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REFEREED PUBLICATIONS - 2020

Ahn, D. Y., J. R. Hansford, S. T. Howe, X. R. Ren, R. J. Salawitch, N. Zeng, M. D. Cohen, B. Stunder, O. E. Salmon, P. B. Shepson, K. R. Gurney, T. Oda, I. Lopez-Coto, J. Whetstone, and R. R. Dickerson, 2020. Fluxes of Atmospheric Greenhouse-Gases in Maryland (FLAGG-MD): Emissions of Carbon Dioxide in the Baltimore, MD-Washington, DC area . J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos. , 125, e2019JD032004. doi: 10.1029/2019JD032004  Link to Published Version

Arnold, N. P., W. M. Putman and S. R. Freitas, 2020. Impact of resolution and parameterized convection on the diurnal cycle of precipitation in a global nonhydrostatic model. J. Meteorol. Soc. Jpn. , 98 (6), 1279-1304. doi: 10.2151/jmsj.2020-066  Link to Published Version

Barahona, D., 2020. Bias-Free Estimation of Ice Nucleation Efficiencies. Geophys. Res. Lett. , 47 (6), e2019GL086033. doi: 10.1029/2019GL086033  Link to Published Version

Bechtold, M., G. De Lannoy, R. H. Reichle, D. Roose, N. Balliston, I. Burdun, K. Devito, J. Kurbatova, T. Munir, and E. Zarov, 2020. Improved Groundwater Table and L-band Brightness Temperature Estimates for Northern Hemisphere Peatlands Using New Model Physics and SMOS Observations in a Global Data Assimilation Framework. Remot Sens. Environ. , 246, 111805. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2020.111805  Link to Published Version

Bell, E., C. W. O'Dell, K. J. Davis, et al., 2020. Evaluation of OCO-2 X CO₂ Variability at Local and Synoptic Scales using Lidar and In Situ Observations from the ACT-America Campaigns. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres , 125, e2019JD031400. doi: 10.1029/2019JD031400  Link to Published Version

Bosilovich, M. G., F. R. Robertson, and P. W. Stackhouse, 2020. El Niño–Related Tropical Land Surface Water and Energy Response in MERRA-2. J. Climate , 33, 1155-1176. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0231.1  Link to Published Version

Burgos, M., E. Andrews, G. Titos, A. Benedetti, et al., 2020. A global model–measurement evaluation of particle light scattering coefficients at elevated relative humidity. Atmos. Chem. Phys. , 20, 10231–10258. doi:10.5194/acp-20-10231-2020  Link to Published Version

Campbell, J. F., B. Lin, J. Dobler, et al, 2020. Field Evaluation of Column CO₂ Retrievals from Intensity-Modulated Continuous-Wave Differential Absorption Lidar Measurements during the ACT-America Campaign. Earth and Space Science , 7, e2019EA000847. doi: 10.1029/2019EA000847  Link to Published Version

Carter, T. S., C. L. Heald, J. L. Jimenez, P. Campuzano-Jost, Y. Kondo, N. Meteki, J. P. Schwarz, C. Wiedinmyer, A. S. Darmenov, A. M. da Silva, and J. W. Kaiser, 2020. How emissions uncertainty influences the distribution and radiative impacts of smoke from fires in North America. Atmos. Chem. Phys , 20 (4), 2073-2097. doi: 10.5194/acp-20-2073-2020  Link to Published Version

Casey, K. A., C. S. Rousseaux, W. W. Gregg, E. Boss, A. P. Chase, S. E. Craig, C. B. Mouw, R. A. Reynolds, D. Stramski, S. G. Ackleson, A. Bricaud, B. Schaeffer, M. R. Lewis, and S. Maritorena, 2020. A global compilation of in situ aquatic high spectral resolution inherent and apparent optical property data for remote sensing applications. Earth Syst. Sci. Data , 12 (2), 1123-1139. doi: 10.5194/essd-12-1123-2020  Link to Published Version

Chattopadhyay, M., D. Chattopadhyah, 2020. Renewable Energy Contingencies in Power Systems: Concept and Case Study. Energy for Sustainable Development , 54, 25-35. doi: 10.1016/j.esd.2019.10.006  Link to Published Version

Chen, J., F. Zhao, N. Zeng, and T. Oda, 2020. Comparing a global high-resolution downscaled fossil fuel CO₂ emission dataset to local inventory-based estimates over 14 global cities | Carbon Balance and Management. Carbon Balance and Management , 15 (9), . doi:10.1186/s13021-020-00146-3  Link to Published Version

Chen, Y., J. T. Randerson, S. R. Coffield, E. Foufoula?Georgiou, P. Smyth, C. A. Graff, D. C. Morton, N. Andela, G. R. van der Werf, L. Giglio, and L. E. Ott, 2020. Forecasting global fire emissions on subseasonal to seasonal (S2S) time scales. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems , 12, e2019MS001955. doi: 10.1029/2019MS001955  Link to Published Version

Choi, N., Y.-K. Lim, K.-M. Kim, and M.-I. Lee, 2020. Decadal Changes in the interannual variability of heatwaves in East Asia caused by atmospheric teleconnection changes. J. Climate , 33, 1505-1522. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0222.1  Link to Published Version

Collow, A. B. M., R. I. Cullather, and M. G. Bosilovich, 2020. Recent Arctic Ocean Near-surface Air Temperatures in Atmospheric Reanalyses and Numerical Simulations. J. Climate , 33, 4347-4367. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0703.1  Link to Published Version

Collow, A. B. M., H. Mersiovsky, and M. G. Bosilovich, 2020. Large-Scale Influences on Atmospheric River Induced Extreme Precipitation Events Along the Coast of Washington State. J. Hydrometeor. , 21 (9), 2139-2156. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-19-0272.1  Link to Published Version

Collow, A. B. M., M. A. Miller, L. C. Trabachino, M. P. Jensen, and M. Wang, 2020. Radiative Heating Rate Profiles over the Southeast Atlantic Ocean during the 2016 and 2017 Biomass Burning Seasons. Atmo. Chem. Phys , 20, 10073-10090. doi: 10.5194/acp-20-10073-2020  Link to Published Version

Coy, L., P. A. Newman, S. Strahan, and S. Pawson, 2020. Seasonal Variation of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation Descent. J. Geophys. Res. - Atmos , 125, e2020JD033077. doi: 10.1029/2020JD033077  Link to Published Version

Cullather, R. I., L. C. Andrews, M. J. Croteau, N. E. Digirolamo, D. K. Hall, Y.-K. Lim, B. D. Loomis, C. A. Shuman, and S. M.J. Nowicki, 2020. Anomalous circulation in July 2019 resulting in mass loss on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Geophys Res Lett , 47, e2020GL087263. doi: 10.1029/2020GL087263  Link to Published Version

DeAngelis, A., H. Wang, R. Koster, S. Schubert, Y. Chang, and J. Marshak, 2020. Prediction skill of the 2012 U.S. Great Plains flash drought in Subseasonal Experiment (SubX) models. J. Climate , 33, 6229–6253. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0863.1  Link to Published Version

Dezfuli, A., 2020. Rare atmospheric river caused record floods across the Middle East. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. , 101 (4), E394-E400. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0247.1  Link to Published Version

Dezfuli, A., 2020. Climate-inspired Drawing: How I Enjoy Amateur Art. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. , 101, 759-760.

