The MERRA-2 aerosol reanalysis, 1980 onward. Part I: System description and data assimilation evaluation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2017, Pages 6823-6850

  Randles, C A ^a,i   da Silva, A M ^a   Buchard, V ^a,b   Colarco, P R ^a   Darmenov, A ^a   Govindaraju, R ^a,c   Smirnov, A ^c,d   Holben, B ^d   Ferrare, R ^e   Hair, J ^e   Shinozuka, Y ^f,g   Flynn, C J ^h  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Data assimilation; Model evaluation performance; Radiative fluxes; Reanalysis data; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; EARTH (PLANET); NASA; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE PLATFORMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; MODEL EVALUATION/PERFORMANCE; RADIATIVE FLUXES; REANALYSIS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA ASSIMILATION; EOS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATIVE FORCING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 85020612229     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0609.1     Document Type: Article

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