@article{Gum2026,
Title = {Impactful Datasets in Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences: Highlighting the Data That Transform Research},
Author = {Gum, Joseph and Caprarelli, Graziella and Montanari, Alberto and Sedora, Brian and Stall, Shelley and Biddle, Mathew and Blake, Rachael and Jones, Matt and Joyner, Elizabeth and KC, Binita and Newman, Doug and Schuster, Doug and Thomer, Andrea K. and Wilson, Bruce and Wyborn, Lesley and Aben, Ilse and Acker, James and Ahmadisharaf, Ebrahim and Anderson, Weston and Aoki, Yosuke and Arras, Christina and Bagwell, Ross and Ballard, Ashley and Barbieri, Lindsay and Barbot, Sylvain and Becker, Emily and Berghmans, David and Blanford, Justine and Bohrer, Gil and Braun, Tobias and Brosnan, Ian and Broxton, Patrick and Byrne, Brendan and Cantarero, Danica Linda and Cao, Peiyu and Carter, Sarah and Casey, Rob and Cawse‐Nicholson, Kerry and Cayan, Daniel and Chadwick, K. Dana and Chakraborty, Kunal and Cisneros, Ernest and Codilean, Alexandru T. and Crawford, James and Cressie, Noel and Crisp, David and Cruz, Alfredo A. and D'Anastasio, Elisabetta and Daniell, Robert E. and Darrouzet, Fabien and Das, Saswati and Davis, Kyle Frankel and Desai, Ankur R. and de Sherbinin, Alex and Domingues, Catia M. and Dong, Wenhao and Druken, Kelsey and Dunbar, Nelia W. and Ehlmann, Bethany and Eldrett, James S. and Elipot, Shane and Fang, Jing and Fernandez, Nicolas and Fetterer, Florence and Fritz, Alison and Gao, Jing and Gao, Xueyuan and Gille, Sarah and Gilliams, Sven and Gleick, Peter H. and Hakkenberg, Christopher R. and Hanson, Jonathan B. and Henson, Henry C. and Holloway, Tracey and Hopkins, Candice and Hopwood, Mark James and Hossain, Faisal and Huffman, George J. and Jacobs, Nicole and Jaffe, Daniel and Jones, Dylan and Joshi, Apurva P. and Kalansky, Julie and Kallas, Leander and Kaushal, Nikita and Kebede, Endalkachew and Keenan, Trevor F. and Keppel‐Aleks, Gretchen and Kim, Tae and King, Fraser and Klöcking, Marthe and Knoben, Wouter and Koenig, Mark and Kopp, Greg and Koren, Gerbrand and Kruskamp, Nicholas and Labe, Zachary and Lanati, Anthony and Lankhorst, Matthias and Laughner, Joshua and Leahu‐Aluas, Oana and Lee, Christine and Lefevre, Laure and Lehnert, Kerstin and Lev, Einat and Li, Yuan and Liu, Zhong and Malhotra, Avni and Marshall, Scott and Marston, Landon and Martin, Ariadna and Marzolf, Nick and Mazzoglio, Paola and Miller, Art and Minocha, Sanchit and Mondal, Arpita and Montagner, Jean‐Paul and Montesi, Laurent and Moosdorf, Nils and Morris, James T. and Mostafa, Md Golam and Mountjoy, Katelyn and do Nascimento, Thiago V. M. and Nishida, Kiwamu and Nixon, Angus and Nunn, Ceri and Eppes, Martha Cary and Mostafavi Pak, Nasrin and Gallardo i Peres, Gerard and Pesnell, Dean and Picar, Antonio Martínez and Porter, Claire and Pramanik, Prithviraj and Pryor, Sara C. and Uriburu Quirno, Marcelo and Rabuffi, Federico and Rajagopalan, Balaji and Rao, Yuhan and Reiss, A. J. and Renno, Axel D. and Rout, Siddharth and Saharia, Manabendra and Sánchez‐Murillo, Ricardo and Sato, Tatsuhiko and Satterthwaite, Erin and Savage, Anna and Scambos, Ted A. and Schaperow, Jacob and Sharma, Nirdesh Kumar and Shields, Christine A. and Sihi, Debjani and Silber, Elizabeth A. and Sohl, Terry and Suresh, Sarath and Swift, James H. and Szantoi, Zoltan and Teixeira, Joao and Thackray, Glen and Tillery, Anne and Timmons, Mike and Traun, Marie Katrine and Vallée, Martin and Vallejo‐Bernal, Sara M. and Vaquero, José Manuel and Velazco, Voltaire A. and Wargowsky, Isabel and Weis, Dominique and Welti, Nina and Westerhold, Thomas and Williams, John W. and Windnagel, Ann and Woosley, Ryan J. and Wunch, Debra and Xiao, Jingfeng and Zaitchik, Ben and Zhang, Enze and Zhao, Xiaoyi and Zhen, Li and Zhiheng, Lin and Bergman, Steven C. and Minisini, Daniel},
