The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part I: System Description and Data Assimilation Evaluation

A. Randles, Cynthia; da Silva, Arlindo; Buchard, Virginie; R. Colarco, Peter; Darmenov, Anton; Govindaraju, Ravi; Smirnov, A.; N. Holben, B.; A. Ferrare, R.; W. Hair, J.; Shinozuka, Y.; Flynn, Connor

doi:10.1175/jcli-d-16-0609.1

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The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part I: System Description and Data Assimilation Evaluation

Published in Journal of Climate • Apr 12, 2017

Authors:

Cynthia A. Randles

Arlindo da Silva

Virginie Buchard

Abstract

The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) updates NASA's previous satellite era (1980 - onward) reanalysis system to include additional observations and improvements to the Goddard Earth Observing System, Version 5 (GEOS-5) Earth system model. As a majo...

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Aerosol

Data assimilation

Environmental science

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