DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7388540.v2
title: Geocenter Estimates from Time-Variable Gravity and Ocean Model Outputs

description: <b>Last Updated: 2019-09-16</b><b><br></b><b>File descriptions:</b><br><i>CSR_RL05_OMCT_SLF_iter.txt</i>Monthly geocenter estimate calculating using a self-consistent, iterated geocenter solutions incorporating self-attraction and loading effects. Calculated using GRACE Release-5 time-variable gravity fields from the University of Texas Center for Space Research (CSR) and outputs from the OMCT ocean model. ECMWF corrections from Fagiolini et al. (2015) have been restored. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) estimates from A et al. (2013) with ICE-6G ice history have been restored.<br><i>CSR_RL05_OMCT_SLF_iter_wAOD.txt</i>Monthly geocenter estimate calculating using a self-consistent, iterated geocenter solutions incorporating self-attraction and loading effects. Calculated using GRACE Release-5 time-variable gravity fields from the University of Texas Center for Space Research (CSR) and outputs from the OMCT ocean model. Release-5 atmospheric and oceanic de-aliasing (AOD) product has been restored. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) estimates from A et al. (2013) with ICE-6G ice history have been restored.<br><br><i>CSR_RL06_MPIOM_SLF_iter.txt</i>Monthly geocenter estimate calculating using a self-consistent, iterated geocenter solutions incorporating self-attraction and loading effects. Calculated using GRACE Release-6 time-variable gravity fields from the University of Texas Center for Space Research (CSR) and outputs from the MPIOM ocean model. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) estimates from A et al. (2013) with ICE-6G ice history have been restored.<br><i>CSR_RL06_MPIOM_SLF_iter_wAOD.txt</i>Monthly geocenter estimate calculating using a self-consistent, iterated geocenter solutions incorporating self-attraction and loading effects. Calculated using GRACE Release-6 time-variable gravity fields from the University of Texas Center for Space Research (CSR) and outputs from the MPIOM ocean model. Release-6 atmospheric and oceanic de-aliasing (AOD) product has been restored. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) estimates from A et al. (2013) with ICE-6G ice history have been restored.<br><br><i>GFZ_RL05_OMCT_SLF_iter.txt</i>Monthly geocenter estimate calculating using a self-consistent, iterated geocenter solutions incorporating self-attraction and loading effects. Calculated using GRACE Release-5 time-variable gravity fields from the German Center for Geosciences (GeoForschungsZentrum, GFZ) and outputs from the OMCT ocean model. ECMWF corrections from Fagiolini et al. (2015) have been restored. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) estimates from A et al. (2013) with ICE-6G ice history have been restored.<br><i>GFZ_RL05_OMCT_SLF_iter_wAOD.txt</i>Monthly geocenter estimate calculating using a self-consistent, iterated geocenter solutions incorporating self-attraction and loading effects. Calculated using GRACE Release-5 time-variable gravity fields from the German Center for Geosciences (GeoForschungsZentrum, GFZ) and outputs from the OMCT ocean model. Release-5 atmospheric and oceanic de-aliasing (AOD) product has been restored. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) estimates from A et al. (2013) with ICE-6G ice history have been restored.<br><br><i>GFZ_RL06_MPIOM_SLF_iter.txt</i>Monthly geocenter estimate calculating using a self-consistent, iterated geocenter solutions incorporating self-attraction and loading effects. Calculated using GRACE Release-6 time-variable gravity fields from the German Center for Geosciences (GeoForschungsZentrum, GFZ) and outputs from the MPIOM ocean model. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) estimates from A et al. (2013) with ICE-6G ice history have been restored.<br><i>GFZ_RL06_MPIOM_SLF_iter_wAOD.txt</i>Monthly geocenter estimate calculating using a self-consistent, iterated geocenter solutions incorporating self-attraction and loading effects. Calculated using GRACE Release-6 time-variable gravity fields from the German Center for Geosciences (GeoForschungsZentrum, GFZ) and outputs from the MPIOM ocean model. Release-5 atmospheric and oceanic de-aliasing (AOD) product has been restored. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) estimates from A et al. (2013) with ICE-6G ice history have been restored.<br><br><i>JPL_RL05_OMCT_SLF_iter.txt</i>Monthly geocenter estimate calculating using a self-consistent, iterated geocenter solutions incorporating self-attraction and loading effects. Calculated using GRACE Release-5 time-variable gravity fields from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and outputs from the OMCT ocean model. ECMWF corrections from Fagiolini et al. (2015) have been restored. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) estimates from A et al. (2013) with ICE-6G ice history have been restored.<br><i>JPL_RL05_OMCT_SLF_iter_wAOD.txt</i>Monthly geocenter estimate calculating using a self-consistent, iterated geocenter solutions incorporating self-attraction and loading effects. Calculated using GRACE Release-5 time-variable gravity fields from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and outputs from the OMCT ocean model. Release-5 atmospheric and oceanic de-aliasing (AOD) product has been restored. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) estimates from A et al. (2013) with ICE-6G ice history have been restored.<br><i>JPL_RL06_MPIOM_SLF_iter.txt</i>Monthly geocenter estimate calculating using a self-consistent, iterated geocenter solutions incorporating self-attraction and loading effects. Calculated using GRACE Release-6 time-variable gravity fields from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and outputs from the MPIOM ocean model. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) estimates from A et al. (2013) with ICE-6G ice history have been restored.<br><i>JPL_RL06_MPIOM_SLF_iter_wAOD.txt</i>Monthly geocenter estimate calculating using a self-consistent, iterated geocenter solutions incorporating self-attraction and loading effects. Calculated using GRACE Release-6 time-variable gravity fields from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and outputs from the MPIOM ocean model. Release-6 atmospheric and oceanic de-aliasing (AOD) product has been restored. Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) estimates from A et al. (2013) with ICE-6G ice history have been restored.<br><br><b>Data Descriptions:</b>Data format:(f11.4,3e20.12,i4)<br><b>Data columns:</b>mid-epoch_time: mid-date of each measurement epoch in decimal-yearsC10: fully normalized cosine coefficient for degree 1 and order 0C11: fully normalized cosine coefficient for degree 1 and order 1S11: fully normalized sine coefficient for degree 1 and order 1month: GRACE month of each measurement epoch (months starting 2002-01-01)