The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part I: System Description and Data Assimilation Evaluation

The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, version 2 (MERRA-2), updates NASA’s previous satellite-era (1980 onward) reanalysis system to include additional observations and improvements to the Goddard Earth Observing System, version 5 (GEOS-5), Earth system model. As a majo...

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Published in:Journal of climate 2017-09, Vol.30 (17), p.6823-6850
Main Authors: Randles, C. A., Silva, A. M. da, Buchard, V., Colarco, P. R., Darmenov, A., Govindaraju, R., Smirnov, A., Holben, B., Ferrare, R., Hair, J., Shinozuka, Y., Flynn, C. J.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Aerosol optical depth
Aerosol properties
Aerosol vertical distribution
Aerosols
Airborne observation
Aircraft
Algorithms
Atmospheric chemistry
Biological assimilation
Climate
Climatology
Cloud-climate relationships
Computer simulation
Control simulation
Data assimilation
Data collection
Earth
Earth science
Emissions
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Evaluation
Fields
Instruments
Interactions
Laboratories
Meteorological observations
Meteorological satellites
Model evaluation/performance
Optical analysis
Outdoor air quality
Quality control
Radiative fluxes
Reanalysis data
Remote sensing
Research centers
Satellite observations
Satellites
Simulation
Sky
SPECIAL MERRA-2 COLLECTION
Systems analysis
Trends
Vertical distribution
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