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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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30 Jun 2026 The Norwegian University of Science and Technology partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new institutional agreement with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Please read more.

30 Jun 2026 The Norwegian University of Science and Technology partners with Copernicus Publications to support open-access publishing

Copernicus Publications has signed a new institutional agreement with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Please read more.

11 Jun 2026 Indicators of Global Climate Change 2025: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence

ESSD announces the publication of an update to IPCC's most recent assessment. Please read more.

11 Jun 2026 Indicators of Global Climate Change 2025: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence

ESSD announces the publication of an update to IPCC's most recent assessment. Please read more.

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.

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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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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09 Sep 2026

Satellite-based inversion of global methane fluxes: capabilities and implications of GOSAT-2 measurements

Makoto Saito, Yosuke Niwa, Yukio Yoshida, Hiroshi Suto, Kei Shiomi, Akihide Kamei, Fumie Kataoka, Isamu Morino, Hibiki M. Noda, Hirofumi Ohyama, Tazu Saeki, Yu Someya, Hisashi Yashiro, and Tsuneo Matsunaga

Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 18, 6565–6588, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-6565-2026,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-6565-2026, 2026

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09 Sep 2026

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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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09 Sep 2026

The ABRACOS dataset: a multidisciplinary marine ecosystem baseline for the western tropical Atlantic (2015–2017)

Arnaud Bertrand, Monique Simier, Gabriel Vinicius Felix Afonso, Gael Alory, Alejandro Ariza, Ramilla Assunção, Jean-Christophe Auguet, François Baurand, Beatrice Bec, Delphine Bonnet, Léandro Ferreira Cabanez, Claire Carré, Alexis Chaigneau, Adilma de Lourdes Montenegro Cocentino, Isis Amalia Cordeiro, Alex Costa da Silva, Martin Coubard, Mauro de Melo Junior, Juan-Carlos Molinero, Jeremy Devesa, Gilles Domalain, Leandro Nole Eduardo, Gérard Eldin, Gabriel Bittencourt Farias, Guilherme Ferreira, Gabriela Guerra Araújo Abrantes Figueiredo, Thierry Frédou, Diaz Xiomara Garcia, Everton Giachini Tosetto, Júlio Guazzelli Gonzalez, Jacques Grelet, Sandrine Hillion, Anne Justino, Marina Cavalcanti Jales, Sírleis Rodrigues Lacerda, François Le Loc'h, Anne Lebourges-Dhaussy, Rayssa Siqueira Lima, Nathalia Lins-Silva, Alex Souza Lira, Simone Maria de Albuquerque Lira, Catarina Marcolin da Rocha, Júlia Rodrigues Martins, Anais Médieu, Catarina Melo, Pedro Augusto Mendes de Castro Melo, Michael Maia Mincarone, Magali Monnier, Jean-Marie Munaron, Sigrid Neumann-Leitão, Junior Miodeli Nogueira, Matheus Oliveira, Beatrice Padovani Ferreira, Latifa Pelage, David Point, Ulisses Pinheiro, Fabrice Roubaud, Gildas Roudaut, Pierre Rousselot, Julianna de Lemos Santana, Ralf Schwamborn, Maria da Glória Gonçalves Silva-Cunha, Andrey Soares, Jesser Fidelis Souza Filho, Jean-François Ternon, Paulo Travassos, Gary Vargas, Teodoro Vaske Jr., Renata P. S. Campelo, Bárbara Teixeira Villarins, and Flávia Lucena-Frédou

Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2026-512,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2026-512, 2026

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