Diniz, R. L. R., and R. Todling, 2020. Assessing the impact of observations in a multi-year Reanalysis. Q. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc. , 146, 724-747. doi: 10.1002/qj.3705  Link to Published Version

Diniz, F. L. R., R. Todling and D. L. Herdies, 2020. A brief assessment of the impact of nearly 40 years of assimilated observations over the Amazon basin. Earth and Space Science , 7 (3), e2019EA000779. 10.1029/2019EA000779  Link to Published Version

Dong, J., W. T. Crow, and R. H. Reichle, 2020. Improving rain/no-rain detection skill by merging precipitation estimates from different sources. Remote Sensing of Environment , 21, 2419-2429. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-20-0097.1  Link to Published Version

Endsley, K. A., J. S. Kimball, R. H. Reichle, and J. D. Watts, 2020. Satellite monitoring of global surface soil organic carbon dynamics using the SMAP Level 4 Carbon product. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeoscience , 125, e2020JG006100. doi:10.1029/2020JG006100  Link to Published Version

Errico, R. M., D. Carvalho, N. C. Prive, and M. Sienkiewicz, 2020. Simulation of atmospheric motion vectors for an observing system simulation experiment. J. Atmos. Ocean Tech. , 37, 489-505. doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0079.1  Link to Published Version

Forster, P. M., H. I. Forster, M. J. Evans, M. J. Gidden, C. D. Jones, C. A. Keller, et al., 2020. Current and future global climate impacts resulting from COVID-19. Nature Climate Change , 913-919doi:10.1038/s41558-020-0883-0  Link to Published Version

Freire, J. L., K. Longo de Freitas, S. Freitas, C. Coelho, A. Molod, J. Marshak, A. da Silva, and B. Ribeiro, 2020. To what extent biomass burning aerosols impact South America seasonal climate predictions?. Geophysical Research Letters , 47, e2020GL088096. doi: 10.1029/2020GL088096  Link to Published Version

Freitas, S. R., W. M. Putman, and N. P. Arnold, 2020. Cascading Toward a Kilometer?Scale GCM: Impacts of a Scale?Aware Convection Parameterization in the Goddard Earth Observing System GCM. Geophys Res Lett , 47 (17), e2020GL087682. doi: 10.1029/2020GL087682  Link to Published Version

Gentemann, C. L., J. P. Scott, P. L. F. Mazzini, C. Pianca, S. Akella, P. J. Minnett, P. Cornillon, B. Fox-Kemper, I. Cetinic, T. M. Chin, J. Gomez-Valdes, J. Vazquez-Cuervo, V. Tsontos, L. Yu, R. Jenkins, S. De Halleux, D. Peacock, and N. Cohen, 2020. Saildrone: adaptively sampling the marine environment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. , 101 (6), E744-E762. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0015.1  Link to Published Version

Gibson, P., D. Waliser, A. Goodman, M. DeFlorio, L. Delle Monache, and A. Molod, 2020. Subseasonal-to-seasonal hindcast skill assessment of ridging events related to drought over the Western United States. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres , 125 (22), e2020JD033655. doi: 10.1029/2020JD033655  Link to Published Version

Greene, C. A., A. S. Gardner and L. C. Andrews, 2020. Detecting seasonal ice dynamics in satellite images. Cryosphere , 14 (12), 4365-4378. doi: 10.5194/tc-14-4365-2020  Link to Published Version

Gruber, A., G. De Lannoy, C. Albergel, A. Al-Yaari, L. Brocca, J.-C. Calvet, A. Colliander, M. Cosh, W. Crow, W. Dorigo, C. Draper, M. Hirschi, Y. Kerr, A. Konings, W. Lahoz, C. McColl, C. Montzka, J. Munoz Sabater, J. Peng, R. Reichle, P. Richaume, C. Rudiger, T. M. Scanlon, R. van der Schalie, and W. Wagner, 2020. Validation practices for satellite soil moisture products: What are (the) errors?. Remote Sens. Environ. , 244, 111806. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.111806  Link to Published Version

Hackert, E., R. M. Kovach, A. Molod, G. Vernieres, A. Borovikov, J. Marshak, and Y. Chang, 2020. Satellite Sea Surface Salinity Observations Impact on El Niño/Southern Oscillation Predictions: Case Studies from the NASA GEOS Seasonal Forecast System. J. Geophys. Res. - Ocean , 125, e2019JC015788. doi: 10.1029/2019JC015788  Link to Published Version

Han, P., N. Zeng, T. Oda, X. Lin, M. Crippa, D. Guan, G. Janssens-Maenhout, X. Ma, Z. Liu, Y. Shan, S. Tao, H. Wang, R. Wang, L. Wu, X. Yun, Q. Zhang, F. Zhao, and B. Zheng, 2020. Evaluating China's fossil-fuel CO₂ emissions from a comprehensive dataset of nine inventories. Enviro. Sci. Tech. , 20 (19), 1137-11385. doi: 10.5194/acp-20-11371-2020  Link to Published Version

Huang, H.-Y., S.H. Wang, W.-X. Huang, N.-H.Lin, M.-T. Chuang, A. M. da Silva, and C.-M.Peng, 2020. Influence of Synoptic-Dynamic Meteorology on the Long-Range Transport of Indochina Biomass Burning Aerosols. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres , 125 (3), e2019JD031260. 10.1029/2019JD031260  Link to Published Version

Judt, F., D. Klocke, R. Rios-Berrios, B. Vanniere, F. Ziemen, L. Auger, J. Biercamp, C. Bretherton, X. Chen, P. Duben, C. Kodama, L. Cornblueh, S.-J. Lin, M. Nakano, P. Neumann, W. Putman, N. Rober, M. Roberts, M. Satoh, R. Shibuya, B. Stevens, P. L. Vidale, N. Wedi, and L. Zhou, 2020. Tropical Cyclones in Global Storm-Resolving Models. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan , 99 (3), 579-602. doi:10.2151/jmsj.2021-029  Link to Published Version

Kim, M.-J., J. Jin, A. El Akkraoui, W. McCarty, R. Todling, W. Gu, and R. Gelaro, 2020. The Framework for Assimilating All-Sky GPM Microwave Imager Brightness Temperature Data in the NASA GEOS Data Assimilation System. Mon. Weather Rev. , 148, 2433-2455. doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-19-0100.1  Link to Published Version

Kim, H., M.-I. Lee, S. Kim, Y.-K. Lim, S. D. Schubert, and A. M. Molod, 2020. Representation of tropical storms by the Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications version 2. Asia-Pac. J. Atmos. Sci. , 57, 35-49. doi:10.1007/s13143-019-00169-y  Link to Published Version

Kolassa, J., R. H. Reichle, R. Koster, Q. Liu, S. Mahanama, and F. Zeng, 2020. An observation-driven approach to improve vegetation phenology in a global land surface model. J. Adv. Model. Earth Sys , 12, e2020MS002083. doi: 10.1029/2020MS002083  Link to Published Version

Koster, R. D., S. D. Schubert, A. DeAngelis, A. Molod, and S. P. Mahanama, 2020. Using a Simple Water Balance Framework to Quantify the Impact of Soil Moisture Initialization on Subseasonal Evapotranspiration and Air Temperature Forecasts. J. Hydrometeor , 21, 1705-1722. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-20-0007.1  Link to Published Version

Kramarova, N., P. A. Newman, E. R. Nash, S. E. Strahan, C. S. Long, B. Johnson, M. Pitts, M. L. Santee, I. Petropavlovskikh, L. Coy, and J. de Laat, 2020. 2019 Antarctic ozone hole [in “State of the Climate in 2019"]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. , 101 (8), S310-312. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0090.1  Link to Published Version

