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Publications Citing MERRA-2 Data
List of peer-reviewed publications that cite using MERRA-2 data.
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| Biases in preconstruction estimates of wind plant annual energy production | Hammond, Rob, Simley, Eric | Geopotential Height, Altitude, Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Air Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Total Ozone | ||
| Cloud-Top Relative Humidity Modulates Aerosol Effects Across Marine | Liu, Fan, Mao, Feiyue, Pan, Zengxin, Rosenfeld, Daniel, Gong, Wei, Zang, Lin | Dust/Ash/Smoke, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Dimethyl Sulfide, Aerosol Particle Properties, Particulate Matter, Aerosols, Surface Pressure, Pressure Thickness, Relative Humidity, Sea Salt, Black Carbon, Air Mass/Density | ||
| Capturing Antarctic Precipitation With a 3D Atmospheric River Algorithm | Takahashi, K., Inoue, J., Sato, K., Hirasawa, N., Yamada, K. | Heat Flux, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Water Vapor, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction, Infrared Radiance, REFLECTED INFRARED, Visible Radiance | ||
| Changes in Wind Extremes Shaped the Summertime Weakening of the Eurasian | Li, Yongtong, Zhou, Tianjun, Jiang, Jie, Zhang, Wenxia, Guo, Zhun | Geopotential Height, Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Upper Air Temperature, Vertical Profiles, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Ozone Profiles | ||
| Different Aerosol Impacts on the Vertical Structure of Cold-Topped Convective Precipitation under Varying Meteorological Conditions in the Sichuan Basin | Li, Jiefeng, Zhao, Chuanfeng, Chen, Annan, Zhao, Pengguo, Zhang, Haotian, Liang, Yongen, Liu, Siyao | Atmospheric Water Vapor, Precipitation, RADAR, Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Dimethyl Sulfide, Black Carbon, Sea Salt, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10) | ||
| Environments conducive to cloud-to-ground and ignited lightning in a boreal forest of Northeast China | Jiang, Yaqi, Zhang, Qi, Gao, Cong, Shi, Chunming, Huang, Xinyan, Liu, Xiaodong | Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Dimethyl Sulfide, Black Carbon, Sea Salt, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10) | ||
| Evapotranspiration declines prolonged by deforestation and fire in South American biomes | Ahmad, Shahryar K., Holmes, Thomas R., Kumar, Sujay V., Lahmers, Timothy M., Konapala, Goutam, Getirana, Augusto, Nie, Wanshu, Liu, Pang-Wei, Hain, Christopher R., Locke, Kim A., Libonati, Renata | Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Upper Air Temperature, Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, Specific Humidity, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Altitude, Geopotential Height, Ozone Profiles, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Leaf Characteristics, Photosynthetically Active Radiation, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area |
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| First Detection of Firework-Generated Infrasound in the Upper MesosphereLower Thermosphere With a Rocket-Borne Sensor: Results From the MOMO3 Sounding Rocket Experiment | Saito, Hiroaki, Yasukouchi, Yusuke, Hiratsuka, Takamasa, Yamamoto, Masayuki | Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Pressure Thickness, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Upper Air Temperature, Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, Specific Humidity, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Fraction, Altitude, Geopotential Height, Ozone Profiles | ||
| Monitoring the upper atmospheric temperature and interplanetary magnetic field with the GRAPES-3 muon telescope | Paul, S., Arunbabu, K.P., Chakraborty, M., Gupta, S.K., Hariharan, B., Hayashi, Y., Jagadeesan, P., Jain, A., Karthik, M., Kojima, H., Kawakami, S., Mohanty, P.K., Muraki, Y., Nayak, P.K., Nonaka, T., Oshima, A., Rameez, M., Ramesh, K., Shibata, S., Tanaka, K. | Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Upper Air Temperature, Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, Specific Humidity, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Altitude, Geopotential Height, Ozone Profiles | ||
| Quantifying the impact of vegetation on carbon monoxide reduction using multi-source remote sensing in China | Yao, Jiaqi, Wei, Jing, Liu, Tong, Cao, Yongqiang, Zhai, Haoran, Gong, Haiying, Liu, Zihua, Xu, Nan, Lu, Hui | Heat Flux, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Water Vapor, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction, Land Use/Land Cover Classification | ||
| The ``Predictability Barrier'' Phenomenon of Winter Extreme Cold | Han, Zhe, Duan, Wansuo, Dai, Guokun, Li, Shuanglin, Chen, Boyu, Hou, Yuxuan | Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Air Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Altitude, Boundary Layer Winds, U/V Wind Components, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Relative Humidity, Geopotential Height, Ozone Profiles | ||
| The Atmosphere's Substantial Role in Interannual Variability of Earth's Energy Imbalance | Mayer, Michael, Loeb, Norman G., Lyman, John M., Johnson, Gregory C., Winkelbauer, Susanna | Heat Flux, Heat Flux, Heat Flux, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Water Vapor Tendency, Water Vapor Flux, Cloud Dynamics, Cloud Microphysics, Snow/Ice, Precipitation, Atmospheric Ozone | ||
| Temporal trends in short-term PM2. 5 exposure and adverse birth outcomes in Japan: nationwide modelling study across four decades | Ith, Sophearen, Ng, Chris Fook Sheng, Yuan, Lei, Cao, Alton, Tomo, Yui, Hashizume, Masahiro, Yoneoka, Daisuke | Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Dimethyl Sulfide, Black Carbon, Sea Salt, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10) | ||
