
Abstract. Surface wave dispersion curve inversion plays a critical role in both shallow geophysical exploration and deep geological studies, yet it remains hindered by sensitivity…
A historical nutrient dataset (1895–2024) for the North Pacific: reconstructed from machine learning and hydrographic…
Abstract. Nutrients play a critical role in oceanic primary productivity and the biological pump. However, compared to hydrographic parameters such as temperature and salinity, nu…
OzRiCa: an Australian riverine carbon database of concentrations, gas fluxes and isotopes
Abstract. Understanding carbon (C) cycling in riverine ecosystems is crucial for accurate estimates of regional and global C budgets. However, the slow progress in identifying spa…
GERB Obs4MIPs: a dataset for evaluating diurnal and monthly variations in top-of-atmosphere radiative fluxes in climat…
Abstract. A newly available radiative flux dataset specifically designed to enable the evaluation of the diurnal cycle in top-of-atmosphere (TOA) fluxes as captured by climate and…
A comparative analysis of EDGAR and UNFCCC GHG emissions inventories: insights on trends, methodology and data discrepa…
Abstract. Tracking greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is essential for understanding the drivers of climate change and guiding global mitigation strategies. The Emissions Database for…
Sea ice draft in the Weddell Sea, measured by upward looking sonars
Abstract. The presented database contains time-referenced sea ice draft values from upward looking sonar (ULS) measurements in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. The sea ice draft data …
State-of-the-art hydrological datasets exhibit low water balance consistency globally
Abstract. The proliferation and diversification of hydrological datasets have significantly advanced hydrological research. However, the coherence across these datasets remains po…
FOCA: a new quality-controlled database of floods and catchment descriptors in Italy
Abstract. Here we present FOCA (Italian FlOod and Catchment Atlas), the first systematic collection of data on Italian river catchments for which historical discharge time series …
U-Surf: a global 1 km spatially continuous urban surface property dataset for kilometer-scale urban-resolving Earth sys…
Abstract. High-resolution urban climate modeling has faced substantial challenges due to the absence of a globally consistent, spatially continuous, and accurate dataset to repres…
Construction of homogenized daily surface air temperature for the city of Tianjin during 1887–2019
Abstract. Century-long continuous daily observations from some stations are important for the study of long-term trends and extreme climate events in the past. In this paper, thre…
Permafrost temperature and active-layer thickness of Yakutia with 0.5-degree spatial resolution for model evaluation
Abstract. Based on the map of landscapes and permafrost conditions in Yakutia (Merzlotno-landshaftnaya karta Yakutskoi0 ASSR, Gosgeodeziya SSSR, 1991), rasterized maps of permafro…
High-temporal-resolution hydrometeorological data collected in the tropical Cordillera Blanca, Peru (2004–2020)
Abstract. This article presents a comprehensive hydrometeorological dataset collected over the past two decades throughout the Cordillera Blanca, Peru. The data-recording sites, l…
Geomatic methods applied to the study of the front position changes of Johnsons and Hurd Glaciers, Livingston Island, A…
Abstract. Various geomatic measurement techniques can be efficiently combined for surveying glacier fronts. Aerial photographs and satellite images can be used to determine the po…
CARINA data synthesis project: pH data scale unification and cruise adjustments
Abstract. Data on carbon and carbon-relevant hydrographic and hydrochemical parameters from 188 previously non-publicly available cruise data sets in the Artic Mediterranean Seas …
Reconstructing long-term (1980–2022) daily ground particulate matter concentrations in India (LongPMInd)
Abstract. Severe airborne particulate matter (PM, including PM2.5 and PM10) pollution in India has caused widespread concern. Accurate PM concentrations are fundamental for scient…
Two decades of distributed global radiation time series across a mountainous semiarid area (Sierra Nevada, Spain)
Abstract. The main drawback of the reconstruction of high-resolution distributed global radiation (Rg) time series in mountainous semiarid environments is the common lack of stati…
tTEM20AAR: a benchmark geophysical data set for unconsolidated fluvioglacial sediments
Abstract. Quaternary deposits are complex and heterogeneous. They contain some of the most abundant and extensively used aquifers. In order to improve the knowledge of the spatial…
Mapping the global distribution of lead and its isotopes in seawater with explainable machine learning
Abstract. Lead (Pb) and its isotopes are powerful tools for studying the pathways of Pb pollution from land to sea and, simultaneously, investigating biogeochemical processes in t…
An ensemble of 48 physically perturbed model estimates of the 1∕8° terrestrial water budget over the conterminous Unite…
Abstract. Terrestrial water budget (TWB) data over large domains are of high interest for various hydrological applications. Spatiotemporally continuous and physically consistent …
Resilient dataset of rain clusters with life cycle evolution during April to June 2016–2020 over eastern Asia based on …
Abstract. Our knowledge of the properties of precipitation and clouds over their life cycles has progressed with the rapid development of satellite observations. However, previous…
The global forest above-ground biomass pool for 2010 estimated from high-resolution satellite observations
Abstract. The terrestrial forest carbon pool is poorly quantified, in particular in regions with low forest inventory capacity. By combining multiple satellite observations of syn…
Remote-sensing and radiosonde datasets collected in the San Luis Valley during the LAPSE-RATE campaign
Abstract. In July 2018, the International Society for Atmospheric Research using Remotely piloted Aircraft (ISARRA) hosted a flight week to showcase the role remotely piloted airc…
Global Carbon Budget 2020
Abstract. Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions andtheir redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biospherein a changing climate –…
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