Lee, S., M.-I. Lee, C.-K. Song, K.-M. Kim, and A. M. da Silva, 2020. Interannual Variation of the East Asia Jet Stream and its Impacts on Horizontal Distribution of Aerosol in Boreal Spring. Atmos. Envir , 223, 117296. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117296  Link to Published Version

Lee, E., F.-W. Zeng, R. D. Koster, L. E. Ott, S. Mahanama, B. Weir, B. Poulter, and T. Oda, 2020. Impact of a regional US drought on land and atmospheric carbon. J. Geophys. Res. - Biogeo. , 125, e2019JG005599. doi: 10.1029/2019JG005599  Link to Published Version

Li, X., J. Xiao, J. S. Kimball, R. H. Reichle, R. L. Scott, M. E. Litbak, G. Bohrer, and C. Frankenberg, 2020. Synergistic use of SMAP and OCO-2 data in assessing the responses of ecosystem productivity to the 2018 U.S. drought. Remot Sens. Environ. , 251, 112062. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.112062  Link to Published Version

Li, Z., D. B. Wright, S. Q. Zhang, D. B. Kirschbaum, and S. H. Hartke, 2020. Object-Based Comparison of Data-Driven and Physics-Driven Satellite Estimates of Extreme Rainfall. J. Hydrometeorology , 21 (12), 2759-2776. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-20-0041.1  Link to Published Version

Lim, Y.-K., S. D. Schubert, Y. Chang, and H. Wang, 2020. The Boreal Winter El Niño Precipitation Response over North America: Insights into why January is more difficult to predict than February. J. Climate , 33 (20), 8651-8670. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0841.1  Link to Published Version

Liu, Z., J. S. Kimball, N. C. Parazoo, A. P. Ballantyne, W. J. Wang, N. Madan, C. G. Pan, J. D. Watts, R. H. Reichle, O. Sonnentag, P. Marsh, M. Hurkuck, M. Helbig, W. Quinton, D. Zona, M. Ueyama, H. Kobayashi, and E. S. Euskirchen, 2020. Increased high-latitude photosynthetic carbon gain during an anomalously warm spring offset by respiration carbon loss during preceding winter. Global Change Bio. , 26, 682-696. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14863  Link to Published Version

Madani, N., J. S. Kimball, N. C. Parazoo, A. P. Ballantyne, T. Tagesson, L. A. Jones, R. H. Reichle, P. I. Palmer, I. Velicogna, A. A. Bloom, S. Saatchi, Z. Liu, and G.A, 2020. Below-surface water mediates the response of African forests to reduced rainfall. Environ. Res. Lett. , 15, 034063. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab724a  Link to Published Version

Madani, N., N. C. Parazoo, J. S. Kimball,A. P. Ballantyne, R. H. Reichle, M. Maneta, S. Saatchi, P. I. Palmer, Z. Liu, and T. Tagesson, 2020. Recent Amplified Global Gross Primary Productivity Due to Temperature Increase is Offset by Reduced Productivity Due to Water Constraints. AGU Advances , 1, e2020AV000180. doi:10.1029/2020AV000180  Link to Published Version

Maling, C., D. Westervelt, A. Hauryliuk, A. A. Presto, A. Grieshop, A. Bittner, M. Beekmann, and R. Subramanian, 2020. Application of Low-Cost Fine Particulate Mass Monitors to Convert Satellite Aerosol Optical Depth Measurements to Surface Concentrations in North America and Africa. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques , 13, 3873 - 3892. doi: 10.5194/amt-13-3873-2020  Link to Published Version

Mariotti, A., C. Baggett, E. A. Barnes, E. Becker, A. Butler, D. C. Collins, P. A. Dirmeyer, L. Ferranti, N. C. Johnson, J. Jones, B. P. Kirtman, A. L. Lang, A. M. Molod, M. Newman, A. W. Roberts, S. D. Schubert, D. E. Waliser, and J. Albers, 2020. Windows of Opportunity for Skillful Forecasts Subseasonal to Seasonal and Beyond. Bulletin of the Americal Meteorological Sciety , 101 (5), E608-E625. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0326.1  Link to Published Version

Molod, A., E. Hackert, Y. Vikhliaev, B. Zhao, D. Barahona, G. Vernieres, A. Borovikov, R. M. Kovach, J. Marshak, S. Schubert, Z. Li, Y.-K. Lim, L. C. Andrews, R. Cullather, R. Koster, D. Achuthavarier, J. Carton, L. Coy, J. L. M. Freire, K. M. Longo, K. Nakada, and S. Pawson, 2020. GEOS-S2S Version 2: The GMAO High Resolution Coupled Model and Assimilation System for Seasonal Prediction. J. Geophy. Res. - Atmos. , 125, e2019JD031767. doi: 10.1029/2019JD031767  Link to Published Version

Moradi, I., F. Evans, W. McCarty, M. Cordero-Fuentes, and R. Gelaro, 2020. Assimilation of microwave observations over the rainbands of tropical cyclones. Monthly Weather Review , 148, 4729-4745. doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-19-0341.1  Link to Published Version

Orbe, C., K. Wargan, S. Pawson, and L. D. Oman, 2020. Mechanisms linked to recent ozone decreases in the Northern Hemisphere lower stratosphere. J. Geophys. Res: Atmos. , 125, e2019JD031631. doi: 10.1029/2019JD031631  Link to Published Version

Park, J., B. Forman, R. H. Reichle, G. De Lannoy, and S. Tarik, 2020. Evaluation of GEOS L-Band Microwave Brightness Temperature using Aquarius Observations over Non-Frozen Land across North America. Remote Sensing , 12, 3098. doi: 10.3390/rs12183098  Link to Published Version

Robertson, F. R., J. B. Roberts, M. G. Bosilovich, A. Bentamy C. A. Clayson, K. Fennig, M. Schroder, H. Tomita, G. P. Compo, M. G. H. Hersbach, C Kobayashi, L. Ricciardulli, P. Sardeshmukh, L. C. Slivinski, 2020. Uncertainties in Ocean Latent Heat Flux Variations over Recent Decades in Satellite-Based Estimates and Reduced Observation Reanalyses. J. Climate , 33, 8415–8437. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0954.1  Link to Published Version

Seo, E., M.-I. Lee, H.-S. Kang, S. D. Schubert, and R. D. Koster, 2020. Investigation of the 2016 Eurasia heat wave as an event of the recent warming. Environmental Research Letters , 15 (11), 114018. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/abbbae  Link to Published Version

Seroussi, H., S. Nowicki, A. J. Payne, H. Goelzer, et al., 2020. ISMIP6 Antarctica: a multi-model ensemble of the Antarctic ice sheet evolution over the 21st century. The Cryosphere , 14, 3033–3070. doi: 10.5194/tc-14-3033-2020  Link to Published Version

Shinozuka, Y., P. E. Saide, G. A. Ferrada, S. P. Burton, R. Ferrare, S. J. Doherty, H. Gordon, K. Longo, M. Mallet, Y. Feng, Q. Wang, Y. Cheng, A. Dobracki, S. Freitag, S. G. Howell, S. LeBlanc, C. Flynn, M. Seagl-Rosenhaimer, K. Pistone, J. R. Podolske, E. J. Stith, J. R. Bennett, G. R. Carmichael, A. da Silva, R. Govindaraju, R. Leung, Y. Zhang, L. Pfister, J.-M. Ryoo, J. Redemann, R. Wood, and P. Zuidema, 2020. Modeling the smoky troposphere of the southeast Atlantic: a comparison to ORACLES airborne observations from September of 2016. Atmo. Chem. Phys. , 20 (19), 11491-11526. doi: 10.5194/acp-20-11491-2020  Link to Published Version

