Publications for MERRA-2

Publication Citation
Chen, T., Z. Li, R.A. Kahn, C. Zhao, D. Rosenfeld, J. Guo, W. Han, and D. Chen (2021), Potential impact of aerosols on convective clouds revealed by Himawari-8 observations over different terrain types in eastern China, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 6199-6220, doi:10.5194/acp-21-6199-2021.
Gahtan, J., and B. Tian (2022), Stratospheric Kelvin Wave Activity as a Function of Equivalent Depth in AIRS and Reanalysis Datasets, J. Geophys. Res., 127, e2021JD035572, doi:10.1029/2021jd035572.
Hearty, T.J., A. Savtchenko, B. Tian, E.J. Fetzer, Y. Yung, M. Theobald, B. Vollmer, E. Fishbein, and Y.-I. Won (2014), Estimating sampling biases and measurement uncertainties of AIRS/AMSU-A temperature and water vapor observations using MERRA reanalysis, J. Geophys. Res., 119, 2725-2741, doi:10.1002/2013JD021205.
Lauren Zamora, L.M., and R.A. Kahn (2020), Saharan dust aerosols change deep convective cloud prevalence, possibly by inhibiting marine new particle formation, J. Climate, 33, 9467-9477, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0083.1.