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MERRA Progress and Upcoming Events

Progress of MERRA Reanalysis Runs:

Latest d5_merra_jan79 date completed: 19910425

Latest d5_merra_jan89 date completed: 20001020

Latest d5_merra_jan98 date completed: 20071126

For more on the MERRA production runs, see GMAO Operations' MERRA Status page.

MERRA Recent and Upcoming Events *

* Note: Only observing system change events are currently listed.

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This table catalogs important events in the timeline of MERRA that can be used to focus investigations of the production data. The events include weather and climate events of note as well as events related to the observing system and observing system issues found in the QA of MERRA output. Ultimately, this will serve as a resource for users to check known variations in the MERRA time series.

Major Events ( Observing System , Weather , and Climate ) during the MERRA Period:

1978-1988 [Show All] [Hide All]	1989-1997 [Show All] [Hide All]	1998-2008 [Show All] [Hide All]
1979 January February 19 W - East Coast Snow March April May June July 02 O - NOAA-06 Starts August September October November 26 O - NOAA-06 No Data December 1980 January February March April May June 02 O - TIROS-N Stops July August September October November December 1981 January February March April May June July 11 O - NOAA-07 Starts August September October November December 1982 January February March April May June July August September October November December 1983 January February March April 18 O - NOAA-06 Stops 26 O - NOAA-08 Starts May June July August 06 O - NOAA-07-08 No Data September October November December 1984 January 14 O - NOAA-07-08 No Data February March April May June 16 O - NOAA-08 No Data 21 O - NOAA-08 Stops July August September October November December 06 O - NOAA-07 No Data 1985 January 02 O - NOAA-09 Starts February 20 O - NOAA-07 Stops March April 08 O - NOAA-06 Reactivated May June July 02 O - NOAA-06 Stops - NOAA-08 Starts August September 09 O - NOAA-08 Stops 16 O - NOAA-08 Starts 25 O - NOAA-08-09 No Data October 15 O - NOAA-08 Stops - NOAA-06 Starts November December 1986 January February March 15 O - NOAA-06 - NOAA-09 No Data April May June July August September October November 18 O - NOAA-06 Stops 25 O - NOAA-10 Starts December 1987 January February March April May June July 10 O - DMSP-08 Starts August September October November December 03 O - DMSP-08 No Data 1988 January February March April May June July August September October 12 O - NOAA-11 Starts November 02 O - NOAA-09 Stops December	1989 January February March April May June July August September October November December 1990 January February March April May June July August September October November December 09 O - DMSP-10 Starts 1991 January February March April May June July August 18 O - NOAA-12 Starts September 02 O - NOAA-10 Stops October November December 05 O - DMSP-08 Stops - DMSP-11 Starts 1992 January February March April May June July August September October November December 1993 January February March 13 W - East Coast Snow April May June 01 C - Midwest US Flood July August September October November December 1994 January February March April May June July August September October November December 1995 January 01 O - NOAA-11 Stops 19 O - NOAA-14 Starts February March April May 04 O - DMSP-13 Starts June July August September October November December 1996 January February 05 W - Pacific Northwest Flood March April May June July August September October November December 1997 January February March April May 08 O - DMSP-10 Stops - DMSP-14 Starts June July 15 O - NOAA-12 Stops - NOAA-11 Starts August September October November December	1998 January February March April May June July 02 O - NOAA-15 Starts August September October November December 1999 January February 26 O - NOAA-11 Stops March April May June July August September October November December 19 O - DMSP-11 Stops - DMSP-15 Starts 2000 January February March April May June July August September October November December 2001 January 01 O - NOAA-16 Starts February March April May June July August September October November December 2002 January February March April 11 O - NOAA-15 Outage May June July 15 O - NOAA-17 Starts August September October November December 2003 January February March April May June July August September October November December 2004 January February 16 W - California storm March 27 W - Hurricane Catarina April May June July August September October November December 2005 January 11 W - Southern California Flood February March April May June July August September October November 01 O - NOAA-18 Starts December 2006 January February March April May June July August 15 O - DMSP-15 Stops September October November 08 W - Pacific Northwest Flood December 2007 January February March April May June July August September October November December 2008 January February March April May June July August September October November December

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