The International Mass Loading Service

TL;DR

The International Mass Loading Service provides comprehensive, hourly updated global mass loading data from multiple sources, aiding geophysical and geodetic research through accessible time series and on-demand services.

Contribution

It offers a unified platform delivering pre-computed and real-time mass loading data for numerous stations and global grids, enhancing research capabilities.

Findings

Provides hourly updated mass loading time series since 1979

Supports 849 geodesy stations and global grids

Enables on-demand data retrieval for specific stations and periods

Abstract

The International Mass Loading Service computes four loadings: a) atmospheric pressure loading; b) land water storage loading; c) oceanic tidal loading; and d) non-tidal oceanic loading. The service provides to users the mass loading time series in three forms: 1) pre-computed time series for a list of 849 space geodesy stations; 2) pre-computed time series on the global 1deg x 1deg grid; and 3) on-demand Internet service for a list of stations and a time range specified by the user. The loading displacements are provided for the time period from 1979.01.01 through present, updated on an hourly basis, and have latencies 8-20 hours.