Journal = {AGU Advances},
Year = {2026},
Pages = {e2026AV002623},
Volume = {7},
Doi = {10.1029/2026AV002623},
Abstract = {The American Geophysical Union (AGU) announces the new living collection “Impactful Datasets in Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences” which recognizes the creation and curation of datasets enabling research, analysis, and decision making beyond what is captured by traditional academic impact metrics. The collection highlights datasets through the dimensions of People, Planet, and Prosperity, and includes a curated set of nominated datasets and accompanying special collection of data papers. Developed with the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) community, the nomination and review process initially invites contributors from across research, operations, and public service, to nominate datasets important to their work, and then submit a data paper that expands upon the nomination text for inclusion in the special collection. This commentary highlights the rationale for the living collection, and the process of nomination. The collection serves as a living reference that strengthens data culture, supports reproducible geoscience, and provides enduring access to critical information for science and society.},
}
TY - JOUR
AU - Gum, Joseph
AU - Caprarelli, Graziella
AU - Montanari, Alberto
AU - Sedora, Brian
AU - Stall, Shelley
AU - Biddle, Mathew
AU - Blake, Rachael
AU - Jones, Matt
AU - Joyner, Elizabeth
AU - KC, Binita
AU - Newman, Doug
AU - Schuster, Doug
AU - Thomer, Andrea K.
AU - Wilson, Bruce
AU - Wyborn, Lesley
AU - Aben, Ilse
AU - Acker, James
AU - Ahmadisharaf, Ebrahim
AU - Anderson, Weston
AU - Aoki, Yosuke
AU - Arras, Christina
AU - Bagwell, Ross
AU - Ballard, Ashley
AU - Barbieri, Lindsay
AU - Barbot, Sylvain
AU - Becker, Emily
AU - Berghmans, David
AU - Blanford, Justine
AU - Bohrer, Gil
AU - Braun, Tobias
AU - Brosnan, Ian
AU - Broxton, Patrick
AU - Byrne, Brendan
AU - Cantarero, Danica Linda
AU - Cao, Peiyu
AU - Carter, Sarah
AU - Casey, Rob
AU - Cawse‐Nicholson, Kerry
AU - Cayan, Daniel
AU - Chadwick, K. Dana
AU - Chakraborty, Kunal
AU - Cisneros, Ernest
AU - Codilean, Alexandru T.
AU - Crawford, James
AU - Cressie, Noel
AU - Crisp, David
AU - Cruz, Alfredo A.
AU - D'Anastasio, Elisabetta
AU - Daniell, Robert E.
AU - Darrouzet, Fabien
AU - Das, Saswati
AU - Davis, Kyle Frankel
AU - Desai, Ankur R.
AU - de Sherbinin, Alex
AU - Domingues, Catia M.
AU - Dong, Wenhao
AU - Druken, Kelsey
AU - Dunbar, Nelia W.
AU - Ehlmann, Bethany
AU - Eldrett, James S.
AU - Elipot, Shane
AU - Fang, Jing
AU - Fernandez, Nicolas
AU - Fetterer, Florence
AU - Fritz, Alison
AU - Gao, Jing
AU - Gao, Xueyuan
AU - Gille, Sarah
AU - Gilliams, Sven
AU - Gleick, Peter H.
AU - Hakkenberg, Christopher R.
AU - Hanson, Jonathan B.
AU - Henson, Henry C.
AU - Holloway, Tracey
AU - Hopkins, Candice
AU - Hopwood, Mark James
AU - Hossain, Faisal
AU - Huffman, George J.
AU - Jacobs, Nicole
AU - Jaffe, Daniel
AU - Jones, Dylan
AU - Joshi, Apurva P.
