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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 Conditional Bias of Extreme Precipitation in Multi-Source Merged | Kang, Xiaoqi, Dong, Jianzhi, Crow, Wade T., Wei, Lingna, Zhang, Huiwen | 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, Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Snow, Rain |
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| Seeing beneath the clouds-machine-learning-based reconstruction of North African dust events | Kanngieer, Franz, Fiedler, Stephanie | 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 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, 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 | ||
| Sensitivity of horizontal resolution and land surface model in operational WRF forecast for Online Nuclear Emergency Response System (ONERS) | Karmakar, Shanu, Rajeswari, J. R., Kundu, Dipan, Srinivas, C. V., Chandrasekaran, S., Venkatraman, B. | 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), Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain | ||
| The observed impact of the lower stratospheric thermodynamic environment on overshooting top characteristics during the RELAMPAGOCACTI field campaign | Berman, Melinda T., Trapp, Robert J., Nesbitt, Stephen W., Di Girolamo, Larry | 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 | ||
| The impact of industrial sulfur dioxide emissions regulation on agricultural production in China <SUP loc="post"></SUP> | Li, Pei, Wu, JunJie, Xu, Wenchao | 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 | ||
| The role of oceanic ventilation and terrestrial outflow in atmospheric non-methane hydrocarbons over the Chinese marginal seas | Wang, Jian, Xue, Lei, Ma, Qianyao, Xu, Feng, Xu, Gaobin, Yan, Shibo, Zhang, Jiawei, Li, Jianlong, Zhang, Honghai, Zhang, Guiling, Chen, Zhaohui | Aerosol Concentration, Aerosols, 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 | ||
| Urban rooftops for food and energy in China | Yang, Rui, Xu, Chao, Zhang, Haoran, Wang, Zhen, Pradhan, Prajal, Lian, Xihong, Jiao, Limin, Bai, Xuemei, Cui, Shenghui, Hu, Yuanchao, Zhu, Yong-Guan | 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 | ||
| Topography Controls Variability in Circumpolar Permafrost Thaw Pond | Abolt, C. J., Atchley, A. L., Harp, D. R., Jorgenson, M. T., Witharana, C., Bolton, W. R., Schwenk, J., Rettelbach, T., Grosse, G., Boike, J., Nitze, I., Liljedahl, A. K., Rumpca, C. T., Wilson, C. J., Bennett, K. E. | Surface Pressure, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Surface Winds, Wind Speed, Geopotential Height, Vegetation Index, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) | ||
| Toward Flash Flood Modeling Using Gradient Resolving Representative | Manoj J, Ashish, Loritz, Ralf, Villinger, Franziska, Malicke, Mirko, Koopaeidar, Mehdi, Goppert, Hans, Zehe, Erwin | 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) | ||
| Towards an Improved Representation of Dust AerosolRainfall Relationship Influenced by 2018 Dust Event over Indian Region by Using Regional Climate Model ... | Saxena, Harshita, Pandey, Vivek Kumar | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Aerosols, Aerosol Extinction, 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) | ||
| Thermal tides in the middle atmosphere at mid-latitudes measured with a ground-based microwave radiometer | Krochin, Witali, Murk, Axel, Stober, Gunter | 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 | ||
| Unveiling the impact of soil methane sink on atmospheric methane | Zhou, Xiaoqi, Xiao, Wensheng, Cheng, Li, Smaill, Simeon J., 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 | ||
