cff-version: 1.2.0
abstract: "This collection contains mass changes for 17 glacier regions between 2002 and 2016 as time series and annual mass balances as published in:<br><br>Wouters B, Gardner AS and Moholdt G (2019) Global Glacier Mass Loss During the GRACE Satellite Mission (2002-2016). Front. Earth Sci. 7:96. doi: 10.3389/feart.2019.00096<br><br>*** Time serie files GRACE_no_GIA_err.zip (= time series with GIA correction applied and cumulative GIA uncertainties INCLUDED in total uncertainties) and GRACE_no_GIA_noerr.zip ( = time series with GIA correction applied but cumulative GIA uncertainties NOT INCLUDED  in total uncertainties):<br><br>First column: files contain data (decimal years)<br>Second column: mass anomaly w.r.t. arbitrary reference [Gigatonnes]<br>Third column: uncertainty estimate [Gigatonnes]<br><br>*** The annual mass balance files contain mass change between Mar 31 and Apr 1 and Sep 30 - Oct 1, respectively, for the 17 RGI regions defined in our Frontiers paper. Two files are provided, as total mass balance and specific mass balance."
authors:
  - family-names: Wouters
    given-names: Bert
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1086-2435"
  - family-names: Gardner
    given-names: Alex S.
  - family-names: Moholdt
    given-names: Geir
title: "Data underlying the publication: Global Glacier Mass Loss During the GRACE Satellite Mission (2002-2016)"
keywords:
version: 1
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: 10.4121/13663433.v1
license: CC BY 4.0
date-released: 2021-02-02