Articles | Volume 18, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-4593-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-4593-2026
Data description article
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06 Jul 2026
Data description article |  | 06 Jul 2026

A four-decade global Lagrangian air-parcel trajectory dataset for atmospheric moisture and heat analysis

Victoria M. H. Deman, Damián Insua-Costa, Jessica Keune, Akash Koppa, and Diego G. Miralles

Data sets

FLEXPART v11 Global Trajectory Dataset (1979–2024) V. M. H. Deman et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17952362

Model code and software

Heat And MoiSture Tracking framEwoRk version 2.0 (HAMSTER v2) D. Insua-Costa et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20181215

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We present a global dataset that follows the movement of air carrying water and heat through the atmosphere from 1979 to 2024. Using weather reanalysis data, we tracked millions of air parcels and recorded their physical properties as they moved through the atmosphere. The dataset can be used to reveal where rainfall and warming originate and how they travel across land and ocean. This dataset can support climate and water studies without the need for costly simulations.
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