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Publications Citing MERRA-2 Data
List of peer-reviewed publications that cite using MERRA-2 data.
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| Enhanced Adiabatic Heating Drives Faster Warming of Early Summer Hot | Fang, Jiawei, Chen, Yang, Liao, Zhen | Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness | ||
| Constraining a Radiative Transfer Model with Satellite Retrievals: Contrasts between cirrus formed via homogeneous and heterogeneous freezing and their ... | Erfani, Ehsan, Mitchell, David L. | 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 | ||
| Confronting Historical Precipitation Trends in Models With Observations: Forced Signal and Atmospheric Internal Variability | Liang, Wengui, Zhao, Ming, Tan, Zhihong, Knutson, Thomas, Dong, Wenhao, Zhang, Bosong | 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 | ||
| Downscaling aerosol optical depth by fusing satellite retrieval and | Sun, Lin, Zhang, Xiangshuo, Fan, Yulong, Wang, Zhihui, Sun, Xiaohu | 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, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Radiance, Nitrate Particles, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance |
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| Distinct impacts of aerosol size on aerosolcloud interactions over ocean and land regions in Eastern China | Liang, Yongen, Zhao, Chuanfeng, Yang, Yikun, Zhao, Xin, Li, Jiefeng, Chen, Annan | 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 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 | ||
| Interbasin Analysis of the Poleward Expansion of Tropical Cyclone Potential Intensity | Kruskie, Aaron, Chavas, Daniel R. | 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 | ||
| Interannual variability of spring dust column mass concentration over | Zhang, Hailiang, He, Qing, Aihaiti, Ailiyaer, Li, Yongkang, Zeng, Kang, Jiang, Hong, Liao, Qimei | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, 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), Emissions, UV Aerosol Index, Gas/Aerosol Composition, Deposition |
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| Hemispheric Synoptic Patterns Control Rainfall and Long-Range Aerosol | Machado, Luiz A. T., Gan, Manoel A., Barbosa, Henrique M. J., Holanda, Bruna A., Pozzer, Andrea, Poschl, Ulrich, Pohlker, Christopher | Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Precipitation Rate, Snow, Rain, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness | ||
| Machine learning estimates for G20 subnational urban GHG emissions from 20002020 | Yu, Ying, Wang, Xuewei, Manya, Diego, Hsu, Angel | 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) | ||
| Improved Analysis and Prediction of Tropical Storm Hermine (2022) over the Eastern Tropical Atlantic Using CPEX-CV Observations | Lee, Allan, Chen, Shu-Hua, Huang, Chu-Chun, Nathan, Terrence R., Yu, Yang, Kavaya, Michael J., Bedka, Kristopher M., Nehrir, Amin R., Thornhill, K. Lee, Barton-Grimley, Rory A., Collins, James E., Cooney, John W., Ferrare, Richard A., Liu, Zhaoyan, Lambrigtsen, Bjorn, Schreier, Mathias, Wong, Sun, Veals, Peter G. | 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 | ||
| Kernelbased estimation of stratospheric aerosol radiative effects from volcanic and wildfire events | Yu, Qiurun, Huang, Yi | 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, 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, Aerosol Extinction, Aerosol Optical Depth/Thickness, Angstrom Exponent, PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 2.5), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 1.0), PARTICULATE MATTER (PM 10), Atmospheric Ozone, Sea Level Pressure, U/V Wind Components, U/V Wind Components, Potential Vorticity, Vertical Wind Velocity/Speed, Vertical Profiles, Upper Air Temperature, Air Temperature, Specific Humidity, Atmospheric Water Vapor, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Altitude, Geopotential Height, Ozone Profiles |
