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Publications Citing MERRA-2 Data
List of peer-reviewed publications that cite using MERRA-2 data.
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| The sensitivity of landatmosphere coupling to soil moisture over the Tibetan Plateau based on the improved NoahMP model | Chen, Yaling, Meng, Xianhong, Shu, Lele, Wen, Jun, Li, Zhaoguo, Chen, Hao, Zhao, Lin, Deng, Mingshan, Gu, Xinyi, Zhang, Qiang | 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, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff |
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| the SESaME Human-Earth atlas | Faisal, Abdullah Al, Kaye, Maxwell, Ahmed, Maimoonah, Galbraith, Eric D. | 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, Aerosol Absorption, UV Aerosol Index, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Photosynthesis, Primary Production, Vegetation Productivity, Biomass, Forests, Grasslands, Alpine/Tundra |
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| The Path Toward Vertical Grid Options for the Community Atmosphere Model | Simpson, Isla R., Garcia, Rolando R., Bacmeister, Julio T., Lauritzen, Peter H., Hannay, Cecile, Medeiros, Brian, Caron, Julie, Danabasoglu, Gokhan, Herrington, Adam, Jablonowski, Christiane, Marsh, Dan, Neale, Richard B., Polvani, Lorenzo M., Richter, Jadwiga H., Rosenbloom, Nan, Tilmes, Simone | 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 | ||
| The role of bulk material production in atmospheric aerosol loading: pathways to sustainable practices | Alavinasab Ashgezari, Mehri Sadat, Nabi Bidhendi, Gholamreza | 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) | ||
| The impact of rainfall value on the accuracy of the SCS-CN model: selection of model parameters | Sun, Qiang, Liu, Jiahao | 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, 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), Heat Flux, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Water Vapor, Precipitation Rate, 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 |
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| The Role of Tropical SynopticScale Disturbances in Modulating the Strength of East Pacific Hadley Circulation | Baruah, Pratiksha P., Neena, J. M., Suhas, E. | 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 | ||
| We Need to Simulate More Northern ITCZs and Less Southern ITCZs Over the | Gonzalez, Alex O., Fahrin, Fouzia, Magnusdottir, Gudrun, Kinsella, Alex, Ganguly, Indrani | Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Heat Flux, Air Temperature, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, Water Vapor, 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 | ||
| Vertical structure observation from spaceborne lidar ICESat-2 in East China Sea | Li, Xinye, Chen, Peng, Zhang, Zhenhua, Li, Yunzhou, Pan, Delu | 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 | ||
| Vertically Varying Cloud Responses to Southern Hemisphere Jet Shifts and | Liu, Xinhuiyu, Grise, Kevin M. | Atmospheric Radiation, Temperature Tendency, Cloud Fraction, 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 |
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| Virtual Power Plant Scheduling in Agricultural Microgrids Through the Control of Distributed Energy Resources and Greenhouse Loads | Fu, Xueqian, Long, Hai | 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 | ||
| Using the moist static energy variance budget to evaluate tropical cyclones in climate models against reanalyses and satellite observations | Starr, Jarrett C., Wing, Allison A., Camargo, Suzana J., Kim, Daehyun, Lee, Tsung-Yung, Moon, Jihong | 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, Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Upper Air Temperature, Vertical Profiles, U/V Wind Components, Ozone Profiles | ||
| Utilizing machine learning for high resolution NO2 total columns from PACE OCI | Fasnacht, Z, Joiner, J, Bucsela, E, Bandel, M, Liu, F, Lamsal, L, Krotkov, N | 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, Nitrogen Dioxide, Nitrogen Oxides | ||
| Using feature importance as an exploratory data analysis tool on Earth system models | Ries, Daniel, Goode, Katherine, McClernon, Kellie, Hillman, Benjamin | 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, 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, 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) |