Stockwell, W. R., E. Saunders, W. S. Goliff, and R. M. Fitzgerald, 2020. A perspective on the development of gas-phase chemical mechanisms for Eulerian air quality models. J. Air Waste Ma. , 70 (1), 44-70. DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2019.1694605  Link to Published Version

Strobach, E., A. Molod, A. Trayanov, G. Forget, J.-M. Campin, C. Hill, and D. Menemenlis, 2020. Three-to-Six-Day Air-Sea Oscillation in Models and Observations. Geophys. Res. Lett. , 47 (10), e2019GL085837. doi:10.1029/2019GL085837  Link to Published Version

Tegtmeier, S., J. Anstey, S. Davis, R. Dragani, Y. Harada, I. Ivanciu, R. P. Kedzierski, K. Kruger, B. Legras, C. Long, J. S. Wang, K. Wargan, and J. S. Wright, 2020. The tropical tropopause layer in reanalysis data sets. Atmos. Chem. Phys. , 20, 753-770. doi: 10.5194/acp-20-753-2020  Link to Published Version

Thomas, N. P., M. G. Bosilovich,A. B. M. Collow, R. D. Koster, S. D. Schuber, A. Dezfuli, and S. P. Mahanama, 2020. Mechanisms associated with Daytime and Nighttime Heat Waves over the Contiguous United States. J. Appl. Meteorol. Clim. , 59 (11), 1865-1882. doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-20-0053.1  Link to Published Version

Ukhov, A., S. Mostamandi, J. Flemming, A. da Silva, I. Shevchenko, A. Alshehri, and G. Stenchikov, 2020. Assessment of natural and anthropogenic aerosol air pollution in the Middle East using MERRA-2, CAMS data assimilation products, and high-resolution WRF-Chem model simulations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , 20 (15), 9281-9310. doi: 10.5194/acp-20-9281-2020  Link to Published Version

Veselovskii, I., Q. Hu, P. Goloub, T. Podvin, M. Korenskiy, Y. Derimian, M. Legrand, and P. Castellanos, 2020. Variability of Lidar-Derived Particle Properties Over West Africa Due to Changes in Absorption: Towards an Understanding. Atmos. Chem. Phys , 20 (11), 6563-6581. doi: 10.5194/acp-20-6563-2020  Link to Published Version

Waliser, D., P. J. Gleckler, R. Ferraro, K. E. Taylor, S. Ames, J. Biard, M.G. Bosilovich, O. Brown, H. Chepfer, L. Cinquini, P. Durack, V. Erying, P.-P. Mathieu, T. Lee, S. Pinock, G. L. Potter, M. Rixen, R. Saunders, J. Schulz, J.-N. Thepaut, and M. Tuma, 2020. Quantifying the Impact of Atmospheric Transport Uncertainty on CO₂ Surface Flux Estimates. Geosci. Model Dev. , 13, 2945-2958. doi: 10.5194/gmd-13-2945-2020  Link to Published Version

Wang, J., S. Roudini, E. J. Hyer, X. Xu, M. Zhou, L. C. Garcia, J. S. Reid, D. Peterson, and A. D. Silva, 2020. Detecting Nighttime Fire Combustion Phase by Hybrid Application of Visible and Infrared Radiation from Suomi NPP VIIRS. Remote Sensing of Environment , 237, 111466. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.111466  Link to Published Version

Wang, J. S., T. Oda, S. R. Kawa, S. A. Strode, D. F. Baker, L. E. Ott, and S. Pawson, 2020. The Impacts of Fossil Fuel Emission Uncertainties and Accounting for 3-D Chemical CO₂ Production on Inverse Natural Carbon Flux Estimates from Satellite and In Situ Data. Environ. Res. Lett , 15 (8), 085002. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab9795  Link to Published Version

Wargan, K., N. Kramarova, B. Weir, S. Pawson, and S. Davis, 2020. Towards a reanalysis of stratospheric ozone for trend studies: Assimilation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder and Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Limb Profiler data. J. Geophys. Res. - Atmos. , 125, e2019JD031892. doi: 10.1029/2019JD031892  Link to Published Version

Wargan, K., B. Weir, G. Manney, S.E. Cohn, and N.J. Livesey, 2020. The anomalous 2019 Antarctic ozone hole in the GEOS Constituent Data Assimilation System with MLS observations. J. Geophys. Res. - Atmos , 125, e2020JD033335. doi: 10.1029/2020JD033335  Link to Published Version

Wing, A. A., C. L. Stauffer, T. Becker, K. A. Reed, M.-S. Ahn, N. P. Arnold, et. al., 2020. Clouds and Convective Self-Aggregation in a Multi-Model Ensemble of Radiative-Convective Equilibrium Simulations. J. Adv. Model. Earth Sys , 12 (9), e2020MS002138. doi: 10.1029/2020MS002138  Link to Published Version

Wright, J. S., X. Sun, P. Konopka, K. Krü, B. Legras, A. M. Molod, S. Tegtmeier, G. J. Zhang, and X. Zhao, 2020. Differences in tropical high clouds among reanalyses: origins and radiative impacts. Atmos. Chem. Phys , 20 (14), 8989–9030. doi: 10.5194/acp-20-8989-2020  Link to Published Version

Wu, D., J. C. Lin, T. Oda, and E.A. Kort, 2020. Space-based quantification of per capita CO₂ emissions from cities. Environ. Res. Lett. , 15 (3), 035004. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab68eb  Link to Published Version

Wu, D. L., J. N. Lee, K.-M.Kim, and Y.-K. Lim, 2020. Interannual variations of TOA albedo over the Arctic, Antarctic and Tibetan Plateau in 2000-2019. Remote Sensing , 12, 1460. doi:10.3390/rs12091460  Link to Published Version

Xu, M., Q. Liu, D. Sha, M. Yu, D. Q. Duffy, W. M. Putman, M. Carroll, T. Lee, and C. Yang, 2020. PreciPatch: A Dictionary-based Precipitation Downscaling Method. Remote Sensing

Yang, K., A. Sommers, L. C. Anderews, L. C. Smith, X. Lu, X, Fettweis, and M. Li, 2020. Inter-comparison of surface meltwater routing models for the Greenland Ice Sheet and influence on subglacial effective pressures. Cryoshere , 14, 3349-3365. doi:10.5194/tc-14-3349-2020  Link to Published Version

Ye, X., T. Lauvaux, E. A. Kort, T. Oda, S. Feng, J. C. Lin, E. Yang, and D. Wu, 2020. Constraining fossil fuel CO₂ emissions from urban area using OCO-2 observations of total column CO₂. J. Geophys Res. - Atmos. , 125, e2019JD030528. doi: 10.1029/2019JD030528  Link to Published Version

TECHNICAL MEMORANDA

Endsley, K.Arthur, John S. Kimball, Tobias Kundig, Rolf H. Reichle, Joseph V. Ardizzone, 2023. Validation Assessment for the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Level 4 Carbon (L4_C) Data Product Version 7. NASA/TM-2023-104606, Vol. 65, 56 pp. Document (7224 kB).

Reichle, Rolf H., Qing Liu, Joseph V. Ardizzone, Michel Bechtold, Wade T. Crow, Gabrielle J. M. De Lannoy, John S. Kimball and Randal D. Koster, 2023. Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Project Assessment Report for Version 7 of the L4_SM Data Product. NASA/TM-2023-104606, Vol. 64, 91 pp. Document (17397 kB).

Kemppinen, Osku, Peter R. Colarco and Patricia Castellanos, 2022. GEOS aerosol optical table calculation package GEOSmie. NASA/TM-2023-104606, Vol. 63, 81 pp. Document (3209 kB).

