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Chief editors: Kirsten Elger, Ken Mankoff, Graciela Raga, François G. Schmitt, Hanqin Tian & 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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News

14 Mar 2025 Global Carbon Budget 2024

A group of more than 100 researchers from more than 15 countries compiled and documented an annual global carbon budget covering sources and sinks. The results were published today in ESSD.

14 Mar 2025 Global Carbon Budget 2024

A group of more than 100 researchers from more than 15 countries compiled and documented an annual global carbon budget covering sources and sinks. The results were published today in ESSD.

13 Mar 2025 New agreement between California Digital Library and Copernicus Publications

We are delighted to announce a new agreement between the California Digital Library and Copernicus Publications. The University of California will cover 50% of article processing charges (APCs) for manuscripts affiliated with any of their research units. Read more.

13 Mar 2025 New agreement between California Digital Library and Copernicus Publications

We are delighted to announce a new agreement between the California Digital Library and Copernicus Publications. The University of California will cover 50% of article processing charges (APCs) for manuscripts affiliated with any of their research units. Read more.

28 Feb 2025 Get involved, become a referee, and help shape ESSD's community publication output

We are pleased to announce that a new referee application form is now available. This means that if you are interested in contributing to the peer-review process and supporting high-quality scientific publishing in your community then you can apply today to become a referee. Your expertise can make a difference. Visit the online form here to learn more and join our reviewer community.

28 Feb 2025 Get involved, become a referee, and help shape ESSD's community publication output

We are pleased to announce that a new referee application form is now available. This means that if you are interested in contributing to the peer-review process and supporting high-quality scientific publishing in your community then you can apply today to become a referee. Your expertise can make a difference. Visit the online form here to learn more and join our reviewer community.

Recent papers

16 May 2025
Satellite Altimetry-based Extension of global-scale in situ river discharge Measurements (SAEM)
Peyman Saemian, Omid Elmi, Molly Stroud, Ryan Riggs, Benjamin M. Kitambo, Fabrice Papa, George H. Allen, and Mohammad J. Tourian
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 2063–2085, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2063-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-2063-2025, 2025
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16 May 2025
Reconstructing Sea Level Variability at the Ieodo Ocean Research Station (1993–2023) Using Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Reanalysis Integration
Myeong Hee Han and Hak Soo Lim
Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-227,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-227, 2025
Preprint under review for ESSD (discussion: upcoming, 0 comments)
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15 May 2025
Synthesis of data products for ocean carbonate chemistry
Li-Qing Jiang, Amanda Fay, Jens Daniel Müller, Lydia Keppler, Dustin Carroll, Siv K. Lauvset, Tim DeVries, Judith Hauck, Christian Rödenbeck, Luke Gregor, Nicolas Metzl, Andrea J. Fassbender, Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Peter Landschützer, Rik Wanninkhof, Christopher Sabine, Simone R. Alin, Mario Hoppema, Are Olsen, Matthew P. Humphreys, Kumiko Azetsu-Scott, Dorothee C. E. Bakker, Leticia Barbero, Nicholas R. Bates, Nicole Besemer, Henry C. Bittig, Albert E. Boyd, Daniel Broullón, Wei-Jun Cai, Brendan R. Carter, Thi-Tuyet-Trang Chau, Chen-Tung Arthur Chen, Frédéric Cyr, John E. Dore, Ian Enochs, Richard A. Feely, Hernan E. Garcia, Marion Gehlen, Lucas Gloege, Melchor González-Dávila, Nicolas Gruber, Yosuke Iida, Masao Ishii, Esther Kennedy, Alex Kozyr, Nico Lange, Claire Lo Monaco, Derek P. Manzello, Galen A. McKinley, Natalie M. Monacci, Xose A. Padin, Ana M. Palacio-Castro, Fiz F. Pérez, Alizée Roobaert, J. Magdalena Santana-Casiano, Jonathan Sharp, Adrienne Sutton, Jim Swift, Toste Tanhua, Maciej Telszewski, Jens Terhaar, Ruben van Hooidonk, Anton Velo, Andrew J. Watson, Angelicque E. White, Zelun Wu, Hyelim Yoo, and Jiye Zeng
Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-255,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-255, 2025
Preprint under review for ESSD (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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15 May 2025
A 30 m soil and water conservation terrace measures dataset of China from 2000 to 2020
Enwei Zhang, Yueli Chen, Shengzhao Wei, Chenli Liu, Hongna Wang, Bowen Deng, Honghong Lin, Xue Yang, Yawen Li, and Xingwu Duan
Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-215,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-215, 2025
Preprint under review for ESSD (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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15 May 2025
A Six-year circum-Antarctic icebergs dataset (2018–2023)
Zilong Chen, Xuying Liu, Zhenfu Guan, Teng Li, Xiao Cheng, Tian Li, Yan Liu, Qi Liang, Lei Zheng, and Jiping Liu
Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-51,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-51, 2025
Preprint under review for ESSD (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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Notice on the current situation in Ukraine

To show our support for Ukraine, all fees for papers from authors (first or corresponding authors) affiliated to Ukrainian institutions are automatically waived, regardless if these papers are co-authored by scientists affiliated to Russian and/or Belarusian institutions. The only exception will be if the corresponding author or first contact (contractual partner of Copernicus) are from a Russian and/or Belarusian institution, in that case the APCs are not waived.

In accordance with current European restrictions, Copernicus Publications does not step into business relations with and issue APC-invoices (articles processing charges) to Russian and Belarusian institutions. The peer-review process and scientific exchange of our journals including preprint posting is not affected. However, these restrictions require that the first contact (contractual partner of Copernicus) has an affiliation and invoice address outside Russia or Belarus.