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| Variability and Influencing Factors of the Convective Boundary Layer Height Over the Tibetan Plateau: Y. Dai et al. | Dai, Yao, Huang, Qian, Wang, Zijun, Guo, Kun, Liao, Huiren, Wang, Mengyuan | 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 | ||
| Type-based assessment of aerosol direct radiative effects: A | Sutherland, Bethany, Meskhidze, Nicholas | 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 | ||
| United States Supercell Storms and Their Severity: A 14-yr Radar-Based Climatology | Homeyer, Cameron R., Bunkers, Matthew J., Allen, John T., Murphy, Amanda M. | 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 | ||
| Unraveling Seasonality in Origin and Processing of Carbonaceous Aerosols over Western India Using Dual-Carbon Isotopes | Devaprasad, M., Rastogi, N., Patel, A., Harithasree, S., Meena, R., Dabhi, A., Shivam, A., Bhushan, R. | 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) | ||
| Untangling the inhibitory effect of polluted dust on weak precipitation based on raindrop size distribution observation | Xie, Xiangshan, Shi, Baolong, Xu, Lili, Ruan, Neng, Yuan, Quan, Wang, Jinyan | 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 | ||
| Tropical Cyclone-Radiation Interaction in NASA Reanalysis and Model Products as Compared to CloudSat Observations | Lee, Tsung-Yung, Wing, Allison 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, 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, Temperature Tendency, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Relative Humidity, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Altitude, Surface Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, Atmospheric Pressure, Total Precipitable Water, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds |
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| The Need for Better Monitoring of Climate Change in the Middle and Upper | Anel, Juan A., Cnossen, Ingrid, AntunaMarrero, Juan Carlos, Beig, Gufran, Brown, Matthew K., Doornbos, Eelco, Osprey, Scott, Mutschler, Shaylah Maria, Souto, Celia Perez, Sacha, Petr, Sofieva, Viktoria, Torre, Laura de la, Zhang, ShunRong, Mlynczak, Martin 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 | ||
| Transient modeling and control strategies for WT-PV integrated hydrogen production system | Zhang, Xiyuan, Wang, Bowen, Zhang, Fan, Wu, Kangcheng, Li, Ye, Li, Bin, Jiao, Kui | 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) | ||
| The Use of Atmospheric Reanalysis Data for the Estimation of Solar | Herdies, Bruno Ribeiro, Vendrasco, Eder Paulo, Herdies, Dirceu Luis, de Oliveira, Celso Eduardo Lins, de Quadro, Mario Francisco Leal | 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 | ||
| Trends in the erythemal radiant exposure from re-evaluated measurements (19762023) with biometers in Belsk, Poland, and their sources from corresponding ozone, aerosol, and cloud observations | Czerwinska, Agnieszka, Krzyscin, Janusz, Jarosawski, Janusz, Sobolewski, Piotr S., Pietruczuk, Aleksander | 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 | ||
| Trends in the seasonal amplitude of atmospheric methane | Liu, Gang, Shen, Lu, Ciais, Philippe, Lin, Xin, Hauglustaine, Didier, Lan, Xin, Turner, Alexander J., Xi, Yi, Zhu, Yu, Peng, Shushi | 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, METHANE FLUX | ||
| Triggers of the Record-Breaking 2023 Canadian Wildfires: Extreme Heat | Wu, Dongyou, Zhang, Jinxia, Niu, Xiaoying, Shi, Rui, Wang, Xiaofan, Liu, Jun, Wen, Hui, Zhou, Yue, Pu, Wei, Zhang, Baoqing, Zhang, Daizhou, Wang, Xin | Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Surface Temperature, Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Surface Winds, Rain, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Wind Speed, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, 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), Geopotential Height, Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Upper Air Temperature, Vertical Profiles, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Ozone Profiles, Skin Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Atmospheric Pressure, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Oxygen Compounds, Altitude, Boundary Layer Winds, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Radiance, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Nitrate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Asymmetry, Cloud Ceiling, Cloud Frequency, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Cloud Emissivity, Cloud Radiative Forcing, Cloud Reflectance, Rain Storms |
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