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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

21 Aug 2025 The JapanFlux2024 dataset for eddy covariance observations covering Japan and East Asia from 1990 to 2023

The JapanFlux2024 dataset, created through collaboration across Japan and East Asia, includes eddy covariance data from 83 sites spanning 683 site-years (1990–2023). Please read more.

21 Aug 2025 The JapanFlux2024 dataset for eddy covariance observations covering Japan and East Asia from 1990 to 2023

The JapanFlux2024 dataset, created through collaboration across Japan and East Asia, includes eddy covariance data from 83 sites spanning 683 site-years (1990–2023). Please read more.

19 Jun 2025 Indicators of Global Climate Change 2024: 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.

19 Jun 2025 Indicators of Global Climate Change 2024: 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.

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.

Recent papers

16 Oct 2025
State of Wildfires 2024–2025
Douglas I. Kelley, Chantelle Burton, Francesca Di Giuseppe, Matthew W. Jones, Maria L. F. Barbosa, Esther Brambleby, Joe R. McNorton, Zhongwei Liu, Anna S. I. Bradley, Katie Blackford, Eleanor Burke, Andrew Ciavarella, Enza Di Tomaso, Jonathan Eden, Igor José M. Ferreira, Lukas Fiedler, Andrew J. Hartley, Theodore R. Keeping, Seppe Lampe, Anna Lombardi, Guilherme Mataveli, Yuquan Qu, Patrícia S. Silva, Fiona R. Spuler, Carmen B. Steinmann, Miguel Ángel Torres-Vázquez, Renata Veiga, Dave van Wees, Jakob B. Wessel, Emily Wright, Bibiana Bilbao, Mathieu Bourbonnais, Cong Gao, Carlos M. Di Bella, Kebonye Dintwe, Victoria M. Donovan, Sarah Harris, Elena A. Kukavskaya, Aya Brigitte N'Dri, Cristina Santín, Galia Selaya, Johan Sjöström, John T. Abatzoglou, Niels Andela, Rachel Carmenta, Emilio Chuvieco, Louis Giglio, Douglas S. Hamilton, Stijn Hantson, Sarah Meier, Mark Parrington, Mojtaba Sadegh, Jesus San-Miguel-Ayanz, Fernando Sedano, Marco Turco, Guido R. van der Werf, Sander Veraverbeke, Liana O. Anderson, Hamish Clarke, Paulo M. Fernandes, and Crystal A. Kolden
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 5377–5488, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-5377-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-5377-2025, 2025
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16 Oct 2025
GSSM-10 (Global 10-m Surface Soil Moisture) Derived from Multi-Sensor Data and Ensemble Learning
Nuo Xu, Andre Daccache, and Arman Ahmadi
Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-511,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2025-511, 2025
Preprint under review for ESSD (discussion: open, 0 comments)
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15 Oct 2025
A full-coverage satellite-based global atmospheric CO2 dataset at 0.05° resolution from 2015 to 2021 for exploring global carbon dynamics
Zhige Wang, Ce Zhang, Kejian Shi, Yulin Shangguan, Bifeng Hu, Xueyao Chen, Danqing Wei, Songchao Chen, Peter M. Atkinson, and Qiang Zhang
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 5355–5375, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-5355-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-5355-2025, 2025
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15 Oct 2025
An operational SMOS soil freeze–thaw product
Kimmo Rautiainen, Manu Holmberg, Juval Cohen, Arnaud Mialon, Mike Schwank, Juha Lemmetyinen, Antonio de la Fuente, and Yann Kerr
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 5337–5353, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-5337-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-5337-2025, 2025
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14 Oct 2025
A consistent regional dataset of dissolved oxygen in the western Mediterranean Sea (2004–2023): CTD-O2WMED
Malek Belgacem, Katrin Schroeder, Marta Álvarez, Siv K. Lauvset, Jacopo Chiggiato, Mireno Borghini, Carolina Cantoni, Tiziana Ciuffardi, and Stefania Sparnocchia
Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17, 5315–5336, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-5315-2025,https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-5315-2025, 2025
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