Chang, Yehui, Siegfried Schubert, Randal Koster, Andrea Molod, and Yong-Kwon Lim, 2022. Climate Characteristics of the Atmospheric Analysis Increments from the GEOS S2S V3 AOGCM Replayed to MERRA-2. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2021-104606, Vol. 62, 147 pp. Document (46192 kB).

Kimball, John, K. Arthur Endsley, Tobias Kundig, Joseph Glassy, Rolf H. Reichle and Joseph V. Ardizzone, 2022. Validation Assessment for the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Level 4 Carbon (L4_C) Data Product Version 6. ASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2022-104606, Vol. 61, 45 pp. Document (6285 kB).

Reichle, Rolf, Qing Liu, Randal D. Koster, Joseph V. Ardizzone, Andreas Colliander, Wade T. Crow, Gabrielle J. M. De Lannoy and John S. Kimball, 2022. Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Project Assessment Report for Version 6 of the L4_SM Data Product. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2021-104606, Vol. 60, 72 pp. Document (8595 kB).

Reichle, Rolf, and Qing Liu, 2021. Observation-Corrected Precipitation for the SMAP Level 4 Soil Moisture (Version 6) Product and the GEOS R21C Reanalysis. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2021-104606, Vol. 59, 32 pp. Document (404 kB).

Reichle, Rolf, Qing Liu, Randal D. Koster, Joseph V. Ardizzone, Andreas Colliander, Wade T. Crow, Gabrielle J. M. De Lannoy and John S. Kimball, 2021. Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Project Assessment Report for Version 5 of the L4_SM Data Product. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2021-104606, Vol. 58, 60 pp. Document (3713 kB).

Chang, Yehui, Siegfried Schubert, Randal Koster and Andrea Molod, 2021. Tendency Bias Correction in the GEOS AGCM. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2021-104606, Vol. 57, 78 pp. Document (5255 kB).

Kimball, John, K. Arthur Endsley, Tobias Kundig, Joseph Glassy, Rolf H. Reichle and Joseph V. Ardizzone, 2021. Validation Assessment for the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Level 4 Carbon (L4_C) Data Product Version 5. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2021-104606, Vol. 56, 31 pp. Document (2610 kB).

Schubert, Siegfreid, Young-Kwon Lim, Andrea Molod, and Allison Marquardt Collow, 2021. A Phenomenon-Based Decomposition of Model-Based Estimates of Boreal Winter ENSO Variability. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2021-104606, Vol. 55, 88 pp. Document (7722 kB).

Carvalho, David, and Will McCarty, 2020. Position Estimation of Atmospheric Motion Vectors for Observation System Simulation Experiments. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2019-104606, Vol. 54, 44 pp. Document (2175 kB).

Schubert, Siegfried, Anna Borovikov, Young-Kwon Lim, and Andrea Molod, 2019. Ensemble Generation Strategies Employed in the GMAO GEOS-S2S Forecast System. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2019-104606, Vol. 53, 75 pp. Document (5002 kB).

Reichle, Rolf H., Qing Liu, Randal D. Koster, Joseph V. Ardizzone, Andreas Colliander, Wade T. Crow, Gabrielle J. M. De Lannoy, and John S. Kimball, 2018. Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Project Assessment Report for Version 4 of the L4_SM Data Product. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2018-104606, Vol. 52, 72 pp. Document (11805 kB).

Akella, Santha, and Max Suarez, 2018. The Atmosphere-Ocean Interface Layer of NASA’s Goddard Earth Observing System Model and Data Assimilation System. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2018-104606, Vol. 51, 42 pp. Document (4892 kB).

Todling, Ricardo, and Amal El Akkraoui, 2018. The GMAO Hybrid Ensemble-Variational Atmospheric Data Assimilation System: Version 2.0. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2018-104606, Vol. 50, 184 pp. Document (5543 kB).

Kim, Jong, Santha Akella, Arlindo M. da Silva, Ricardo Todling, and William McCarty, 2018. Preliminary evaluation of influence of aerosols on the simulation of brightness temperature in the NASA’s Goddard Earth Observing System Atmospheric Data Assimilation System. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2018-104606, Vol. 49, 44 pp. Document (5922 kB).

Errico, Ronald M., Nikki C. Privé, David Carvalho, Meta Sienkiewicz, Amal El Akkraoui, Jing Guo, Ricardo Todling, Will McCarty, William M. Putman, Arlindo da Silva, Ronald Gelaro, Isaac Moradi, 2017. Description of the GMAO OSSE for Weather Analysis Software Package: Version 3. NASA/TM-2017-104606, Vol. 48, 156 pp. Document (2473 kB).

Collow, Allison B. Marquardt, Sarith P. Mahanama, Michael G. Bosilovich, Randal D. Koster, and Siegfried D. Schubert, 2017. An Evaluation of Teleconnections Over the United States in an Ensemble of AMIP Simulations with the MERRA-2 Configuration of the GEOS Atmospheric Model. NASA/TM-2017-104606, Vol. 47, 68 pp. Document (5623 kB).

McCarty, Will, Lawrence Coy, Ronald Gelaro, Albert Huang, Dagmar Merkova, Edmond B. Smith, Meta Seinkiewicz, and Krzysztof Wargan, 2016. MERRA-2 Input Observations: Summary and Assessment. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2016-104606, Vol. 46, 61 pp. Document (3553 kB).

Randles, C. A., A. M. da Silva, V. Buchard, A. Darmenov, P. R. Colarco, V. Aquila, H. Bian, E. P. Nowottnick, X. Pan, A. Smirnov, H. Yu, and R. Govindaraju, 2016. The MERRA-2 Aerosol Assimilation. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2016-104606, Vol. 45, 143 pp. Document (91522 kB).

Akella, Santha, Ricardo Todling and Max Suarez, 2016. Estimation of the Ocean Skin Temperature using the NASA GEOS Atmospheric Data Assimilation System. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2016-104606, Vol. 44, 88 pp. Document (12742 kB).

Bosilovich, Michael G., Santha Akella, Lawrence Coy, Richard Cullather, Clara Draper, Ronald Gelaro, Robin Kovach, Qing Liu, Andrea Molod, Peter Norris, Krzysztof Wargan, Winston Chao, Rolf Reichle, Lawrence Takacs, Yury Vikhliaev, Steve Bloom, Allison Collow, Stacey Firth, Gordon Labow, Gary Partyka, Steven Pawson, Oreste Reale, Siegfried D. Schubert, and Max Suarez, 2015. MERRA-2: Initial Evaluation of the Climate. NASA/TM–2015–104606, Vol. 43, 139 pp. Document (20707 kB).

Kimball, John S., Lucas A. Jones,Joseph Glassy, E. Natasha Stavros, Nima Madani, Rolf H. Reichle, Thomas Jackson, and Andreas Colliander, 2015. Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Project Calibration and Validation for the L4_C Beta-Release Data Product. NASA/TM–2015-104606, Vol. 42, 37 pp. Document (13765 kB).

Schubert, Siegfried, Will Pozzi, Kingtse Mo, Eric F. Wood, Kerstin Stahl, Mike Hayes, Juergen Vogt, Sonia Seneviratne, Ron Stewart, Roger Pulwarty, and Robert Stefanski, 2015. GDIS Workshop Report. NASA/TM–2015-104606, Vol. 41, 40 pp. Document (623 kB).

Reichle, Rolf H., Gabrielle J. M. De Lannoy, Qing Liu, Andreas Colliander, Austin Conaty, Thomas Jackson, John Kimball, and Randal D. Koster, 2015. Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Project Assessment Report for the Beta-Release L4_SM Data Product. NASA/TM-2015-104606, Vol. 40. Document (5812 kB).

