MERRA 3D Analyzed State, Meteorology Instantaneous 6-hourly (eta-coord, 2/3x1/2L72)

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Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: GMAO

Publication_Date: August 1, 2007

Title: MERRA 3D Analyzed State, Meteorology Instantaneous 6-hourly (eta-coord, 2/3x1/2L72)

Edition: 5.2.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital Science Data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: inst6_3d_ana_Nv

Issue_Identification:

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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Online_Linkage: http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/MDISC/

Description:

Abstract:

The MAI6NVANA or inst6_3d_ana_Nv data product is the MERRA Data Assimilation System 3-Dimensional instantaneous, on model levels, at native resolution. MERRA, or the Modern Era Retrospective-analysis for Research and Application, is a NASA reanalysis for the satellite era (30 years 1979-current) using the Goddard Earth Observing System Data Assimilation System Version 5 (GEOS-5 DAS). This data product contains 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional fields that do not vary during the reanalysis. The data are on the GEOS-5 native 540 x 361 grid with 2/3° longitude x 1/2° latitude resolution. File sizes are about 1347 Mbytes per day with the following times compacted into a daily file: 00, 06, 12, 18 GMT. Data are archived in the HDF-EOS (Grid) format, based on HDF4.

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REFERENCE: * Bloom, S., L. Takacs, A. DaSilva, and D. Ledvina, 1996: Data assimilation using incremental analysis updates. Mon. Wea. Rev., 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: 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, v26. * Collins, N., G. Theurich, C. DeLuca, M. Suarez, A. Trayanov, V. Balaji, P. Li, W. Yang, C. Hill, and A. da Silva, 2005: Design and implementation of components in the Earth System Modeling Framework. Int. J. High Perf. Comput. Appl., 19, 341-350, DOI: 10.1177/1094342005056120. * Derber, J. C., R. J. Purser, W.-S. Wu, R. Treadon, M. Pondeca, D. Parrish, and D. Kleist, 2003: Flow-dependent Jb in a global grid-point 3D-Var. Proc. ECMWF annual seminar on recent developments in data assimilation for atmosphere and ocean. Reading, UK, 8-12 Sept. 2003. * Koster, R. D., M. J. Suarez, A. Ducharne, M. Stieglitz, and P. Kumar, 2000: A catchment-based approach to modeling land surface processes in a GCM, Part 1, Model Structure. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 24809-24822. * Purser, R. J., W.-S. Wu, D. F. Parrish, and N. M. Roberts, 2003a: Numerical aspects of the application of recursive filters to variational statistical analysis. Part I: Spatially homogeneous and isotropic Gaussian covariances. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 1524-1535.\ * Purser, R. J., W.-S. Wu, D. F. Parrish, and N. M. Roberts, 2003b: Numerical aspects of the application of recursive filters to variational statistical analysis. Part II: Spatially inhomogeneous and anisotropic general covariances. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, pp. 1536-1548. * Wu, W.-S., R.J. Purser and D.F. Parrish, 2002: Three-dimensional variational analysis with spatially inhomogeneous covariances. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 2905-2916.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19790101

Ending_Date: Unknown

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

Status:

Progress: In Work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: Not Available

East_Bounding_Coordinate: Not Available

North_Bounding_Coordinate: Not Available

South_Bounding_Coordinate: Not Available

Keywords:

Theme:

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY

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Theme_Keyword: EOSDIS > EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM DATA INFORMATION SYSTEM

Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM

Theme_Keyword: REASON > RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND APPLICATIONS SOLUTION NETWORK

Theme_Keyword: MERRA > MODERN ERA RETROSPECTIVE-ANALYSIS FOR RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS

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Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

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Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Temporal_Keyword: 00, 06, 12, 18 Gmt

Temporal_Keyword: Hourly - < Daily

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

Not Available

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GLOBAL MODELING AND ASSIMILATION OFFICE

Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Address: Code 610.1

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-614-6142

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: data@gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov

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Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

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Lineage:

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Process_Description:

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Process_Date: Unknown

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Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 1/2 degrees

Longitude_Resolution: 2/3 degrees

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

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Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: 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

Contact_Person: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP

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Address: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center

Address: Code 610.2

Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-614-5224

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-614-5268

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gsfc-help-disc@lists.nasa.gov

Resource_Description: GES_DISC_MAI6NVANA_V5.2.0

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

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Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: HDF-EOS (Grid)

Transfer_Size: 1347 MB per file

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http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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DATA CENTER URL

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http://reverb.echo.nasa.gov/reverb/#utf8=%E2%9C%93...

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Refine your granule search with ECHO's next generation Earth Science discovery tool (Reverb) using information from this record.

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http://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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The GMAO home page

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http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/MDISC/

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The GES DISC Data Modelling and Assimilation web site.

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ftp://goldsmr3.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/s4pa/MERRA/M...

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The GES DISC Data Product Readme Guide

Fees: Free

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20070614

Metadata_Review_Date: 20100809

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: JAMES EDWARD JOHNSON

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Address: Code 610.2

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-614-5121

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: James.Johnson@nasa.gov

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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time