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Description

The monthly land mass grids contain water mass anomalies given as equivalent water thickness derived from GRACE & GRACE-FO time-variable gravity observations during the specified timespan, and relative to the specified time-mean reference period. The Equivalent water thickness represents the total terrestrial water storage anomalies from soil moisture, snow, surface water (incl. rivers, lakes, reservoirs etc.), as well as groundwater and aquifers. A glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) correction has been applied, and standard corrections for geocenter (degree-1), C20 (degree-20) and C30 (degree-30) are incorporated. Post-processing filters have been applied to reduce correlated errors. Version 04 (v04) of the terrestrial water storage data uses updated and consistent C20 and Geocenter corrections (i.e., Technical Notes TN-14 and TN-13), as well as an ellipsoidal correction to account for the non-spherical shape of the Earth when mapping gravity anomalies to surface mass change. Data grids are provided in ASCII/netCDF/GeoTIFF formats. For the RL06 version, all GRACE products in the ASCII format have adopted the YAML encoding header, which is in full compliance with the PODAAC metadata best practices.

Product Summary

Platforms
GRACE
Spatial Extent

N: 89.5 S: -89.5 E: 180 W: -180

Spatial Resolution
1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
Location
GLOBAL
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2002-04-05 to 2017-10-18
Data Partner
GRACE Tellus, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (NASA/JPL/GRACE-TELLUS-0001) ,
Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA (NASA/JPL/PODAAC)
Concept ID
C2077042515-POCLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
163
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Terrestrial Water Storage

Citation

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NASA/JPL. (2021). CSR TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 version 04 in netCDF/ASCII/GeoTIFF Formats [Data set]. NASA Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/TELND-3AC64 Date Accessed: 2026-04-29