| Water Isotope Model Intercomparison Project (WisoMIP): Present-Day | Bong, Hayoung, LeGrande, Allegra N., Dee, Sylvia, Zhu, Jiang, Cauquoin, Alexandre, Fiorella, Richard P., Ding, Qinghua, Dutrievoz, Niels, Tanoue, Masahiro, Frazer, Michelle, Sarkar, Mampi, Agosta, Cecile, Yoshimura, Kei, Werner, Martin, Okazaki, Atsushi, Risi, Camille, SteenLarsen, Hans Christian, Casado, Mathieu, Wahl, Sonja, Nusbaumer, Jesse, Worden, John, Good, Stephen, Bailey, Adriana, Schneider, Matthias, Noel, Stefan, Mandal, Soumyajit, Bowman, Kevin, Li, Yifan, Schmidt, Gavin A. | Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Upper Air Temperature, Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, Specific Humidity, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Altitude, Geopotential Height, Ozone Profiles, Hydrogen-deuterium Oxide |
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| Three-Decade Dust Climatology and Trend (1988-2022) From Ground | Shu, Chang, Tong, Daniel | Surface Pressure, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evaporation, Surface Winds, Convection, Rain, Land Surface Temperature, Heat Flux, Heat Flux, Heat Flux, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Water Vapor Tendency, Water Vapor Flux, Cloud Dynamics, Cloud Microphysics, Snow/Ice, Precipitation, Specific Humidity, Ice Fraction, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Skin Temperature, Skin Temperature | ||
| The Influence of Tropopause Temperature Biases on Climate Model | Mahoney, Aidan D., Soden, Brian J., Zhang, Bosong, Vecchi, Gabriel | Geopotential Height, Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Upper Air Temperature, Vertical Profiles, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Ozone Profiles, Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, Atmospheric Pressure, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Oxygen Compounds, Altitude, Boundary Layer Winds | ||
| Understanding LandAtmosphere Interactions during Coupling Whiplash Events | Makhasana, Payal R., Santanello, Joseph A., Lawston-Parker, Patricia M., Roundy, Joshua K. | Geopotential Height, Altitude, Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Air Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Total Ozone | ||
| Tropical Pacific sea surface temperature gradient biases shape presentday and future precipitation projections over Southern Hemisphere midlatitudes | Wang, Liping, Grise, Kevin M. | Geopotential Height, Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Upper Air Temperature, Vertical Profiles, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Ozone Profiles | ||
| Transport of Peroxyacyl Nitrates (PANs) Across Northern Hemisphere Ocean Basins From Satellite Observations | Shogrin, Madison, Payne, Vivienne H., Kulawik, Susan S., Miyazaki, Kazuyuki, Fischer, Emily V. | Peroxyacetyl Nitrate, Brightness Temperature, Infrared Radiance, Geopotential Height, Altitude, Surface Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Air Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Skin Temperature |
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| Tree size-dependent effects of tree diversity on aboveground biomass during development in subtropical coniferous forests | Zhu, Yu, Wang, Chen, Wang, Jiajia, Li, Quanlin, Zhu, Liangjun, Zhao, Meifang, Gao, Fei, Wang, Zhao, Liu, Shuguang | Geopotential Height, Altitude, Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Air Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Specific Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Total Ozone, Atmospheric Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Radiative Flux, Radiative Forcing, Surface Radiative Properties, Albedo, Emissivity, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Skin Temperature, Heat Flux, Water Vapor, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction, Soil Heat Budget, Soil Heat Budget, Soil Temperature, Soil Temperature, Soil Infiltration, Soil Infiltration, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Surface Soil Moisture, Root Zone Soil Moisture, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Surface Water, Runoff Rate, Average Flow, Average Flow, Precipitation, Snow Depth, Snow Melt, Snow/Ice Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI) |
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| The Impact of NO2 and SO2 Pollutants on Respiratory Diseases: A Case Study of Indonesia | Asadelia Rafmawan, Reizka | Heat Flux, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Water Vapor, Precipitation Rate, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction, Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Dimethyl Sulfide, Black Carbon, Sea Salt, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0) | ||
| Variability and trend analysis of temperature and height in the upper troposphere and stratosphere region over the tropics (Reunion), by combining balloon-sonde and ... | de Arruda Moreira, Gregori, Bencherif, Hassan, Millet, Tristan, Pinheiro, Damaris Kirsch | Geopotential Height, Atmospheric Ozone, Pressure Thickness, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Fraction, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Ozone Profiles | ||
| Spatio-Temporal Trends and Hotspot Analysis of Black Carbon over India (19802023) | Chetia, Mayuri, Baruah, Ujjal Deka | Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Dimethyl Sulfide, Black Carbon, Sea Salt, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10) | ||
| Study of Saharan dust events in Southern Morocco using ground-based observations (2004-2022) | Bencherif, Hassan, Koutoumboga, Bakota, Bounhir, Aziza, Millet, Tristan, Ranaivombola, Marion, Begue, Nelson, Guedouali, Fouad, Mellouki, Abdelwahid | Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Dimethyl Sulfide, Black Carbon, Sea Salt, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10) | ||
| Study on the life cycle of an ice cloud system over the Taklamakan desert using multi-source data | Su, Lian, Xia, Haiyun, Lu, Chunsong, Yuan, Jinlong, Wu, Kenan, Wei, Tianwen, Wang, Xiaofei, He, Qing, Elshora, Mohamed, Luo, Xi, Li, Xinyang | Aerosols, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfate, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Particulate Matter, Emissions, UV Aerosol Index, Gas/Aerosol Composition, Aerosol Extinction, Deposition |