MERRA-2 inst3_3d_aer_Nv: 3d,3-Hourly,Instantaneous,Model-Level,Assimilation,Aerosol Mixing Ratio 0.625 x 0.5 degree

Description

M2I3NVAER (or inst3_3d_aer_Nv) is an instantaneous 3-dimensional 3-hourly data collection in Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications version 2 (MERRA-2). This collection consists of assimilations of aerosol mixing ratio parameters at 72 model layers, such as dust, sulphur dioxide, sea salt, black carbon, and organic carbon. The data field is available every three hour starting from 00:00 UTC, e.g.: 00:00, 03:00, … , 21:00 UTC. Section 4.2 of the MERRA-2 File Specification document provides pressure values nominal for a 1000 hPa surface pressure and refers to the top edge of the layer. The lev=1 is for the top layer, and lev=72 is for the bottom (or surface) model layer. MERRA-2 is the latest version of global atmospheric reanalysis for the satellite era produced by NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) using the Goddard Earth Observing System Model (GEOS) version 5.12.4. The dataset covers the period of 1980-present with the latency of ~3 weeks after the end of a month. Data Reprocessing: Please check “Records of MERRA-2 Data Reprocessing and Service Changes” linked from the “Documentation” tab on this page. Note that a reprocessed data filename is different from the original file.MERRA-2 Mailing List: Sign up to receive information on reprocessing of data, changing of tools and services, as well as data announcements from GMAO. Contact the GES DISC Help Desk (gsfc-dl-help-disc@mail.nasa.gov) to be added to the list.Questions: If you have a question, please read "MERRA-2 File Specification Document", “MERRA-2 Data Access – Quick Start Guide”, and FAQs linked from the ”Documentation” tab on this page. If that does not answer your question, you may post your question to the NASA Earthdata Forum (forum.earthdata.nasa.gov) or email the GES DISC Help Desk (gsfc-dl-help-disc@mail.nasa.gov). Read our doc on how to get AWS Credentials to retrieve this data: https://data.gesdisc.earthdata.nasa.gov/s3credentialsREADME

Update Frequency

From 1980-01-01 to Ongoing

License

Creative Commons BY 4.0

Documentation

https://doi.org/10.5067/LTVB4GPCOTK2

Managed By

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Contact

GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP: gsfc-dl-help-disc@mail.nasa.gov

How to Cite

MERRA-2 inst3_3d_aer_Nv: 3d,3-Hourly,Instantaneous,Model-Level,Assimilation,Aerosol Mixing Ratio 0.625 x 0.5 degree was accessed on DATE from https://registry.opendata.aws/nasa-m2i3nvaer.

Usage Examples

Tutorials

• How to Access GES DISC Data Using Python by James Acker, Jerome Alfred, Helen Amos, Chris Battisto, Thomas Hearty, Alexis Hunzinger, Lena Iredell, Christoph Keller, Binita KC, Carlee Loeser, Ariana Louise, Kristan Morgan, Dieu My T. Nguyen, Dana Ostrenga, Xiaohua Pan, Kanan Patel, Brianna R. Pagán, Andrey Savtchenko, Elliot Sherman, Suhung Shen, Jian Su,Joseph Wysk, Rupesh Shrestha.
  

Publications

• 2015b: MERRA-2: Initial Evaluation of the Climate by Bosilovich, M. G., S. Akella, L. Coy, R. Cullather, C. Draper, R. Gelaro, R. Kovach, Q.Liu, A. Molod, P. Norris, K. Wargan, W. Chao, R. Reichle, L. Takacs, Y. Vikhliaev, S. Bloom, A. Collow, S. Firth, G. Labow, G. Partyka, S. Pawson, O. Reale, S. D. Schubert, and M. Suarez
  
• A catchment-based approach to modeling land surface processes in a GCM, Part 1, Model Structure by Koster, R. D., M. J. Suarez, A. Ducharne, M. Stieglitz, and P. Kumar
  
• Assessment of MERRA-2 Land Surface Hydrology Estimates. by Reichle, R. H., C. S. Draper, Q. Liu, M. Girotto, S. P. P. Mahanama, R. D. Koster, and G. J. M. De Lannoy
  
• Data assimilation using incremental analysis updates by Bloom, S., L. Takacs, A. DaSilva, and D. Ledvina
  
• Design and implementation of components in the Earth System Modeling Framework by Collins, N., G. Theurich, C. DeLuca, M. Suarez, A. Trayanov, V. Balaji, P. Li, W. Yang, C. Hill, and A. da Silva
  
• Development of the GEOS-5 atmospheric general circulation model: evolution from MERRA to MERRA2. by Molod, A., L. Takacs, M. Suarez, and J. Bacmeister
  
• Documentation and Validation of the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) Data Assimilation System - Version 4 by Bloom, S., A. da Silva, D. Dee, M. Bosilovich, J.-D. Chern, S. Pawson, S. Schubert, M. Sienkiewicz, I. Stajner, W.-W. Tan, M.-L. Wu
  
• Land Surface Precipitation in MERRA-2. by Reichle, R.H., Q. Liu, R.D. Koster, C.S. Draper, S.P.P. Mahanama, and G.S. Partyka
  
• Numerical aspects of the application of recursive filters to variational statistical analysis. Part I: Spatially homogeneous and isotropic Gaussian covariances by Purser, R. J., W.-S. Wu, D. F. Parrish, and N. M. Roberts
  
• Numerical aspects of the application of recursive filters to variational statistical analysis. Part II: Spatially inhomogeneous and anisotropic general covariances by Purser, R. J., W.-S. Wu, D. F. Parrish, and N. M. Roberts
  
• The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part I: System Description and Data Assimilation Evaluation. by Randles, C. A., A. M. da Silva, V. Buchard, P. R. Colarco, A. Darmenov, R. Govindaraju, A. Smirnov, B. Holben, R. Ferrare, J. Hair, Y.Shinozuka, and C.J. Flynn
  
• The MERRA-2 aerosol reanalysis, 1980 onward. Part II: Evaluation and case studies. by Buchard V., C. A. Randles, A. M. da Silva, A. Darmenov, P. R. Colarco, R. Govindaraju, R. Ferrare, J. Hair, A. J. Beyersdorf, L. D. Ziemba, H. Yu
  
• The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2). by Gelaro, R., W. McCarty, M. J. Suárez, R. Todling, A. Molod, L. Takacs, C. A. Randles, A. Darmenov, M. G. Bosilovich, R. Reichle, et al.
  
• Three-dimensional variational analysis with spatially inhomogeneous covariances by Wu, W.-S., R.J. Purser and D.F. Parrish