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| Deriving AllHour Aerosol Optical Depth Over China From Automated Visibility Observations | Yang, Zhou, Zhao, Hengheng, Zeng, Zhaoliang, Gui, Ke, Zhang, Xutao, Shang, Nanxuan, Zheng, Yu, Li, Lei, Che, Huizheng | 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), Population Density, Aerosol Backscatter, Aerosol Radiance, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Nitrate Particles, Optical Depth/Thickness, Radiative Flux, Reflectance | ||
| Gender Difference in the Effects of Air Pollution on Labor Supply: Evidence from the United States | Bhattacharjee, Protika, Saha, Bikramjit | 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 | ||
| Global stratospheric methane loss from satellite observations | Fu, Qiang, Dong, Cong | Atmospheric Radiation, Temperature Tendency, Cloud Fraction | ||
| How Convective Mass Flux Responds to Environmental Humidity | Seidel, Seth D., Arnold, Nathan P., Wolding, Brandon | 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 | ||
| Evaporative Stress Index as a flash drought tool in the southeastern U.S. | Walker, Corey, Ellenburg, W. Lee, Mishra, Vikalp, Mecikalski, John R., Hain, Chris R., Anderson, Martha C. | 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 | ||
| Northern Hemisphere stratospheric temperature response to external forcing in decadal climate simulations | Fahad, Abdullah A., Molod, Andrea, Wargan, Krzysztof, Menemenlis, Dimitris, Heimbach, Patrick, Trayanov, Atanas, Strobach, Ehud, Coy, Lawrence | 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 | ||
| Northern hemisphere warm fronts are less efficient at precipitating ice than their southern hemisphere counterparts | Takahashi, Hanii, Naud, Catherine M., Posselt, Derek J. | 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) | ||
| Ozone pollution reduction partially offsets the negative impact of climate change mitigation efforts on global hunger | Xia, Shujuan, Hasegawa, Tomoko, Jansakoo, Thanapat, Mason-DCroz, Daniel, Tsuchiya, Kazuaki, Fujimori, Shinichiro, Chepeliev, Maksym, Kozicka, Marta, Mishra, Abhijeet, van Zeist, Willem-Jan, Zhao, Xin, de Lange, Thijs, Diniz Oliveira, Thais, Doelman, Jonathan C., Gibson, Matthew, Havlik, Petr, Herrero, Mario, Kumar, Ipsita, Ochi, Yuki, Sulser, Timothy B., Sundiang, Marina, Takahashi, Kiyoshi, Takakura, Junya, Wiebe, Keith | 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 | ||
| Past, current and future solar radiation trends in Europe: Multi-source assessment of the role of clouds and aerosols | Segado-Moreno, Leandro C., Ruiz-Arias, Jose A., Montavez, Juan Pedro, Betak, Juraj | 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) | ||
| Physical Dynamics of the Lake: Is It Dying? | Awange, Joseph L. | 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 | ||
| Physics-Informed Deep Learning for Adaptive Atmospheric Compensation in Terahertz Satellite Communication Networks | Konduri, Bhagavan, Chanthirasekaran, K., Chaturvedi, Abhay, Muthevi, Anil Kumar, Mubeen, Suraya, Muniyandy, Elangovan | 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 | ||
| Quantitative assessment of vegetation-driven removal of key air | Liu, Tong, Yao, Jiaqi, Cao, Yongqiang, Lu, Lijun, Chang, Huanyu, Ren, He, Mo, Fan, Wang, Xuan, Xu, Nan | 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, Leaf Area Index (LAI), Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Land Use/Land Cover Classification | ||
| The ``Predictability Barrier'' Phenomenon of Winter Extreme Cold | Han, Zhe, Duan, Wansuo, Dai, Guokun, Li, Shuanglin, Chen, Boyu, Hou, Yuxuan | 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 | ||
| Temporal trends in short-term PM2. 5 exposure and adverse birth outcomes in Japan: nationwide modelling study across four decades | Ith, Sophearen, Ng, Chris Fook Sheng, Yuan, Lei, Cao, Alton, Tomo, Yui, Hashizume, Masahiro, Yoneoka, Daisuke | 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) |