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Publications Citing MERRA-2 Data
List of peer-reviewed publications that cite using MERRA-2 data.
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| Variability and Trends in Dates of the Last Spring Freeze and First Fall Freeze over the United States | Thomas, Natalie P., Bosilovich, Michael G. | Air Temperature, Extreme Drought, Heat/Cold Wave Frequency/Intensity, Extreme Precipitation, Precipitation Rate | ||
| Wildfire-emitted aerosols modulate lightning occurrence and ignition potential in the boreal forest of Northeast China | Zhang, Qi, Shi, Chunming, Gao, Cong, 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) | ||
| Analysing the Effect of Climate Change on Photovoltaic Solar Plants in South Africa | Snyman, Tiaan, Rix, Arnold | 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, 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 | ||
| Analysis of Path Losses on Terahertz Band for Non-Terrestrial Networks | Khan, Bushra, Kokkoniemi, Joonas | 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 | ||
| Assessment of reanalysis soil temperature products over the pan-Arctic | Li, Yanjie, Wang, Lingxiao, Zhao, Lin, Hu, Guojie, Wu, Yifan, Li, Yan, Li, Xiangfei, Wang, Meng, Zhao, Jianting, Li, Zhibin | 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), Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Bayesian Model Averaging Method for Merging Multiple Precipitation Products over the Arid Region of Northwest China | Yang, Yong, Chen, Rensheng, Lu, Xinyu, Mao, Weiyi, Liu, Zhangwen, Wang, Xueliang | 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, Skin Temperature, Water Vapor, Snow/Ice, Evaporation, Latent Heat Flux, Latent Heat Flux, Sensible Heat Flux, Diffusion, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Wind Stress, Wind Stress, Surface Roughness, Planetary Boundary Layer Height, Ice Fraction, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Total Surface Precipitation Rate |
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| Assessing and improving MERRA-2 black carbon column concentration over china using multi-source data and machine learning | Zhang, Qian, Wang, Xudong, Long, Yuan | 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) | ||
| Apparent Global Increase in Cloud Droplet Number Concentration After | Liu, Jihu, Zhu, Yannian, Rosenfeld, Daniel, Cao, Yang, Wang, Yichuan, Wang, Minghuai | 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, 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 | ||
| Assessing environmental impacts and ecosystem services of Hops crop in Galicia, NW Spain: critical contributors for sustainable cultivation strategies | Agraso-Otero, Adrian, Cancela, Javier J., Fandino, Maria, Rebolledo-Leiva, Ricardo, Gonzalez-Garcia, Sara | 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 | ||
| An assessment of regional variations in cloud characteristics using machine learning models: a case study over north-western and north-eastern regions of India | Mevada, Niyati, Srivastava, Rohit, Shah, Ruchita, Sharma, Som | 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 | ||
| A new index used to characterise the extent of Antarctic marine coastal winds in climate projections | Cable, Archie, Caton Harrison, Thomas, Kent, Elizabeth, Cornes, Richard, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. | 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 | ||
| A climate-adapted framework for multi-temporal resource assessment of global horizontal irradiance under changing atmospheric conditions | Ahmad, Momina, Zeeshan, Muhammad | 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 | ||
| Abiotic Conditions for the Formation of Pelagic Phytoplankton Community in the Volga River Delta | Kostyleva, Anna V., Sapozhnikov, Philipp V., Kostianoy, Andrey G., Migali, Dragosh I., Murzakova, Yulia V., Litvinov, Kirill V., Blagova, Yulia A. | Air Temperature, Precipitation Rate, 24 Hour Maximum Temperature, 24 Hour Minimum Temperature | ||
| A Survey of Applications of the NASA GEOS-CF Global Atmospheric Composition Forecasts: case studies for NASA open data and Earth science to action | Malings, Carl A., Shah, Viral, Wales, Pamela A., Knowland, K. Emma, Keller, Christoph A., Wayman, Callum, Ardizzone, Joseph, Ott, Lesley, Pawson, Steven, Jenness, Amy, Rau, Austin, Mao, Jingqiu, Dong, Zhiwei, Johnson, Matthew S., Roots, Maurice, Mandarino, Felipe, Lazrak, Noussair, Cardenas, Beatriz, Mwaniki, George | Air Quality, Particulates, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Particulate Matter, Particulate Matter Concentrations | ||
