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Publications Citing MERRA-2 Data
List of peer-reviewed publications that cite using MERRA-2 data.
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| Analysis of atmospheric pollution transport using aerosol optical depth remote sensing data and the optical flow method | He, Botao, Lu, Xi, Xue, Yong, Liu, Wenhao, Wu, Shuhui, Wang, Peng, Li, Pei, Han, Liying | 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) | ||
| Aerosol hygroscopicity influenced by seasonal chemical composition variations in the Arctic region | Kang, Hyojin, Jung, Chang Hoon, Lee, Bang Yong, Krejci, Radovan, Heslin-Rees, Dominic, Aas, Wenche, Yoon, Young Jun | 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) | ||
| An Improved Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm for FY-4A/AGRI Data Based on the GRASP Framework | Wang, Huaxuan, Fan, Meng, Jiao, Sunxin, Yan, Huanhuan, Xu, Benben, Liu, Xu, Wang, Yang, Tao, Jinhua, Chen, Liangfu | 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) | ||
| Validation of BARRA2 and comparison with MERRA-2 and ERA5 using historical wind power generation | Palmer, Graham, Dargaville, Roger, Su, Chun-Hsu, Wang, Changlong, Hoadley, Andrew, Honnery, Damon | 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 | ||
| Variability and Trends of PM2.5 Across Different Climatic Zones in Saudi Arabia: A Spatiotemporal Analysis | Munir, Said, Siddiqui, Muhammad H., Habeebullah, Turki M. A., Zamreeq, Arjan O., Al-Zahrani, Norah E., Khalil, Alaa A., Islam, M. Nazrul, Baligh, Abdalla A., Ismail, Muhammad, Al-Boqami, Saud Z. | 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) | ||
| Unraveling Aerosol and Low-Level Cloud Interactions Under Multi-Factor Constraints at the Semi-Arid Climate and Environment Observatory of Lanzhou University | Li, Qinghao, Ge, Jinming, Li, Yize, Mu, Qingyu, Peng, Nan, Su, Jing, Wang, Bo, Zhang, Chi, Liu, Bochun | 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) | ||
| Worldwide inventory reveals the frequency and variability of pyrocumulonimbus and stratospheric smoke plumes during 20132023 | Peterson, David A., Berman, Melinda T., Fromm, Michael D., Servranckx, Rene, Julstrom, William J., Hyer, Edward J., Campbell, James R., McHardy, Theodore M., Lambert, Andrew | 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 | ||
| Volcanic aerosols lend causality to the indicated substantial susceptibility of clouds to aerosol over global oceans | Wang, Xin, Mao, Feiyue, Rosenfeld, Daniel, Zhu, Yannian, Pan, Zengxin, Cao, Yang, Zang, Lin, Lu, Xin, Gong, Wei | 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 | ||
| Theoretical Potential of TanSat-2 to Quantify China's CH4 Emissions | Zhu, Sihong, Yang, Dongxu, Feng, Liang, Tian, Longfei, Liu, Yi, Cao, Junji, Zhou, Minqiang, Cai, Zhaonan, Wu, Kai, Palmer, Paul I. | 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), 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, Pressure Thickness, Surface Pressure, Relative Humidity, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Mass Flux |
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| Thermospheric Gravity Waves and Ionospheric Disturbances Triggered by Mountain Waves Over the Western US in January 2017 | Becker, Erich, Mrak, Sebastijan, Vadas, Sharon L., Huba, J. D. | 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 | ||
| Towards the Optimization of TanSat-2: Assessment of a Large-Swath Methane Measurement | Zhu, Sihong, Yang, Dongxu, Feng, Liang, Tian, Longfei, Liu, Yi, Cao, Junji, Wu, Kai, Cai, Zhaonan, Palmer, Paul I. | 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), 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, Pressure Thickness, Surface Pressure, Relative Humidity, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Mass Flux |
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| The smog of exercise: the causal effect of air pollution on fitness behaviors | Cao, Wen, Gao, Tianyu, Ao, Chen, Xiong, Huijun, Li, Na | 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) | ||
| Tracing the global climate footprint: four decades of evolving air temperature and ozone dynamics (19802024) using satellite-based MERRA-2 data | Tang, Tao, Alasgah, Amnah A., Ahmad, Imran, Dar, Mithas Ahmad, Aleksova, Bojana, Youssef, Youssef M. | 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 | ||
