Chief editors: Kirsten Elger, Tobias Gerken, Sibylle K. Hassler, Conrad Jackisch, Graciela Raga, François G. Schmitt, Hanqin Tian, Baptiste Vandecrux & Yuyu Zhou
eISSN: ESSD 1866-3516, ESSDD 1866-3591
Earth System Science Data (ESSD) is an international, interdisciplinary journal for the publication of articles on original research data (sets), furthering the reuse of high-quality data of benefit to Earth system sciences. The editors encourage submissions on original data or data collections which are of sufficient quality and have potential to contribute to these aims. The journal maintains sections for regular-length articles, brief communications (e.g. on additions to data sets) and commentaries, as well as review articles and special issues.
This short commentary draws on ESSD author, reviewer and editor experiences over its first 10 years of operation to define guidelines, requirements and benefits of the ESSD processes.
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07 May 2026
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07 May 2026
Temporary unavailability of article and preprint PDFs due to technical issues
Since Tuesday, 5 May, 06:30 CET, we have been experiencing technical issues caused by high demand on our systems, which have significantly affected our journal libraries. To maintain platform stability and ensure continued access to critical services, all preprint and journal article PDFs were temporarily restricted, while HTML full-text content and XML files remained available. Since Thursday, 7 May, 08:30 CET, we have made the preprint PDFs available again; however, journal article PDFs remain restricted until the technical issues have been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work to restore full PDF access as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding.
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09 Sep 2026
A global hourly ISIMIP3 climate forcing dataset for impact modeling
Michel Bechtold, Benjamin Poschlod, Christian Otto, Jan Volkholz, Matthias Büchner, and Florian Zabel
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 6637–6648, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-6637-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-6637-2026, 2026
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04 Sep 2026
GloPINE dataset: model-ready measurements of INP concentrations using PINE instruments
Ross J. Herbert, Larissa Lacher, Alexander Böhmländer, Mark D. Tarn, Antoine Canzi, Aidan Pantoya, Evelyn Freney, Kristina Höhler, Pia Bogert, Céline Planche, Ping Tian, Michael Adams, Sarah Barr, David Brus, Nicole Büttner, Martin Daily, Konstantinos Doulgeris, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Grant Forster, Romy Fösig, Dimitrios G. Georgakopoulos, Maria I. Gini, A. Gannet Hallar, Radovan Krejci, Elke Ludewig, Mauro Mazzola, Ian B. McCubbin, Athanasios Nenes, Tuukka Petäjä, Joseph Robinson, Franziska Vogel, Paul Zieger, Stephen Arnold, Kenneth S. Carslaw, Naruki Hiranuma, Ottmar Möhler, and Benjamin J. Murray
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 6465–6483, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-6465-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-6465-2026, 2026
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31 Aug 2026
Nitrous oxide and methane concentrations and air-sea fluxes in undersampled areas of the Mediterranean basin
Mercedes de la Paz, Susana Flecha, Fatima Zohra Bouthir, Milad Fahkri, Abed El Rahman Hassoun, Valeria Ibello, Korhan Özkan, Fiz F. Pérez, Adil Chair, and Iris E. Hendriks
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 6207–6224, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-6207-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-6207-2026, 2026
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10 Sep 2026
Circum-Arctic Sediment PROvenance Database (CASPROD): a database of mineralogy and geochemistry for the Circum-Arctic surface sediments
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Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 6649–6665, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-6649-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-6649-2026, 2026
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10 Sep 2026
Observations from a 94-GHz spectral polarimetric vertically-pointing radar at Villum research station during the CLAVIER Clean Cloud campaign
Romanos Foskinis, Anne-Claire Billault-Roux, Henrik Skov, Lise Lotte Sørensen, Sven-Erik Gryning, Athanasios Nenes, and Alexis Berne
Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2026-549,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2026-549, 2026
Preprint under review for ESSD (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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10 Sep 2026
The ATMOSFER campaign: synergistic observations for the preparation of the ESA FORUM mission
Mélanie Ghysels, Luca Palchetti, Silvia Viciani, Claudio Belotti, Marco Barucci, Gwenaël Berthet, Elizabeth Asher, Emrys Hall, Alex Fritz, Armin Afchine, Christian Rolf, Thomas Kuhn, Chris Stopford, Alain Hauchecorne, Nadir Amarouche, Georges Durry, Jean-Christophe Samake, Lars E. Kalnajs, Terry Deshler, Samuele Del Bianco, and Paolo Pettinari
Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2026-557,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2026-557, 2026
Preprint under review for ESSD (discussion: upcoming, 0 comments)
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09 Sep 2026
Global satellite gravity data products for prompt detection of short-term Mass Change (MC)
Miao Tang, Shin-Chan Han, In-Young Yeo, Mehdi Khaki, Thomas Loudis Papanikolaou, and Xinghai Yang
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 6589–6611, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-6589-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-6589-2026, 2026
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09 Sep 2026
EGO: a global 0.05° hourly GPP dataset for monitoring diurnal photosynthesis dynamics
Xi Liu, Xing Li, Dalei Hao, Jingfeng Xiao, Yanan Zhou, Cenliang Zhao, Zikang Diao, Fuqiang Qu, Shangrong Lin, Xiangzhuo Liu, Zhaoying Zhang, Xinjie Liu, and Helin Zhang
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 6613–6636, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-6613-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-6613-2026, 2026
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