Mahanama, Sarith P., Randal D. Koster, Gregory K. Walker, Lawrence L. Takacs, Rolf H. Reichle, Gabrielle De Lannoy, Qing Liu, Bin Zhao, and Max J. Suarez, 2015. Land Boundary Conditions for the Goddard Earth Observing System Model Version 5 (GEOS-5) Climate Modeling System - Recent Updates and Data File Descriptions. NASA/TM–2015-104606, Vol. 39, 55 pp. Document (4608 kB).

Darmenov, Anton, and Arlindo da Silva, 2015. The Quick Fire Emissions Dataset (QFED): Documentation of versions 2.1, 2.2 and 2.4. NASA/TM–2015–104606, Vol. 38. Document (68725 kB).

Takacs, Lawrence L., Max Suarez, and Ricardo Todling, 2015. Maintaining Atmospheric Mass and Water Balance Within Reanalysis. NASA/TM–2014-104606, Vol. 37. Document (3732 kB).

Gelaro, Ronald, William M. Putman, Steven Pawson, Clara Draper, Andrea Molod, Peter M. Norris, Lesley Ott, Nikki Privé, Oreste Reale, Deepthi Achuthavarier, Michael Bosilovich, Virginie Buchard, Winston Chao, Lawrence Coy, Richard Cullather, Arlindo da Silva, Anton Darmenov, Ronald M. Errico, Marangelly Fuentes, Min-Jeong Kim, Randal Koster, Will McCarty, Jyothi Nattala, Gary Partyka, Siegfried Schubert, Guillaume Vernieres, Yuri Vikhliaev, and Krzysztof Wargan, 2015. Evaluation of the 7-km GEOS-5 Nature Run. NASA/TM–2014-104606, Vol. 36. Document (88612 kB).

Reichle, R. H., and Q. Liu, 2014. Observation-Corrected Precipitation Estimates in GEOS-5. NASA/TM–2014-104606, Vol. 35. Document (495 kB).

Keppenne, C. L., M. M. Rienecker, R. M. Kovach, and G. Vernieres, 2014. Background error covariance estimation using information from a single model trajectory with application to ocean data assimilation into the GEOS-5 coupled model. NASA/TM-2014-104606, Vol. 34. Document (1941 kB).

Rousseaux, C. S., and W. W. Gregg, 2014. The effects of chlorophyll assimilation on carbon fluxes in a global biogeochemical model. NASA/TM-2014-104696, Vol. 33. Document (942 kB).

Provencal, S., P. Kishcha, E. Elhacham, A. M. da Silva, and P. Alpert, 2014. Estimates of AOD Trends (2002 – 2012) over the World’s Major Cities based on the MERRA Aerosol Reanalysis. NASA/TM-2014-104606, Vol. 32, 40 pp. Document (3247 kB).

Gregg, W. W., N. W. Casey, and C. S. Rousseaux, 2013. Global surface ocean carbon estimates in a model forced by MERRA. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA TM-2013-104606, Vol. 31, 39 pp. Document (1170 kB).

Vernieres, G., M. Rienecker, R. Kovach, and C. Keppenne, 2012. The GEOS-iODAS: Description and Evaluation. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA TM—2012-104606, Vol. 30, 61 pp. Document (13707 kB).

Rienecker, M.M., D. Dee, J. Woollen, G. P. Compo, K. Onogi, R. Gelaro, M. G. Bosilovich, A. da Silva, S. Pawson, S. Schubert, M. Suarez, D. Barker, H. Kamahori, R. Kistler, and S. Saha, 2012. Atmospheric Reanalyses—Recent Progress and Prospects for the Future. A Report from a Technical Workshop, April 2010. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA TM—2012-104606, Vol. 29, 56 pp. Document (9410 kB).

Molod, A., L. Takacs, M. Suarez, J. Bacmeister, I.-S. Song, and A. Eichmann, 2012. The GEOS-5 Atmospheric General Circulation Model: Mean Climate and Development from MERRA to Fortuna. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA TM—2012-104606, Vol. 28, 117 pp. Document (11776 kB).

Rienecker, M.M., M. J. Suarez, R. Todling, J. Bacmeister, L. Takacs, H.-C. Liu, W. Gu, M. Sienkiewicz, R. D. Koster, R. Gelaro, I. Stajner, and J. E. Nielsen, 2008. The GEOS-5 Data Assimilation System - Documentation of Versions 5.0.1, 5.1.0, and 5.2.0. Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, Vol. 27, 1-118 pp. Document (11978 kB).

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, Vol. 26, 1-187 pp. Document (18124 kB).

Waliser, D., S. Schubert, A. Kumar, K. Weickmann, and R. Dole, 2003. Modeling, Simulation, and Forecasting of Subseasonal Variability. NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation, NASA/TM-2016-104606, Vol. 25, 70 pp. Document (12998 kB).

Rienecker, M., A. Troccoli, C. Keppenne, G. Johnson, 2003. Temperature Data Assimilation with Salinity Corrections: Validation for the NSIPP Ocean Data Assimilation System in the Tropical Pacific Ocean, 1993-1998. Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 104606, Vol. 24, 1-39 pp. Document (3077 kB).

Schubert, S., R. Dole, H. van den Dool, M. Suarez, D. Waliser, 2002. Prospects for Improved Forecasts of Weather and Short-Term Climate Variability on Subseasonal (2-Week to 2-Month) Time Scales. Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 104606, Vol. 23, 1-163 pp. Document (11999 kB).

Gregg, W.W., 2002. A Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Radiative Model for Global Ocean Biogeochemical Models. Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 104606, Vol. 22, 1-31 pp. Document (2513 kB).

Keppene, C. L., and M. Rienecker, 2001. Design and Implementation of a Parallel Multivariate Ensemble Kalman Filter for the Poseidon Ocean General Circulation Model. NASA Technical Memorandum 104606, Vol. 21. Document (2725 kB).

Chang, Y., S. D. Schubert, S. J. Lin, S. Nebuda, B.-W. Shen, 2001. The Climate of the FVCCM-3 Model. Technical Report Series on Global and Data Assimilation, Vol. 20. Document (8273 kB).

Chou, M.-D., M. Suarez, X.-Z. Liang, M. M.-H. Yan, 2001. A Thermal Infrared Radiation Parameterization for Atmospheric Studies. Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 104606, Vol. 19. Document (1954 kB).

Pegion, P. J., S. D. Schubert, M. Suarez, 2000. An Assessment of the Predictability of Northern Winter Seasonal Means with the NSIPP 1 AGCM. Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 104606, Vol. 18. Document (8353 kB).

Bacmeister, J., S. D. Schubert, M. Suarez, P. J. Pegion, 2000. Atlas of Seasonal Means Simulated by the NSIPP 1 Atmospheric GCM. Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 104606, Vol. 17. Document (8943 kB).

Takacs, L., W. Sawyer, M. J. Suarez, and M. S. Fox-Rabinowitz, 1999. Filtering Techniques on a Stretched Grid General Circulation Model. NASA Technical Memorandum 104606, Vol. 16. Document (3192 kB).

Chou, M.-D., and M. Suarez, 1999. A Solar Radiation Parameterization for Atmospheric Studies. Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 104606, Vol. 15. Document (1880 kB).

Bosilovich, M. G., and S. D. Schubert, 1998. A Comparison of GEOS Assimilated Data with FIFE Observations. Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 104606, Vol. 14. Document (2969 kB).

Min, W., and S. Schubert, 1997. Interannual Variability and Potential Predictability in Reanalysis Products. Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 104606, Vol. 13. Document (16062 kB).

