ESA Antarctic Ice Sheet Climate Change Initiative (Antarctic_Ice_Sheet_cci): Gravimetric Mass Balance Gridded product, v1.1

This dataset provides gridded Gravimetric Mass Balance 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 Gridded product. Time series of gridded mass changes are provided in a polar-stereographic projection (EPSG:3031) with a grid resolution of 50 km x 50 km. The gridded changes are given in millimetre of equivalent water height (mm w.eq., or kg/m2).

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/

Date (Publication): 2016-11-24T00:00:00

Date (Creation): 2016-11-24T00:00:00

Citation identifier: https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/2d0422ea3c4047d5829d5fbdabe0c156

Citation identifier: Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Planetare Geodäsie (TUDr) / 2d0422ea3c4047d5829d5fbdabe0c156

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Unavailable	Horwath, Martin	Unavailable	Author
Unavailable	Groh, Andreas	Unavailable	Author
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Custodian
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	pointofContact
Unavailable	Horwath, Martin	Unavailable	pointofContact
Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Planetare Geodäsie (TUDr)		unknown	Publisher

Maintenance and update frequency: Not planned

Update scope: Dataset

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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

orthoimagery

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Under the following licence https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/esacci_icesheets_antarctic_terms_and_conditions.pdf, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.

Spatial representation type: Grid

Language: English

Topic category

Imagery base maps earth cover

Begin date: 2002-07-31T23:00:00

End date: 2016-07-31T22:59:59

Unique resource identifier: WGS 84

Distribution format

Name	Version
Data are provided in netCDF, Ascii and GeoTiff formats

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/2d0422ea3c4047d5829d5fbdabe0c156	CEDA Data Catalogue Page

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/esacci/ice_sheets_antarctica/data/gravimetric_mass_balance/gridded/v1.1	DOWNLOAD

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/esacci/ice_sheets_antarctica/metadata/sample_images/gmb_from_tu-dresden_AIS_trend_en.png	Sample Image

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://cci.esa.int/content/sign-ecv-mailing-list	Registration for CCI mailing lists

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://data1.geo.tu-dresden.de/ais_gmb/source/EGU2016-12065.pdf	Groh, A., & Horwath, M. (2016). The method of tailored sensitivity kernels for GRACE mass change estimates. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 18, EGU2016-12065

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/esacci/ice_sheets_antarctica/docs/ST-UL-ESA-AISCCI-PUG-001_v1.2.pdf	Product User Guide

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/esacci/ice_sheets_antarctica/docs/ST-UL-ESA-AISCCI-PSD-001_v1.1.pdf	Product Specification Document

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/esacci/ice_sheets_antarctica/docs/ST-UL-ESA-AISCCI-ATBD-001_v1.0.pdf	Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (ATBD)

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	http://data.ceda.ac.uk/neodc/esacci/ice_sheets_antarctica/docs/ST-UL-ESA-AISCCI-CECR-001_v1.1.pdf	Comprehensive Error Characterisation Report (CECR)

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
	https://climate.esa.int/projects/ice-sheets-antarctic/	ESA CCI Antarctic Ice Sheet project website

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Conformance result

Title: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Statement: 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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File identifier: 2d0422ea3c4047d5829d5fbdabe0c156 XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Parent identifier: ESA Antarctic Ice Sheet Climate Change Initiative (Antarctic_Ice_Sheet_cci) Dataset Collection
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Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-02-05T03:11:19

Metadata standard name: UK GEMINI

Metadata standard version: 2.3

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)		support@ceda.ac.uk	Point of contact

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