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Publications Citing MERRA-2 Data
List of peer-reviewed publications that cite using MERRA-2 data.
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| Evaluation of Algal Control Measures in Eutrophic Reservoirs Based on Aquatic Ecosystem Models | Zheng, Zhen, Liao, Tingting, Lin, Yafeng, Zhu, Xueyi, Meng, Haobin | 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 | ||
| Evaluation of CAS-ESM2 in simulating the spring dust activities in the Middle East | Kamal, Alireza, Lin, Zhaohui, Wu, Chenglai | 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), Surface Pressure, Pressure Thickness, Relative Humidity, Air Mass/Density, Land Use/Land Cover Classification |
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| Evaluation of Clear-Sky Surface Downwelling Shortwave Fluxes Computed by Three Atmospheric Radiative Transfer Models | Brendecke, Jordann, Dong, Xiquan, Xi, Baike, Zhong, Xiang, Li, Jiangnan, Barker, Howard W., Pilewskie, Peter | 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 | ||
| GAIA-Chem: A Framework for Global AI-Accelerated Atmospheric Chemistry Modelling | Adie, Jeff, Chin, Cheng Siong, Li, Jichun, See, Simon | 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 | ||
| Generalistic Assessments of the Potential of Medical Drones in Urban Environment: Based on Microscopic Travel Time Comparison with Ground-Based Services | Wachter, Felix, Krivohlavek, Jannik, Rossa, Jonas, Rupp, Andreas | Wind Dynamics, Wind Direction Tendency, Wind Speed Tendency, Wind Direction Tendency, Wind Speed Tendency | ||
| Global Flash Droughts Characteristics: Onset, Duration, and Extent at | Neelam, Maheshwari, Hain, Christopher | 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 | ||
| Future Increase in Lightning Around the South China Sea Under Climate | Xu, Liangtao, Cao, Xi, Lan, Xiaoqing, Zhang, Wenjuan, Sun, Chenghu, Zhang, Yijun | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Lightning, Lightning | ||
| Exploring Relations Between Solar Activity, Cosmic Rays, Clouds and Earth Climate Using Machine Learning Techniques | Belen, B., Leloglu, U.M., Demirkoz, M.B. | 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 | ||
| Exploring Uncertainty of Trends in the North Pacific Jet Position | Keel, Tom, Brierley, Chris, Edwards, Tamsin, Frame, Thomas H. 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 | ||
| Features of the Spatial Distribution of Atmospheric Aerosol in the Eurasian Sector of the Arctic Ocean | Sakerin, S. M., Kabanov, D. M., Kruglinsky, I. A., Polkin, V. V., Pochufarov, A. O. | 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) | ||
| First observational evidence that dustdriven cloud phase changes cool the surface over summertime Arctic sea ice | Zamora, L. M., Kahn, R. A. | Dust/Ash/Smoke, Organic Particles, Carbon Monoxide, Geopotential Height, Tropopause, Methane, Atmospheric Ozone, Surface Pressure, Outgoing Longwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Humidity, Total Precipitable Water, Water Vapor, Water Vapor Profiles, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Height, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Vertical Distribution, Emissivity, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Temperature, Sea Level Pressure, Pressure Thickness, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Relative Humidity, Specific Humidity, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Fraction, Altitude, Ozone Profiles, Carbonaceous Aerosols, Sulfate Particles, Sulfur Oxides, Sulfur Compounds, Sulfate, Sulfur Dioxide, Sulfur Oxides, Dimethyl Sulfide, Aerosol Particle Properties, Particulate Matter, Aerosols, Sea Salt, Black Carbon, Air Mass/Density |
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| Gravity WaveInduced Instability of the Stratospheric Polar Vortex Edge | Coy, Lawrence, Newman, Paul A., Putman, William M., Pawson, Steven, Alexander, M. Joan | 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 |
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| Global Temperature Dependency of Biogenic HCHO Columns Observed From | Li, Xicheng, Zhu, Lei, De Smedt, Isabelle, Sun, Wenfu, Chen, Yuyang, Shu, Lei, Wang, Dakang, Liu, Song, Pu, Dongchuan, Li, Juan, Zuo, Xiaoxing, Fu, Weitao, Li, Yali, Zhang, Peng, Yan, Zhuoxian, Fu, TzungMay, Shen, Huizhong, Wang, Chen, Ye, Jianhuai, Yang, Xin | Upper Air Temperature, Air Temperature, Temperature Tendency | ||