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Title Year Author Topic
A multi-source approach to groundwater storage and recharge assessment in the Volta Basin Barbosa, Sergio A., Jones, Norman L., Williams, Gustavious P., Teklu, Henok, Yidana, Sandow M., Pulla, Sarva T., Sanchez, Jorge Luis, Nelson, E. James, Ames, Daniel P., Miller, A. Woodruff Terrestrial Water Storage
Assessment of Potential Irrigation-Induced Surface Deformation in an Agricultural Area with Sentinel-1 Insar and Grace Gravimetric Observations Farias, Celina Anael, Sanchez, Michelle Lenardon, Seppi, Santiago A., Carignano, Claudio A. Terrestrial Water Storage
Assessment of water quality and coastal changes under climate impacts using multi-sensor satellite techniques in the Southern Absheron Peninsula Ahadov, Bahruz, Gadirli, Farid, Hajiyeva, Gulnar Terrestrial Water Storage
ENSO wildfires impact Amazonian floodplains in complex ways van der Sleen, Peter, Decuyper, Mathieu, Flores, Bernardo M., Householder, J. Ethan, Holmgren, Milena Terrestrial Water Storage
Downscaling GRACE-scale groundwater storage variations to aquifer scales: A linear regression approach based on the water balance concept Fakourian, Mohammad Hossein, Naderi, Mostafa, Joodaki, Gholamreza Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Terrestrial Water Storage
Global Groundwater Drought Assessment Revisited: A Holistic Akl, Mohamed, Thomas, Brian F., Clarke, Peter J. Terrestrial Water Storage
Improving satellite remote sensing estimates of the global terrestrial Heberger, Matthew, Aires, Filipe, Pellet, Victor Emissivity, Land Surface Temperature, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI), Terrestrial Water Storage, Snow Cover
Influence of floodplains and groundwater dynamics on the present-day climate simulated by the CNRM climate model Decharme, Bertrand, Colin, Jeanne Terrestrial Water Storage
Nonoverlapped Sources of the Devastating 2023 Mw He, Ping, Wen, Yangmao, Zhong, Yulong, Cai, Jianfeng Terrestrial Water Storage
Spatial Distribution and Seasonal Variability of Weak Seismicity in the Lena Delta (Laptev Sea Region) Novikov, M. A., Krylov, A. A., Radiuk, E. A., Geissler, W. H., Kruger, F., Baranov, B. V., Tsukanov, N. V., Shibaev, S. V. Terrestrial Water Storage
Time Distributed Deep Learning Models for Purely Exogenous Forecasting: Application to Water Table Depth Predictions Using Weather Image Time Series Salis, Matteo, Atto, Abdourrahmane M., Ferraris, Stefano, Meo, Rosa Terrestrial Water Storage
Direct and lagged climate change effects intensified the 2022 European drought Bevacqua, Emanuele, Rakovec, Oldrich, Schumacher, Dominik L., Kumar, Rohini, Thober, Stephan, Samaniego, Luis, Seneviratne, Sonia I., Zscheischler, Jakob Terrestrial Water Storage
NEOTECTONICS OF THE OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION ZONE IN THE COTE D'IVOIRE REGION (WEST AFRICA) Sokolov, S.Yu., Geological Institute RAS, Mamadu, Diomande, Ednard, Eby Ama Yvonne, Raymond, Mouah Terrestrial Water Storage
Optimal combinations of global evapotranspiration and terrestrial water storage products for catchment water balance Yoo, Sanghyun, Kim, Seokhyeon, Paik, Kyungrock Terrestrial Water Storage
Multi-model hydrological reference dataset over continental Europe and an African basin Droppers, Bram, Rakovec, Oldrich, Avila, Leandro, Azimi, Shima, Cortes-Torres, Nicolas, De Leon Perez, David, Imhoff, Ruben, Frances, Felix, Kollet, Stefan, Rigon, Riccardo, Weerts, Albrecht, Samaniego, Luis Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Terrestrial Water Storage, Ground Water, Glacier Mass Balance/Ice Sheet Mass Balance
The changing climate and domestic water consumption in Mexican cities Magana, Victor, Abrego Gongora, Carlos Joel, Mendez Antonio, Baldemar Terrestrial Water Storage
A Two-Step Linear Model to Fill the Data Gap Between GRACE and GRACE-FO Yang, Xinchun, You, Wei, Tian, Siyuan, Jiang, Zhongshan, Wan, Xiangyu Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Terrestrial Water Storage
A new GRACE filtering approach based on iterative image convolution Zhou, Hao, Wang, Penghui, Tang, Lu, Luo, Zhicai Gravity, Terrestrial Water Storage, Gravity Anomalies
Cause of substantial global mean sea level rise over 20142016 Llovel, William, Balem, Kevin, Tajouri, Soumaia, Hochet, Antoine Terrestrial Water Storage, Water Pressure, Ocean Bottom Pressure
EASYMORE: A Python package to streamline the remapping of variables for Earth System models Gharari, Shervan, Keshavarz, Kasra, Knoben, Wouter J.M., Tang, Gouqiang, Clark, Martyn P. Terrestrial Water Storage
Evaluation of runoff estimation from GRACE coupled with different Alghafli, Khaled, Ali, Awad M., Shi, Xiaogang, Sloan, William, Obeid, Ali A.A., Shamsudduha, Mohammad Terrestrial Water Storage, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain
Integration of a Groundwater Model to the Noah Land Surface Model for Samuel, Jerry B., Chakraborty, Arindam Terrestrial Water Storage
Seasonal Water Balance Estimation for Abbay River Basin Using Open Access Satellite Databases and Hydrological Model, East Africa Kitanbo Yoshe, Agegnehu Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Terrestrial Water Storage
Seasonal forecasting skill for the high mountain Asia region in the Goddard Earth Observing System Massoud, Elias C., Andrews, Lauren, Reichle, Rolf, Molod, Andrea, Park, Jongmin, Ruehr, Sophie, Girotto, Manuela Heat Flux, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Water Vapor, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction, Geopotential Height, Altitude, Surface Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Soil Heat Budget, Soil Heat Budget, Soil Temperature, Soil Temperature, Soil Infiltration, Soil Infiltration, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Surface Soil Moisture, Root Zone Soil Moisture, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Surface Water, Runoff Rate, Average Flow, Average Flow, Precipitation, Snow Depth, Snow Melt, Snow/Ice Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI), Albedo, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Terrestrial Water Storage
A daily and 500 m coupled evapotranspiration and gross primary production product across China during 20002020 He, Shaoyang, Zhang, Yongqiang, Ma, Ning, Tian, Jing, Kong, Dongdong, Liu, Changming Photosynthesis, Primary Production, VEGETATION PRODUCTIVITY, Terrestrial Water Storage, Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Reflectance, Albedo, Anisotropy, Emissivity, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar)
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Variables

The table below lists the variables contained within a single granule for this dataset. Variables often contain observed or derived geophysical measurements collected from a variety of sources, including remote sensing instruments on satellite and airborne platforms, field campaigns, in situ measurements, and model outputs. The terms variable, parameter, scientific data set, layer, and band have been used across NASA’s Earth science disciplines; however, variable is the designated nomenclature in NASA’s Common Metadata Repository (CMR). Variable metadata attributes such as Name, Description, Units, Data Type, Fill Value, Valid Range, and Scale Factor allow users to efficiently process and analyze the data. The full range of attributes may not be applicable to all variables. Additional information on variable attributes is typically available in the data, user guide, and/or other product documentation.

For questions on a specific variable, please use the Earthdata Forum.

Name Description Units Data Type Fill Value Valid Range Scale Factor Offset
lat latitude value at each pixel degrees_north double N/A -89.5 to 89.5 1 N/A
lat_bounds latitude values at the north and south bounds of each pixel degrees_north double N/A N/A 1 N/A
lon longitude value at each pixel degrees_east double N/A 0.5 to 359.5 1 N/A
lon_bounds longitude values at the west and east bounds of each pixel degrees_east double N/A N/A 1 N/A
lwe_thickness none m double -99999 -30 to 30 1 N/A
time time days since 2002-01-01T00:00:00 double N/A N/A 1 N/A
time_bounds time bounds for each time value, i.e., the first day and last day included in the monthly solution days since 2002-01-01T00:00:00 double N/A N/A 1 N/A
uncertainty none m double -99999 -30 to 30 1 N/A
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