MSTMNXMLD
5.2.0
The GEOS-5 model version used for processing MERRA
tavgM_2d_mld_Nx: MERRA Simulated 2D Incremental Analysis Update (IAU) MERRA-Land reanalysis, GEOSldas-MERRALand, Time Average Monthly Mean 0.667 x 0.5 degree V5.2.0 (MSTMNXMLD) at GES DISC
Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO)
tavgM_2d_mld_Nx: MERRA Simulated 2D Incremental Analysis Update (IAU) MERRA-Land reanalysis, GEOSldas-MERRALand, Time Average Monthly Mean V5.2.0
MSTMNXMLD
2008-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
Greenbelt, MD, USA
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)
5.2.0
Digital Science Data
DOI
10.5067/K9PCGOMQ1XP1
https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/MSTMNXMLD_5.2.0.html
METADATA AUTHOR
DANA
OSTRENGA
Code 610.2 Bldg 32 Rm S151
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
MD
21230
USA
301-614-5475
Telephone
301-614-5268
Fax
dana.ostrenga@nasa.gov
INVESTIGATOR
MICHAEL
BOSILOVICH
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Global Modeling and Assimilation Office
Code 610.1
Greenbelt
MD
20771
USA
Michael.Bosilovich@nasa.gov
TECHNICAL CONTACT
GLOBAL MODELING AND ASSIMILATION OFFICE
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Code 610.1
Greenbelt
MD
20771
USA
301-614-6142
Telephone
data@gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov
EARTH SCIENCE
ATMOSPHERE
CLOUDS
CLOUD PROPERTIES
EARTH SCIENCE
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
HEAT FLUX
EARTH SCIENCE
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION
LONGWAVE RADIATION
EARTH SCIENCE
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
HUMIDITY
EARTH SCIENCE
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER
EARTH SCIENCE
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR
WATER VAPOR INDICATORS
WATER VAPOR
EARTH SCIENCE
ATMOSPHERE
PRECIPITATION
PRECIPITATION RATE
EARTH SCIENCE
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
ENVIRONMENT
ELEVATION
GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION
IMAGERY/BASE MAPS/EARTH COVER
Not provided
MERRA
Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications
NOT APPLICABLE
1980-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
2016-02-29T23:59:59.999Z
COMPLETE
CARTESIAN
CARTESIAN
-90
90
-180
180
Not provided
GEOGRAPHIC REGION
GLOBAL
MERRA
Modern Era Retrospective-analysis for Research and Applications
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English
ARCHIVER
NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/GESDISC
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/
DATA CENTER CONTACT
GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP
Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center
Code 610.2
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
MD
20771
USA
301-614-5224
Telephone
301-614-5268
Fax
gsfc-dl-help-disc@mail.nasa.gov
Online Archive
HDF-EOS
Free
Bloom, S., L. Takacs, A. DaSilva, and D. Ledvina
1996-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Data assimilation using incremental analysis updates
Monthly Weather Review
124
1256-1271
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
2005-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Documentation and Validation of the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) Data Assimilation System - Version 4
Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation
104606
26
Collins, N., G. Theurich, C. DeLuca, M. Suarez, A. Trayanov, V. Balaji, P. Li, W. Yang, C. Hill, and A. da Silva
2005-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Design and implementation of components in the Earth System Modeling Framework
International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications
19
341-350
DOI
10.1177/1094342005056120
Koster, R. D., M. J. Suarez, A. Ducharne, M. Stieglitz, and P. Kumar
2000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
A catchment-based approach to modeling land surface processes in a GCM, Part 1, Model Structure
Journal of Geophysical Res.
105
24809-24822
Purser, R. J., W.-S. Wu, D. F. Parrish, and N. M. Roberts
2003-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Numerical aspects of the application of recursive filters to variational statistical analysis. Part I: Spatially homogeneous and isotropic Gaussian covariances
Monthly Weather Review
131
1524-1535
Purser, R. J., W.-S. Wu, D. F. Parrish, and N. M. Roberts
2003-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Numerical aspects of the application of recursive filters to variational statistical analysis. Part II: Spatially inhomogeneous and anisotropic general covariances
Monthly Weather Review
131
1536-1548
Wu, W.-S., R.J. Purser and D.F. Parrish
2002-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Three-dimensional variational analysis with spatially inhomogeneous covariances
Monthly Weather Review
130
2905-2916
The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) is a state-of-the-art reanalysis data product that provides, in addition to atmospheric fields, global estimates of soil moisture, latent heat flux, snow, and runoff for 1979-2016. A supplemental and improved set of land surface hydrological fields (MERRA-Land) was generated by re-running a revised version of the land component of the MERRA system (Reichle et al., 2012). Specifically, the MERRA-Land estimates benefit from corrections to the precipitation forcing with the global gauge-based NOAA Climate Prediction Center Unified (CPCU) precipitation product and from revised parameter values in the rainfall interception model, changes that effectively correct for known limitations in the MERRA surface meteorological forcings. With a few exceptions, the MERRA-Land data appear more accurate than the original MERRA estimates and are thus recommended for those interested in using MERRA output for land surface hydrological studies.
The MERRA-Land product, MSTMNXMLD or tavgM_2d_mld_Nx, is a simulated 2-Dimensional monthly mean at the native resolution. All collections from this group are at reduced horizontal resolution.
The data are on the GEOS-5 native 540 x 361 grid with 0.667 degree longitude x 0.5 degree latitude resolution. Data are archived in the HDF-EOS2 (Grid) format, based on HDF4.
Sign Up for the MERRA-2 Mailing List
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MERRA-2 Science Data and Data Processing Questions
Do you have a question about MERRA/MERRA-2? Take a look at the File Specification Document and if that doesn't answer your question, users can contact staff with questions on the data, data processing and science. Send questions to merra-questions@lists.nasa.gov.
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
USER'S GUIDE
https://goldsmr2.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/MERRA_MONTHLY/MSTMNXMLD.5.2.0/doc/MERRA.README.pdf
product README file
GET RELATED VISUALIZATION
https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/MSTMNXMLD_5.2.0.png
MSTMNXMLD variable
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
HOW-TO
https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/information/howto?tags=MERRA
How to read and plot the data.
DATA SET LANDING PAGE
https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/MSTMNXMLD_5.2.0.html
Access the dataset landing page from the GES DISC website.
GET DATA
DATA TREE
https://goldsmr2.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/MERRA_MONTHLY/MSTMNXMLD.5.2.0/
Access the data via HTTP.
GET DATA
Earthdata Search
https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=MSTMNXMLD
Use the Earthdata Search to find and retrieve data sets across multiple data centers.
USE SERVICE API
GRADS DATA SERVER (GDS)
https://goldsmr2.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/dods/MSTMNXMLD.info
The GrADS Data Server (GDS) is another form of OPeNDAP that provides subsetting and some analysis services across the Internet.
USE SERVICE API
OPENDAP DATA
https://goldsmr2.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/MERRA_MONTHLY/MSTMNXMLD.5.2.0/contents.html
Access the data via the OPeNDAP protocol.
PROJECT HOME PAGE
https://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/
The GMAO home page
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
PI DOCUMENTATION
https://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/pubs/docs/Lucchesi528.pdf
MERRA File Specification Document
VIEW RELATED INFORMATION
READ-ME
https://goldsmr2.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/MERRA_MONTHLY/MSTMNXMLD.5.2.0/doc/MERRA.README.pdf
README Document
CEOS IDN DIF
VERSION 10.2
2007-06-14
2015-07-07
2007-06-14T00:00:00.000Z
2015-07-07T00:00:00.000Z
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SCIENCE_QUALITY