| Global retrieval of stratospheric and tropospheric BrO columns from the | Chong, Heesung, Gonzalez Abad, Gonzalo, Nowlan, Caroline R., Chan Miller, Christopher, Saiz-Lopez, Alfonso, Fernandez, Rafael P., Kwon, Hyeong-Ahn, Ayazpour, Zolal, Wang, Huiqun, Souri, Amir H., Liu, Xiong, Chance, Kelly, O'Sullivan, Ewan, Kim, Jhoon, Koo, Ja-Ho, Simpson, William R., Hendrick, Francois, Querel, Richard, Jaross, Glen, Seftor, Colin, Suleiman, Raid M. | Atmospheric Ozone, Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Top Pressure, ULTRAVIOLET RADIANCE, 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, Albedo, Anisotropy, Reflectance, Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Cloud Top Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, Upper Level Winds, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Total Precipitable Water, Oxygen Compounds, Boundary Layer Winds, Total Ozone |
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| Greenland's firn responds more to warming than to cooling | Thompson-Munson, Megan, Kay, Jennifer E., Markle, Bradley R. | 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, 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, Heat Flux, Heat Flux, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Water Vapor Tendency, Water Vapor Flux, Cloud Dynamics, Cloud Microphysics, Precipitation, Atmospheric Radiation, Radiative Flux, Radiative Forcing, Surface Radiative Properties, Albedo, Emissivity, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Skin Temperature, Sea Surface Skin Temperature |
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| Identifying atmospheric rivers and their poleward latent heat transport with generalizable neural networks: ARCNNv1 | Mahesh, Ankur, O'Brien, Travis A., Loring, Burlen, Elbashandy, Abdelrahman, Boos, William, Collins, William 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 | ||
| High aerosol loading over the Bohai Sea: Long-term trend, potential sources, and impacts on surrounding cities | Li, Linxuan, Bi, Xiaohui, Wang, Xuehan, Song, Lilai, Dai, Qili, Liu, Baoshuang, Wu, Jianhui, Zhang, Yufen, Feng, Yinchang | Nitrogen Dioxide, Sulfur Dioxide, 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 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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| Historical footprints and future projections of global dust burden from bias-corrected CMIP6 models | Liu, Jun, Wang, Xiaofan, Wu, Dongyou, Wei, Hailun, Li, Yu, Ji, Mingxia | 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) | ||
| Historical variability of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Version 6 (CMIP6)-driven surface winds and global reanalysis data for the Eastern Mediterranean | Cetin, I. I., Yucel, I., Ylmaz, M. T., Onol, B. | 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 | ||
| Historical wind speed dataset of meteorological mast station in Khartoum | Younis, Abubaker, Elshiekh, Hazim, Yassin, Yassir, Omer, Ali, Biraima, Elfadil | Wind Dynamics, Wind Direction Tendency, Wind Speed Tendency, Wind Direction Tendency, Wind Speed Tendency | ||
| High Spectral Resolution Lidargeneration 2 (HSRL-2) retrievals of ocean surface wind speed: methodology and evaluation | Dmitrovic, Sanja, Hair, Johnathan W., Collister, Brian L., Crosbie, Ewan, Fenn, Marta A., Ferrare, Richard A., Harper, David B., Hostetler, Chris A., Hu, Yongxiang, Reagan, John A., Robinson, Claire E., Seaman, Shane T., Shingler, Taylor J., Thornhill, Kenneth L., Vomel, Holger, Zeng, Xubin, Sorooshian, Armin | 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, Cloud Base Height, Cloud Height, Cloud Base Pressure, Cloud Top Pressure, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Top Height, Cloud Top Temperature, Cloud Base Temperature, Ice Water Path | ||
| High temperatures are associated with decreased immune system performance in a wild primate | Lucore, Jordan M., Beehner, Jacinta C., White, Amy F., Sinclair, Lorena F., Martins, Vasco Alexandre, Kovalaskas, Sarah A., Ordonez, Juan Carlos, Bergman, Thore J., Benitez, Marcela E., Marshall, Andrew J. | Air Temperature, Precipitation Rate, 24 Hour Maximum Temperature, 24 Hour Minimum Temperature | ||
| Exploring evapotranspiration stress in China: A blending approach employing multi-source remote sensing proxies | Liu, Yuan, Zhao, Yong, Zhai, Jiaqi, Liang, Hui, Zhu, Yongnan, Wang, Yong, Wang, Qianyang, Li, Xing, Yu, Jingshan | 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) | ||
| Evaluation of the retrieved temperature and specific humidity from COSMIC-2 and FY-3D with Radiosonde, reanalysis data, and MetOp | Zhang, Zhen, Xu, Tianhe, Wang, Nazi, Gao, Fan, Li, Song, Bastos, Luisa | 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 | ||
| Evaluation of precipitation products in a Brazilian watershed: Tocantins-Araguaia watershed case study | Pereira, Debora R., Oliveira, Ana R., Costa, Mauricio S., Ramos, Tiago B., Rollnic, Marcelo, Neves, Ramiro J. J. | 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 |