AU - Kalansky, Julie
AU - Kallas, Leander
AU - Kaushal, Nikita
AU - Kebede, Endalkachew
AU - Keenan, Trevor F.
AU - Keppel‐Aleks, Gretchen
AU - Kim, Tae
AU - King, Fraser
AU - Klöcking, Marthe
AU - Knoben, Wouter
AU - Koenig, Mark
AU - Kopp, Greg
AU - Koren, Gerbrand
AU - Kruskamp, Nicholas
AU - Labe, Zachary
AU - Lanati, Anthony
AU - Lankhorst, Matthias
AU - Laughner, Joshua
AU - Leahu‐Aluas, Oana
AU - Lee, Christine
AU - Lefevre, Laure
AU - Lehnert, Kerstin
AU - Lev, Einat
AU - Li, Yuan
AU - Liu, Zhong
AU - Malhotra, Avni
AU - Marshall, Scott
AU - Marston, Landon
AU - Martin, Ariadna
AU - Marzolf, Nick
AU - Mazzoglio, Paola
AU - Miller, Art
AU - Minocha, Sanchit
AU - Mondal, Arpita
AU - Montagner, Jean‐Paul
AU - Montesi, Laurent
AU - Moosdorf, Nils
AU - Morris, James T.
AU - Mostafa, Md Golam
AU - Mountjoy, Katelyn
AU - do Nascimento, Thiago V. M.
AU - Nishida, Kiwamu
AU - Nixon, Angus
AU - Nunn, Ceri
AU - Eppes, Martha Cary
AU - Mostafavi Pak, Nasrin
AU - Gallardo i Peres, Gerard
AU - Pesnell, Dean
AU - Picar, Antonio Martínez
AU - Porter, Claire
AU - Pramanik, Prithviraj
AU - Pryor, Sara C.
AU - Uriburu Quirno, Marcelo
AU - Rabuffi, Federico
AU - Rajagopalan, Balaji
AU - Rao, Yuhan
AU - Reiss, A. J.
AU - Renno, Axel D.
AU - Rout, Siddharth
AU - Saharia, Manabendra
AU - Sánchez‐Murillo, Ricardo
AU - Sato, Tatsuhiko
AU - Satterthwaite, Erin
AU - Savage, Anna
AU - Scambos, Ted A.
AU - Schaperow, Jacob
AU - Sharma, Nirdesh Kumar
AU - Shields, Christine A.
AU - Sihi, Debjani
AU - Silber, Elizabeth A.
AU - Sohl, Terry
AU - Suresh, Sarath
AU - Swift, James H.
AU - Szantoi, Zoltan
AU - Teixeira, Joao
AU - Thackray, Glen
AU - Tillery, Anne
AU - Timmons, Mike
AU - Traun, Marie Katrine
AU - Vallée, Martin
AU - Vallejo‐Bernal, Sara M.
AU - Vaquero, José Manuel
AU - Velazco, Voltaire A.
AU - Wargowsky, Isabel
AU - Weis, Dominique
AU - Welti, Nina
AU - Westerhold, Thomas
AU - Williams, John W.
AU - Windnagel, Ann
AU - Woosley, Ryan J.
AU - Wunch, Debra
AU - Xiao, Jingfeng
AU - Zaitchik, Ben
AU - Zhang, Enze
AU - Zhao, Xiaoyi
AU - Zhen, Li
AU - Zhiheng, Lin
AU - Bergman, Steven C.
AU - Minisini, Daniel
TI - Impactful Datasets in Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences: Highlighting the Data That Transform Research
T2 - AGU Advances
PY - 2026
SP - e2026AV002623
VL - 7
DO - 10.1029/2026AV002623
AB - The American Geophysical Union (AGU) announces the new living collection “Impactful Datasets in Earth, Space, and Environmental Sciences” which recognizes the creation and curation of datasets enabling research, analysis, and decision making beyond what is captured by traditional academic impact metrics. The collection highlights datasets through the dimensions of People, Planet, and Prosperity, and includes a curated set of nominated datasets and accompanying special collection of data papers. Developed with the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) community, the nomination and review process initially invites contributors from across research, operations, and public service, to nominate datasets important to their work, and then submit a data paper that expands upon the nomination text for inclusion in the special collection. This commentary highlights the rationale for the living collection, and the process of nomination. The collection serves as a living reference that strengthens data culture, supports reproducible geoscience, and provides enduring access to critical information for science and society.
ER -
