GRACE and GRACE-FO mascons  for ocean dynamic applications

Bonin, Jennifer; Pie, Nadège; Tamisiea, Mark E.; Chambers, Don; Save, Himanshu

doi:10.5194/essd-18-3481-2026

Articles | Volume 18, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-3481-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-3481-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 5

Data description article

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22 May 2026

Data description article |

| 22 May 2026

GRACE and GRACE-FO mascons for ocean dynamic applications

Jennifer Bonin, Nadège Pie, Mark E. Tamisiea, Don Chambers, and Himanshu Save

Data sets

CSR GRACE & GRACE-FO Dynamic Ocean Mascons RL06.2DO, V2 Nadège Pie et al. https://doi.org/10.18738/T8/3VUPEW

Short summary

A GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment)/GRACE-FO (Follow-On) mascon series is designed for studying ocean mass transport and circulation variations. Mass distribution changes caused by major oceanic earthquakes and barystatic gravity, rotation, and deformation (GRD) have been removed. Errors were reduced via processing and regularization changes, particularly in the Arctic and near the removed earthquakes. This data set is designed for off-the-shelf oceanographic use.