MERRA 2D IAU Ocean Surface Diagnostic, Single Level, Time Avg 1-hr (2/3x1/2L1)

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Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: GMAO

Publication_Date: November 21, 2011

Title: MERRA 2D IAU Ocean Surface Diagnostic, Single Level, Time Avg 1-hr (2/3x1/2L1)

Edition: 5.2.0

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: Digital Science Data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: tavg1_2d_ocn_Nx

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 MAT1NXOCN or tavg1_2d_ocn_Nx data product is the MERRA Data Assimilation System 2-Dimensional ocean surface single-level diagnostics that is time averaged single-level at the native resolution. It is a history file that is produced from the GCM during the corrector segment of the IAU cycle. All collections from this group are at reduced horizontal 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 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. The files contain the following times compacted into a daily file: 0:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, & 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

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE

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

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS

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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: Precsnoocn

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Theme_Keyword: ENGLISH

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Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Temporal_Keyword: 0:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, & Gmt

Temporal_Keyword: Hourly - < Daily

Access_Constraints: Not Available

Use_Constraints:

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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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Process_Date: Unknown

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Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 1/2 Degrees

Longitude_Resolution: 2/3 degrees

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees

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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

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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_MAT1NXOCN_V5.2.0

Distribution_Liability:

Not Available

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Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: HDF-EOS (Grid)

Transfer_Size: 546 MBytes

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

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The GES DISC Data Modelling and Assimilation web site.

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ftp://goldsmr2.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: 20111121

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Contact_Person: DANA OSTRENGA

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

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Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Address: Code 610.2

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: MD

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-614-5475

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dana.m.ostrenga@nasa.gov

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Metadata_Time_Convention: local time