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Publications Citing MERRA-2 Data
List of peer-reviewed publications that cite using MERRA-2 data.
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| Distinct aerosol impacts on local scale convective rainfall between Sichuan basin and north China plain regions in China | Li, Jiefeng, Zhao, Chuanfeng, Sun, Yue, Zhao, Xin, Yang, Jie, Yang, Yikun, Chen, Annan, Zhou, Yue | 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, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10) | ||
| Distinct effects of fine and coarse aerosols on microphysical processes of shallow-precipitation systems in summer over southern China | Chen, Fengjiao, Yang, Yuanjian, Yu, Lu, Li, Yang, Liu, Weiguang, Liu, Yan, Lolli, Simone | 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) | ||
| Earth as an Exoplanet: Investigating the Effects of Cloud Variability on the Direct-imaging of Atmospheres | Kelkar, Soumil, Saxena, Prabal, Kopparapu, Ravi, Monteiro, Joy | 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, Relative Humidity, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Properties, Cloud Mass Flux, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Specific Humidity, Altitude |
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| Drought Weather in the Northeast United States | Agel, Laurie, Barlow, Mathew, Skinner, Christopher B., Karmalkar, Ambarish V. | Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, 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, Evaporation, Surface Water, Runoff Rate, Average Flow, Average Flow, Precipitation, Snow/Ice, Snow Depth, Snow Melt, Snow/Ice Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI), 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, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Profiles, Relative Humidity, Ozone Profiles, Heat Flux, Heat Flux, Heat Flux, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Water Vapor Tendency, Water Vapor Flux, Cloud Dynamics, Cloud Microphysics |
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| Dust aerosols enhance China's gross primary productivity by increasing diffuse radiation | Qi, Minghui, Song, Hongquan | 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) | ||
| Cold-air outbreaks in the continental US: Connections with stratospheric | Agel, Laurie, Cohen, Judah, Barlow, Mathew, Pfeiffer, Karl, Francis, Jennifer, Garfinkel, Chaim I., Kretschmer, Marlene | 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, Geopotential Height, Altitude, Surface Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, Upper Level Winds, U/V Wind Components, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Total Ozone | ||
| Combined influence of IPO and AAO on dust events in South America | Shi, Cuicui, Mao, Rui, Kim, Seong-Joong, Gong, Dao-Yi, Fan, Jingfang, Dong, Xuechen | 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) | ||
| Comparative ozone production sensitivity to NOx and VOCs in Quito, Ecuador, and Santiago, Chile | Cazorla, Maria, Trujillo, Melissa, Seguel, Rodrigo, Gallardo, Laura | 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 | ||
| Comparative study of solar radiation measurements in Tucuman, Argentina, with reanalyses and satellite-based datasets | Silvero, Cristobal I., Forciniti, Jorge D., Medina, Franco D., Vega Caro, Maria A., Ledesma, Ruben D., Zossi, Bruno S., Mansilla, Gustavo A., Elias, Ana G. | 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 | ||
| Conditions for Troposphere Moisture Filling in the Mediterranean-Black Sea Region | Danova, T. E., Yurovsky, A. V. | 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 | ||
| Comparative analysis of rainfall thresholds for landslide pre-and post-the 2011 Sikkim earthquake at regional scale | Xia, Jingyu, Chen, Lixia, Zhang, Xingchen | 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 | ||
| Comparison of Daily Ozonesonde Measurements and Chemical Reanalyses Over South Korea Based on 2021 PreACCLIP Data: An Ozone Intrusion Case | Kang, Hyungyu, Oh, SuBin, Koo, JaHo, Park, Sang Seo, Thompson, Anne M., Stauffer, Ryan M., Kollonige, Debra E., Lee, WonJin, Park, Jinsoo, Pan, Laura L., Honomichl, Shawn B., An, Sanghyun, Kim, Joowan | 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 | ||
| Detection of fast-changing intra-seasonal vegetation dynamics of drylands using solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) | Wen, Jiaming, Tagliabue, Giulia, Rossini, Micol, Fava, Francesco Pietro, Panigada, Cinzia, Merbold, Lutz, Leitner, Sonja, Sun, Ying | Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Heat Flux, Liquid Precipitation, Snow/Ice, 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, Reflectance, Anisotropy, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Solar Induced Fluorescence, Chlorophyll, Primary Production, Leaf Characteristics, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Profiles, Relative Humidity, Ozone Profiles |
