dataset · Global
NASA GRACE Project
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
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Licence: [Creative Commons BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Evidence quality: 33.1
Listed in aws-odr public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- Terrestrial water storage anomalies (equivalent water thickness, monthly land mass grids) · Monthly ocean bottom pressure anomaly grids (equivalent water thickness) · GRACE atmosphere and ocean de-aliasing (GRACE_AOD1B_GRAV_GFZ_RL06) spherical harmonics, 6-hour sampling · GRACE/GRACE-FO Level-2 static gravity field spherical harmonics (CSR, GFZ, JPL; RL06) · GRACE Level-2 GAC gravity field products (CSR, GFZ, JPL; RL06) · GRACE Level-1B data products (K-band ranging, accelerometer, star camera, GPS, housekeeping)
- Coverage llm-inferred
- Global
- Resolution docs-verified
- Monthly grids (temporal); spatial resolution not stated in docs
- Formats docs-verified
- ASCII · netCDF · GeoTIFF
- Access llm-inferred
- Open data, no authentication; licence Creative Commons BY 4.0 (per registry entry)
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Regional water balance context for hydrological model calibration checks · Groundwater and soil-moisture storage trend context for drought risk screening · Large-scale water storage baseline for catchment strategy and climate-change reports
- Audience llm-inferred
- hydrologists · water resources engineers · environmental consultants · GIS analysts
Limitations
- Constraints docs-verified
- Several related products (Level-1B, Level-2 gravity field, GAC) are marked for expert use only · Grids are anomalies relative to a time-mean reference period, not absolute storage values
Evidence
- arn:aws:s3:::podaac-ops-cumulus-protected/TELLUS_GRAC_L3_CSR_RL06_LND_v04, arn:aws:s3:::podaac-ops-cumulus-protected/TELLUS_GRAC_L3_CSR_RL06_OCN_v04, arn:aws:s3:::podaac-ops-cumulus-protected/GRACE_AOD1B_GRAV_GFZ_RL06
- https://registry.opendata.aws/nasa-grace/
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.