Chang, A., and L. Chiu, 1997. Comparison of Satellite Global Rainfall Algorithms. Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 104606, Vol. 12. Document (305 kB).

Yang, W., I. M. Navon, R. Todling, 1997. Documentation of the Tangent and Adjoint Models of the Relaxed Arakawa-Schubert Moisture Parameterization Package of the NASA GEOS-1 GCM. Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 104606, Vol. 11. Document (331 kB).

Takacs, L., and M. Suarez, 1996. Dynamical Aspects of Climate Simulations Using the GEOS General Circulation Model. NASA Technical Memorandum 104606, Vol. 10. Document (3578 kB).

Koster, R. D., and M. J. Suarez, 1996. Energy and Water Balance Calculations in the Mosaic LSM. Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 104606, Vol. 9. Document (2528 kB).

Yang, W., and I. M. Navon, 1995. Documentation of the Tangent Linear Model and Its Adjoint of the Adiabatic Version of the NASA GEOS-1 C-Grid GCM (Version 5.2). Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 104606, Vol. 8. Document (363 kB).

Schubert, S. D., and R. Rood, 1995. Proceedings of the Workshop on the GEOS-1 Five-Year Assimilation. NASA Technical Memorandum 104606, Vol. 7. Document (24028 kB).

Schubert, S. D., C. K. Park, C. Y. Wu, W. Higgins, Y. Kondratyeva, A. Molod, L. L. Takacs, M. Seablom, R. B. Rood, 1995. A Multiyear Assimilation with the GEOS-1 System: Overview and Results. NASA Technical Memorandum 104606, Vol. 6. Document (14369 kB).

Suarez, M., and L. L. Takacs, 1995. Documentation of the Aries-GEOS Dynamical Core: Version 2. NASA Technical Memorandum 104606, Vol. 5. Document (1667 kB).

Pfaendtner, J., S. Bloom, D. Lamich, M. Seablom, M. Sienkiewicz, J. Stobie, A. da Silva, 1995. Documentation of the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) Data Assimilation System: Version 1. NASA Technical Memorandum 104606, Vol. 4. Document (2674 kB).

Chou, M.-D., M. J. Suarez, X.-Z. Liang, M. Yan, 1994. An Efficient Thermal Infrared Radiation Parameterization for Use in General Circulation Models. Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 104606, Vol. 3. Document (2587 kB).

Li, Y., S. Moorthi, J. R. Bates, 1994. Direct Solution of the Implicit Formulation of Fourth Order Horizontal Diffusion for Gridpoint Models on the Sphere. Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 104606, Vol. 2. Document (1876 kB).

Takacs, L., A. Molod, T. Wang, 1994. Documentation of the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) General Circulation Model: Version 1. Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 104606, Vol. 1. Document (4320 kB).

GMAO OFFICE NOTES

GMAO Office Note No. 22 (Version 1.1): Collow, A., V. Buchard, M. Chin, P. Colarco, A. Darmenov, and A. da Silva, 2023. Supplemental Documentation for GEOS Aerosol Products  Document [PDF]. See also Version 1.0 (2023).

GMAO Office Note No. 21 (Version 1.0): Wargan, K., B. Weir, 2022. File Specification for MERRA-2 Stratospheric Composition Reanalysis of Aura MLS (M2-SCREAM)  Document [PDF].

GMAO Office Note No. 20 (Version 1.1): Keller, C., H. Amos, V. Buchard, A. Darmenov, S. Shen, M. Deloria Knoll, F. Villavicencio, M. Bosilovich, 2021. File Specification for MERRA-2 Country-Level Surface PM2.5 Monthly Mean Product  Document [PDF]. See also Version 1.0 (2021). See also Version 1.0 (2021). See also Version 1.0 (2021). See also Version 1.0 (2021).

GMAO Office Note No. 19 (Version 1.3): Collow, Allison, M. Bosilovich, A. Dezfuli, and R. Lucchesi, 2023. File Specification for MERRA-2 Climate Statistics Products  Document [PDF]. See also Version 1.2 (2021). See also Version 1.2 (2021). See also Version 1.1 (2021). See also Version 1.0 (2020).

GMAO Office Note No. 18 (Version 1.0): Collow, Allison, R. Lucchesi, and A. Da Silva, 2020. File Specification for GEOS Products Sampled Along Aircraft Trajectories  Document [PDF].

GMAO Office Note No. 17 (Version 1.3): Knowland, K. Emma, C.A. Keller, and R. Lucchesi, 2020. File Specification for GEOS-CF Products  Document [PDF]. See also Version 1.2 (2022). See also Version 1.1 (2020). See also Version 1.0 (2019).

GMAO Office Note No. 16 (Version 1.0): Nakada, K., R. Kovach, J. Marshak, and A. Molod, 2018. S2S-2_1: File Specification  Document [PDF].

GMAO Office Note No. 15 (Version 1.0): Collow, A., M. Bosilovich, and R. Lucchesi, 2018. File Specification for M2AMIP Products  Document [PDF].

GMAO Office Note No. 14 (Version 1.0): Putman, W., and M. J. Suarez, 2017. Overview of the GEOS Atmospheric Model and the Challenges of Using it at Exascale  Document [PDF].

GMAO Office Note No. 13 (Version 1.0): Kimball, J.S., L. A. Jones, J. Glassy, E. N. Stavros, N. Madani, R. H. Reichle, T. Jackson, and A. Colliander, 2016. Soil Moisture Active Passive Mission L4_C Data Product Assessment (Version 2 Validated Release)  Document [PDF].

GMAO Office Note No. 12 (Version 1.0): Reichle, R., G. J. M. De Lannoy, Q. Liu, J. V. Ardizzone, F. Chen, A. Colliander, A. Conaty, W. Crow, T. Jackson, J. Kimball, R. D. Koster, and E. Brent Smith, 2016. Soil Moisture Active Passive Mission L4_SM Data Product Assessment (Version 2 Validated Release)  Document [PDF].

GMAO Office Note No. 11 (Version 2.1): Endsley, K.A., J. Glassy, J. S. Kimball, L. A. Jones, R. H., Reichle, J. V. Ardizzone, G.-K. Kim, R. A. Lucchesi, E. B. Smith, and B. H. Weiss, 2021. Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission Level 4 Carbon (L4_C) Product Specification Document | GMAO Office Note No. 11 (Version 2.2)  Document [PDF]. See also Version 2.1 (2021). See also Version 2.0 (2016). See also Version 1.9 (2015).

GMAO Office Note No. 10 (Version 1.6): Reichle, R.H., R. A. Lucchesi, J. V. Ardizzone, G.-K. Kim, E. B. Smith, and B. H. Weiss, 2018. Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission Level 4 Surface and Root Zone Soil Moisture (L4_SM) Product Specification Document  Document [PDF]. See also Version 1.5 (2018). See also Version 1.4 (2015).

GMAO Office Note No. 9 (Version 1.1): Bosilovich, M. G., R. Lucchesi, and M. Suarez, 2015. MERRA-2: File Specification  Document [PDF].

GMAO Office Note No. 8 (Version 1.0): Kouatchou, J., A. Molod, J. E. Nielsen, B. Auer, W. Putman and T. Clune, 2015. GEOS-5 Chemistry Transport Model User's Guide  Document [PDF].

GMAO Office Note No. 7 (Version 1.0): da Silva, A. M., C. A. Randles, V. Buchard, A. Darmenov, P. R. Colarco, and R. Govindaraju, 2015. File Specification for the MERRA Aerosol Reanalysis (MERRAero)  Document [PDF].