| Warming-independent shortened snow cover duration enhances vegetation greening across northern permafrost region | Chen, Ning, Wang, Xianwei, Yuan, Fenghui, Song, Yanyu, Sun, Li, Zuo, Yunjiang, Wang, Nannan, Yu, Dapao, Zhou, Li, Xu, Xiaofeng, Song, Changchun, Wang, Qingwei | 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, Soil Heat Budget, Soil Heat Budget, Soil Temperature, Soil Infiltration, Soil Infiltration, 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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| Water Vapor Correction in Measurements of Aerosol Backscatter Coefficients Using a 910 nm Vaisala CL51 Ceilometer | Chen, Jiarui, Zeng, Xiaoyue, Li, Siwei, Song, Ge, Li, Shuangliang | 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 | ||
| Spatial analysis of cardiopulmonary disease risks linked to air pollution in Brazil | Moore, Julia Placido, Will, Robson, Bastos, Camilo Ribeiro, Requia, Weeberb J., Hoinaski, Leonardo | 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), Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide, Carbon Monoxide, Atmospheric Ozone | ||
| Satellite-based investigation of immediate impact of forest fires on the spatial distribution of aerosol loading over India | Ignatious, Angel, Lakshmi, N.B., Resmi, E.A., Sumesh, R.K., Rajeevan, M. | Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, 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 | ||
| Seasonal and spatial variability in the accuracy of hourly ERA5 and MERRA-2 reanalysis datasets: A 14-year comparison with observed meteorological data in Turkiye | Tulger Kara, Gulsah, Elbir, Tolga | 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 | ||
| ShipBased Lidar Evaluation of Southern Ocean Low Clouds in the StormResolving General Circulation Model ICON and the ERA5 and MERRA2 Reanalyses | Kuma, Peter, Bender, Frida A.M., McDonald, Adrian J., Alexander, Simon P., McFarquhar, Greg M., Cassano, John J., Plank, Graeme E., Hartery, Sean, Parsons, Simon, Garrett, Sally, Schuddeboom, Alex J., Possner, Anna | 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, 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, Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, Pressure Thickness, U/V Wind Components, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Upper Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Altitude, Geopotential Height, Ozone Profiles, Surface Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, Atmospheric Pressure, Total Precipitable Water, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds |
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| Shortwave radiative impacts of the Asian Tropopause Aerosol Layer (ATAL) using balloon-borne in situ measurements at three distinct locations in India | Santhosh, Vadassery Neelamana, Madhavan, Bomidi Lakshmi, Akhil Raj, Sivan Thankamani, Ratnam, Madineni Venkat, Vernier, Jean-Paul, Wienhold, Frank Gunther | 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) | ||
| Retrieval of aerosol properties over the ocean using data from the secondgeneration directional polarization camera (DPC2) onboard the GF5 (02) satellite | Ji, Zhe, Li, Zhengqiang, Zhang, Zihan, Fu, Guangliang, Hasekamp, Otto, Fan, Cheng, Liu, Qingyun, de Leeuw, Gerrit | 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 | ||
| Retrieval of climate and environmental relationship with Gross Primary Production (GPP) from satellite observation in GBAO, Central Asia | Boori, Mukesh Singh, Choudhary, Komal | Tropopause, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Sea Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Humidity, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Heat Flux, Skin Temperature, Specific Humidity, 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, Precipitation, Rain, Precipitation Amount, Snow, Surface Winds, Atmospheric Carbon Monoxide |
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| Spatio-Temporal Comparative Study of Aerosol Optical Depth, Aerosol Index, and Planetary Boundary Layer Height During and After COVID-19 Lockdown Over ... | Saini, Divyanshu, Lataye, Dilip H. | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Atmospheric Ozone, Reflectance, 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 |
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| Spatiotemporal Analysis of Atmospheric Chemical Potential Anomalies Associated with Major Seismic Events (Ms 7) in Western China: A Multi-Case Study | Jiao, Qijun, Liu, Qinqin, Lin, Changgui, Jing, Feng, Li, Jiajun, Tian, Yuxiang, Zhang, Zhenxia, Shen, Xuhui | 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 | ||
| Spatiotemporal analysis of PM2.5 and its cross-multifractality with black carbon and dust aerosols in Indian cities: crop residue burning impact | Chelani, Asha B. | 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) |