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nasa-podaac-tellus_land_gif_gfz_rl05

GRACE MONTHLY LAND WATER MASS GRIDS GIF GFZ RELEASE 5.0

The images were generated from monthly land mass grids containing terrestrial water masses (aquifers, river basins, etc.) given as equivalent water thickness derived from GFZ GRACE gravity data, in GIF format. Equivalent water thickness is used to represent changes in water mass as height changes since the area of a grid pixel remains only the height can change as the amount of water changes. The time coverage for the monthly grids are determined by GRACE months. For the list of GRACE month dates visit http://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/GraceMonths/. For information please visit http://grace.jpl.nasa.gov/data/gracemonthlymassgridsland/

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http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/TELLUS_LAND_GIF_GFZ_RL05

Identified by : TELLUS_LAND_GIF_GFZ_RL05

This dataset was released on October 18, 2012.

The time range for this dataset starts at August 01, 2002.

The spatial range for this dataset is -89.5° to 89.5° latitude, and 0° to 360° longitude. map (center)

This dataset uses data from an instance of the grace-instrument instrument on the gravity-recovery-and-climate-experiment platform.

Also known as :

• datasetId PODAAC-TELND-GIGF5 (podaac lexicon)
• dataset TELLUS_LAND_GIF_GFZ_RL05 (podaac lexicon)