GMAO Office Note No. 6: da Silva, A.M., W. Putman, and J. Natalla, 2015. File Specification for the 7-km GEOS-5 Nature Run, Ganymed Release (Non-hydrostatic 7-km Global Mesoscale Simulation)  Document [PDF].

GMAO Office Note No. 5 (Version 1.0): Putman, W., A. M. da Silva, L. E. Ott, and A. Darmenov, 2014. Model Configuration for the 7-km GEOS-5 Nature Run, Ganymed Release (Non-hydrostatic 7-km Global Mesoscale Simulation)  Document [PDF].

GMAO Office Note No. 4 (Version 1.2): Lucchesi, R., 2018. File Specification for GEOS-5 FP (Forward Processing)  Document [PDF]. See also Version 1.1 (2017). See also Version 1.0 (2013).

GMAO Office Note No. 3: Reichle, R. H., 2012. The MERRA-Land Data Product (Version 1.2)  Document [PDF].

GMAO Office Note No. 2 (Version 1.4): Lucchesi, R., 2015. File Specification for GEOS-5 FP-IT (Forward Processing for Instrument Teams)  Document [PDF]. See also Version 1.2 (2013).

GMAO Office Note No. 1: Lucchesi, R., 2012. File Specification for MERRA Products (Version 2.3)  Document [PDF].

This is a repository of presentations from scientific conferences and workshops which list GMAO staff members as lead or co-authors. They summarize research in poster form and were displayed to share results with the conference participants. Please note that this collection is not comprehensive.

2024 POSTERS

NASA TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

da Silva, Arlindo, Hal Maring, Felix Seidel, Michael Behrenfeld, Richard Ferrare, and Gerald Mace, 2020. Aerosol, Cloud, Ecosystems (ACE) Final Study Report. NASA/TP-20205007337. Document (6669 kb)

SELECTED TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

Montzka, Carsten, M. Cosh, B. Bayat, A. Al Bitar, A. Berg, R. Bindlish, H. R. Bogena, J. D. Bolten, F. Cabot, T. Caldwell, S. Chan, A. Colliander, W. Crow, N. Das, G. De Lannoy, W. Dorigo, S. R. Evett, A. Gruber, S. Hahn, T. Jagdhuber, S. Jones, Y. Kerr, S. Kim, C. Koyama, M. Kurum, E. Lopez-Baeza, F. Mattia, K. McColl, S. Mecklenburg, B. Mohanty, P. O'Neill, D. Or, T. Pellarin, G. P. Petropoulos, M. Piles, R. H. Reichle, N. Rodriguez-Fernandez, C. Rüdiger, T. Scanlon, R. C. Schwartz, D. Spengler, P. Srivastava, S. Suman, R. van der Schalie, W. Wagner, U. Wegmüller, J.-P. Wigneron, F. Camacho, and J. Nickeson, 2020. Soil Moisture Product Validation Good Practices Protocol. Land Product Validation Subgroup (WGCV/CEOS).

BOOKS

Wang, H., S. D. Schubert, and R. D. Koster 2017. North American Drought and Links to Northern Eurasia: The Role of Stationary Rossby Waves. In Patterns of Climate Extremes: Trends and Mechanisms. S. Wang, J. Yoon, C. Funk, R. Gillies, Eds. Wiley, 195-221. DOI: 10.1002/9781119068020.ch12.

De Lannoy, G. J. M., P. de Rosnay, and R. H. Reichle (2016), Soil Moisture Data Assimilation, in Handbook of Hydrometeorological Ensemble Forecasting, edited by Q. Duan, F. Pappenberger, J. Thielen, A. Wood, H. L. Cloke, and J. C. Schaake, Springer Verlag, 1-43, Springer Verlag, New York, doi:10.1007/978-3-642-40457-3_32-1.

Bosilovich, M. G., J. Kennedy, D. Dee, R. Allan and A. O.Neill, 2013. On the Reprocessing and Reanalysis of Observations for Climate in Climate Science for Serving Society: Research, Model and Prediction Priorities. G. Asrar and J. Hurrell, Eds. Springer, 51-71. ISBN 978-94-007-6691-4.

Schubert, S. D., Y-K. Lim, 2013. Climate variability and weather extremes: model-simulated and historical data Chapter 9 in Extremes in a changing climate — detection, analysys & uncertainty. Eds. A. AghaKouchak, D. Easterling, K. Hsu, S. Schubert, S. Sorooshian, Springer. ISBN 978-94-007-4478-3

Cohn, S.E., 2010. The Principle of Energetic Consistency in Data Assimilation. Chapter 7 in Data Assimilation: Making Sense of Observations, Eds. W. Lahoz, B. Khattatov and R. Menard, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74703-1

Rood, R.B., M. G. Bosilovich, 2010. Reanalysis: Data Assimilation for Scientific Investigation of Climate, in Data Assimilation: Making sense of observations, Eds. W. A. Lahoz, B. Khattotov and R. Menard, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74703-1

Reichle, R. H., M. G. Bosilovich, W. T. Crow, R. D. Koster, S. V. Kumar, S. P. P. Mahanama, and B. F. Zaitchik, 2009. Recent Advances in Land Data Assimilation at the NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Chapter 21 of Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Hydrologic Applications,ed. S.-K. Park, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-71056-1, Chapter 21

Cohn, S.E., 2008. Energetic Consistency and Coupling of the Mean and Covariance Dynamics. Chapter 16 in Handbook of Numerical Analysis, Vol. XIV, Ed. P.G. Ciarlet, Special Volume: Computational Methods for the Atmosphere and the Oceans, Guest Eds. R. Temam and J. Tribbia, Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-444-51893-4

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS

Reichle, R., G. De Lannoy, Q. Liu, and J. Ardizzone, 2016. SMAP Data Assimilation at the GMAO. Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) Quarterly, 53.  Link to Published Version

Zeng, X., S. Acherman, R.D. Ferraro, J.J. Murray, S. Pawson, C. Reynolds, and J. Teixiera, 2015. Workshop Report on Scientific Challenges and Opportunities in the NASA Weather Focus Area. NASA Weather Focus Area Workshop, April 2015.  Link to Published Version

Bosilovich, M. G., M. Rixen, P. van Oevelen, G. Asrar, G. Compo, K. Onogi, A. Simmons, K. Trenberth, D. Behringer, T. Hossain Bhuiyan, S. Capps, A. Chaudhuri, J. Chen, L. Chen, N. Colasacco-Thumm, M. G. Escobar, C. R. Ferguson, T. Ishibashi, M. L. R. Liberato, J. Meng, A. Molod, and co-authors, 2012. Report of the 4th World Climate Research Programme International Conference on Reanalyses. 4th World Climate Research Programme International Conference on Reanalyses, Silver Spring, Maryland, 7-11 May 2012.  Link to Published Version

Schubert, S.D., I.-S. Kang, F. Kucharski, and J. Shukla, 2009. Summary Report of the Workshop on High-Resolution Climate Modeling.. Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, 10-14 August 2009. Document (161 kb)

Schubert, S., D. Dee, S. Uppala, J. Woollen, J. Bates, and S. Worley, 2006. Report of the Workshop on "The Development of Improved Observational Data Sets for Reanalysis: Lessons Learned and Future Directions". University of Maryland Conference Center, College Park, MD, 28-29 September 2005. Document (236 kb)

Schubert, S., 2005. Summary Report of the Workshop on: Observational and Modeling Requirements for Predicting Drought on Seasonal to Decadal Time Scales. University of Maryland Inn and Conference Center, Adelphi, MD, 17-19 May 2005. Document (229 kb)