| Where to draw the line: Physical space partitioning and view privacy in ar-based co-located collaboration for immersive analytics | Ouedraogo, Inoussa, Nguyen, Huyen, Bourdot, Patrick | 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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| Which global reanalysis dataset has better representativeness in snow cover on the Tibetan Plateau? | Yan, Shirui, Chen, Yang, Hou, Yaliang, Liu, Kexin, Li, Xuejing, Xing, Yuxuan, Wu, Dongyou, Cui, Jiecan, Zhou, Yue, Pu, Wei, 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, 24 Hour Maximum Temperature, 24 Hour Minimum Temperature, Albedo, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, 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 storage changes (20032020) in the Ordos Basin, China, explained by GRACE data and interpretable deep learning | Hu, Ziming, Tang, Shinan, Mo, Shaoxing, Shi, Xiaoqing, Yin, Xin, Sun, Yuanyuan, Liu, Xiaomin, Duan, Limin, Miao, Ping, Liu, Tingxi, Wu, Jichun | 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) | ||
| Vapor kinetic energy for the detection and understanding of atmospheric rivers | Ong, Hing, Yang, Da | 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, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Relative Humidity, Specific Humidity, Altitude, Wind Dynamics, Wind Direction Tendency, Wind Speed Tendency, Wind Direction Tendency, Wind Speed Tendency, Water Vapor Tendency, Water Vapor Processes |
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| Variability and trends in the potential vorticity (PV)-gradient dynamical tropopause | Turhal, Katharina, Ploger, Felix, Clemens, Jan, Birner, Thomas, Weyland, Franziska, Konopka, Paul, Hoor, Peter | 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 | ||
| Validation of High-resolution ADCP Measurements of TKE Dissipation Influenced by Waves | Marchetti, Elias, Culverhouse, Thomas, Comerford, Thomas, Nimmo-Smith, Alex | 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 | ||
| Validation of pan-Arctic soil temperatures in modern reanalysis and data assimilation systems | Herrington, Tyler C., Fletcher, Christopher G., Kropp, Heather | Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, 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 Melt, Snow/Ice Temperature, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Leaf Area Index (LAI) | ||
| Utilizing scenario-based multi-functional energy storage systems for optimal day-ahead operation of microgrid resources | Ibrahim, Ibrahim M., Omran, Walid A., Abdelaziz, Almoataz Y. | 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 | ||
| Two-decadal climate impacts on growth of major forest types of Eastern Himalaya | Chanda, Rajdeep, Singh, Salam Suresh, Singh, Ngangbam Somen, Upadhyay, Keshav Kumar, Tripathi, Shri Kant | Surface Pressure, Heat Flux, Longwave Radiation, Shortwave Radiation, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Evapotranspiration, Wind Speed, Rain, Snow, Soil Moisture/Water Content, Soil Temperature, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Snow Depth, Snow Water Equivalent, Runoff, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Surface Temperature, Skin Temperature, Upper Air Temperature, Atmospheric Winds, Surface Winds, U/V Wind Components, Atmospheric Pressure, Sea Level Pressure, Total Precipitable Water, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Atmospheric Ozone, Oxygen Compounds, Altitude, Boundary Layer Winds, Relative Humidity, Cloud Optical Depth/Thickness, Cloud Properties, Cloud Fraction, Cloud Mass Flux |
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| Unusually low dust activity in North Africa in June 2023: Causes, impacts and future projections | Francis, Diana, Fonseca, Ricardo, Nelli, Narendra, Yarragunta, Yesobu | 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), Sea Surface Temperature, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Radiance, Nitrate Particles, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance | ||
| Tropical convection in ERA5 has partly shifted from parameterized to resolved | Buschow, Sebastian | Air Temperature, Precipitation Rate, 24 Hour Maximum Temperature, 24 Hour Minimum Temperature | ||
| Understanding the Influence of Urban Form on the Spatial Pattern of | Lu, Yanle, Yu, Zhou, Albertson, John D., Chen, Haonan, Hu, Leiqiu, Pendergrass, Angeline, Chen, Xiaodong, Li, Qi | 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, Land Use/Land Cover Classification | ||
| Tracing the physical signatures among the calculated global clear-sky spectral shortwave radiative flux distribution | Zhong, Xiang, Dong, Xiquan, Xi, Baike, Brendecke, Jordann, 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 |