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| Different Impacts of Aerosols on Cloud Development over Land and Ocean Regions in East China | Zhao, Xin, Zhao, Chuanfeng, Chi, Yulei, Yang, Jie, Sun, Yue, Yang, Yikun, Fan, Hao | 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), Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Clouds, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Precipitable Water, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Cloud Types | ||
| Development of standardized PM2. 5 concentration index (SPM2. 5I) for monitoring and forecasting air pollution characteristics | Batool Awan, Wajiha, Ali, Zulfiqar | 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) | ||
| Development of the CMA-GFS-AERO 4D-Var assimilation system v1. 0Part 1: System description and preliminary experimental results | Liu, Yongzhu, Zhang, Xiaoye, Han, Wei, Wang, Chao, Jia, Wenxing, Wang, Deying, Zhuang, Zhaorong, Shen, Xueshun | 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 | ||
| Diagnosing aerosolmeteorological interactions on snow within Earth system models: a proof-of-concept study over High Mountain Asia | Roychoudhury, Chayan, He, Cenlin, Kumar, Rajesh, Arellano Jr., Avelino F. | Reflectance, 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, Aerosol Concentration, Deposition, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Atmospheric Radiation, Radiative Flux, Radiative Forcing, Surface Radiative Properties, Albedo, Emissivity, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Skin Temperature, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Skin Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10), Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Upper Air Temperature, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Altitude, Geopotential Height, Ozone Profiles, Surface Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, Upper Level Winds, Atmospheric Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Total Precipitable Water, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Albedo, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Heat Flux, Water Vapor, 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, Snow Depth, Snow Melt, Snow/Ice Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI) |
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| Estimating the Global, Beam and Diffuse Components of Photosynthetically Active Radiation Using Physically Constrained Neural Network | Zheng, Yuchen, Zhang, Hao, Liu, Bai, Yang, Dazhi | 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) | ||
| Estimation of aerosol and cloud radiative heating rate in the tropical stratosphere using a radiative kernel method | Gao, Jie, Huang, Yi, Wright, Jonathon S., Li, Ke, Geng, Tao, Yu, Qiurun | 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 | ||
| Estimates of the Global Clear-Sky Longwave Radiative Feedback Strength | Gloeckner, Helene M., Kluft, Lukas, Schmidt, Hauke, Stevens, Bjorn | 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, Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, Atmospheric Pressure, Total Precipitable Water, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds | ||
| Estimating effective pressures in active subglacial lakes with ICESat-2 satellite altimetry | Stubblefield, Aaron, Sommers, Aleah, Meyer, Colin, Andrews, Lauren | 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, Glacier Elevation/Ice Sheet Elevation, Ice Velocity | ||
| Impact of topographic wind conditions on dust particle size distribution: insights from a regional dust reanalysis dataset | Huang, Xinyue, Gao, Wenyu, Foroutan, Hosein | 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, RADAR IMAGERY, Terrain Elevation, Topographical Relief Maps, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM), Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, 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, Evaporation, Surface Water, Runoff Rate, Average Flow, Average Flow, Precipitation, Snow/Ice, Snow Depth, Snow Melt, Snow/Ice Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI) |
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| Impact of Weak and Strong Stratospheric Polar Vortices in the Northern | Kumar, Akash, Stolle, Claudia, Yamazaki, Yosuke, Pedatella, Nicholas M., Kunze, Markus, Stephan, Claudia Christine, Siddiqui, Tarique A., Sunil Krishna, M. V. | 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 | ||
| Impact of Wildfires on O 3 and Air Quality Across the United States for 20192024 Using Generalized Additive Models |
Lee, Haebum, Jaffe, Daniel A. | 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, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Skin Temperature | ||
| Impacts of aerosol scattering and absorption on FY4B geostationary interferometric infrared sounder (GIIRS) observations | Peng, Weiyi, Weng, Fuzhong | 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 |