| Bulk radiativeconvective equilibrium is common over midlatitude land | Matthews, Aidan, McColl, Kaighin A., Kuang, Zhiming | 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 | ||
| Moisture inversions in the central Arctic: Product assessment and longwave radiative effect | Walbrol, Andreas, Crewell, Susanne, BarrientosVelasco, Carola, Chellini, Giovanni, Griesche, Hannes J., Ruckert, Janna E., Ebell, Kerstin | 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, Pressure Thickness, U/V Wind Components, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Relative Humidity, Cloud Fraction, Geopotential Height, Ozone Profiles | ||
| Model sensitivity across scales: a case study of simulating an offshore low-level jet | Hawbecker, Patrick, Lassman, William, Juliano, Timothy W., Kosovic, Branko, Haupt, Sue Ellen | Sea Surface Temperature, 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, Sea Surface Topography, Vertical Profiles, Ozone Profiles, Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, 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), Heat Flux, Heat Flux, Heat Flux, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Water Vapor Tendency, Water Vapor Flux, Cloud Dynamics, Cloud Microphysics, Ice Fraction, Sea Surface Skin Temperature, Skin Temperature |
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| Modelling of Temperature Forecasting Using Statistical Method for Ilorin Over a Period of Three Decades. | Ijila, Pauline Oluwatoyin, Aweda, Francis Olatunbosun, Kolawole, Muritadoh Adebayo | 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 | ||
| Impact of InterBasin Interactions on ENSOAssociated Hadley Circulation Adjustments | Miao, Yujie, Lian, Tao, Wang, Ya, Yu, Yueyue, Hou, Yurong, Wang, Weiqi, Li, Yadi, Tao, Weichen, Li, Xichen | 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 Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, Surface Pressure, 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 |
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| Seasonal dynamics of Sulfur dioxide and Sulfate aerosols over India: Insights from Sentinel-5P and MERRA-2 datasets | J S, Priya, V, Krishnakumar, Rahim, Sabna | Precipitation, Rain, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, 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) | ||
| Remote Forcing of Super Typhoon Mawar on the 2023 Quebec Wildfires | Zhu, Anbao, Xue, Lian, Wang, Zilin, Ding, Ke, Liu, Yawen, Lou, Sijia, Zhou, Chen, Li, Tianshuai, Zhao, Jiuwei, Zhang, Leying, Huang, Xin, Ding, Aijun | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness | ||
| Retrieval of aerosol composition from spectral aerosol optical depth and optical properties using a machine learning approach | Ji, Denghui, Sun, Xiaoyu, Ritter, Christoph, Notholt, Justus | 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), 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 | ||
| Resolving Convection Doubles Sahel's Contribution to Global Dust | Ying, Tong, Leung, Danny M., Judt, Falko, Kok, Jasper F., Fairbanks, Luke, Evan, Amato | 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, Soils | ||
| Carbon capture and storage as a bridging technology in Germany's energy transition | Honig, Laura, Hamacher, Thomas, Kuhn, Philipp | 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 | ||
| Characterizing Particulate Matter Impacts of Smoke From 2022 to 2023 | Sablan, Olivia, Ford, Bonne, Gargulinski, Emily, Henery, Giovanna L., Nowell, Holly, Rosen, Zoey, Slater, Kellin, Soja, Amber J., Wiese, Lisa K., Williams, Christine L., Magzamen, Sheryl, Fischer, Emily V., Pierce, Jeffrey R. | Fire Ecology, Biomass Burning, Wildfires, Fire Occurrence, Burned Area, 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 Backscatter, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, Aerosol Particle Properties, Aerosol Radiance, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Dust/Ash/Smoke, Nitrate Particles, Organic Particles, Particulate Matter, Sulfate Particles, Trace Gases/Trace Species, Atmospheric Emitted Radiation, Emissivity, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance, Transmittance, Atmospheric Stability, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, 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, Atmospheric Ozone |