Assessing AgERA5 and MERRA-2 Global Climate Datasets for Small-Scale Agricultural Applications
AtmosphereAgERA5 (ECMWF) is a relatively new climate dataset specifically designed for agricultural applications. MERRA-2 (NASA) is also used in agricultural applications; however, it was not specifically designed for this purpose.
Konstantinos Soulis +7 more
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Meteorological Evaluation of the MERRA-2 Reanalysis Dataset: Insights for the Indian Subcontinent
Abstract. MERRA-2 meteorological data is widely utilized across the Indian region to investigate various climatological phenomena, necessitating a thorough evaluation of its accuracy. This study evaluates the performance of MERRA-2 meteorological fields over the Indian region by combining radiosonde measurements with satellite observations from AIRS ...
Chakradhar Reddy Malasani +8 more
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Long Term Potential Evapotranspiration and Evapotranspiration Data and Services at NASA GES DISC [PDF]
Recently, the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) has released global land 3-hourly Potential Evapotranspiration and Supporting Forcing Data Version-1 (PET_PU_3H025.001), at 0.25x0.25 degree spatial resolution ...
Loeser, Carlee +7 more
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Crowdsourced Data Reveal Shortcomings in Precipitation Phase Products for Rain and Snow Partitioning
Geophysical Research LettersReanalysis products support our understanding of how the precipitation phase influences hydrology across scales. However, a lack of validation data hinders the evaluation of a reanalysis‐estimated precipitation phase.
Guo Yu +8 more
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Characterizing 15 Years of Saharan-like, Dry, Well-Mixed Air Layers in North Africa [PDF]
The Saharan Air Layer (SAL) is a dry, well-mixed layer (WML) of warm and sometimes dusty air of nearly constant water vapor mixing ratio generated by the intense surface heating and strong, dry convection in the Sahara Desert, which has notable ...
Braun, Scott A. +3 more
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Influence of Mid-Latitude Cyclones on European Background Surface Ozone Investigated in Observations, MACC and MERRA-2 Reanalyses [PDF]
The relationship between springtime mid-latitude cyclones and background ozone at two rural monitoring sites on the west coast of Europe -- Mace Head, Ireland and Monte Velho, Portugal -- is explored using a combination of observations and three ...
Doherty, Ruth +3 more
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Global Assimilation of Loon Stratospheric Balloon Observations and Their Trajectories Relative to Tropical Waves [PDF]
Project Loon has an overall goal of providing worldwide internet coverage using a network of long-duration super-pressure balloons. Beginning in 2013, Loon has launched over 1600 balloons from multiple tropical and middle latitude locations.
Candido, S. +4 more
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Global Long-Term Land Surface Products from MERRA-2 at GES DISC [PDF]
Description of land surface products from MERRA-2 at the GES DISC, including an overview of services in ...
Ostrenga, Dana +2 more
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Evaluation of performance of drought prediction in Indonesia based on TRMM and MERRA-2 using machine learning methods. [PDF]
MethodsX, 2019 Kuswanto H, Naufal A.
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File Specification for M2AMIP Products [PDF]
The Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) is an atmospheric reanalysis computed with the Goddard Earth Observing (EOS) System, Version 5.12.4 (GEOS) data assimilation system (Gelaro et al., 2017).
Bosilovich, M., Collow, A., Lucchesi, R.
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