MERRA: NASA’s Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications

M. Rienecker, Michele; J. Suárez, Max; Gelaro, Ronald; Todling, Ricardo; T. Bacmeister, Julio; Liu, Emily; G. Bosilovich, Michael; D. Schubert, Siegfried; L. Takacs, Lawrence; Kim, Gi-Kong; R. Bloom, Stephen; Chen, Junye; Collins, Douglas; Conaty, Austin; da Silva, Arlindo; Gu, W; Joiner, Joanna; D. Koster, Randal; A. Lucchesi, Robert; Molod, Andrea; Owens, Tommy; Pawson, Steven; Pegion, Philip; R. Redder, Christopher; H. Reichle, Rolf; R. Robertson, Franklin; G. Ruddick, Albert; Sienkiewicz, Meta; Woollen, Jack

doi:10.1175/jcli-d-11-00015.1

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MERRA: NASA’s Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications

Published in Journal of Climate • Apr 8, 2011

Authors:

Michele M. Rienecker

Max J. Suárez

Ronald Gelaro

Abstract

Abstract The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) was undertaken by NASA’s Global Modeling and Assimilation Office with two primary objectives: to place observations from NASA’s Earth Observing System satellites into a climate context and to improve upon the hydrol...

Subject

Climatology

Environmental science

Data assimilation

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