PUBLICATIONS
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS - 2021
Anstey, J., T. Banyard, N. Butchart, L. Coy, P. A. Newman, S. Osprey, and C. Wright, 2021. Prospect of increased disruption to the QBO in a changing climate. Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, 15, e2021GL093058 . doi: 10.1029/2021GL093058. Link to Published Version
Aquila, V., C. Baldwin, N. Mukherjee, E. Hackert, F. Li, J. Marshak, A. Molod, S. Pawson, 2021. Impacts of the eruption of Mount Pinatubo on surface temperatures and precipitation in the NASA GEOS subseasonal-to-seasonal forecast system. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 126, 16, e2021JD034830. doi: 10.1029/2021JD034830. Link to Published Version
Beck, H. E., M. Pan, D. Miralles, R. H. Reichle, W. Dorigo, S. Hahn, J. Sheffield, L. Karthikeyan, G. Balsamo, R. M. Parinussa, A. I. J. M. VanDijk N. Vergopolan, and E. F. Wood, 2021. Evaluation of 18 satellite- and model-based soil moisture products using in situ measurements from 826 sensors. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25, 17-40. doi:10.5194/hess-25-17-2021. Link to Published Version
Bindle, L., R. V. Martin, M. J. Cooper, E. W. Lundgren, S. D. Eastham, B. M. Auer, T. L. Clune, H. Wen, J. Lin, L. T. Murray, J. Meng, C. A. Keller, S. Pawson, and D. J. Jacob, 2021. Grid-Stretching Capability for the GEOS-Chem 13.0.0 Atmospheric Chemistry Model. Geoscientific Model Development, 14, 5977-5997. doi: 10.5194/gmd-14-5977-2021. Link to Published Version
Breen, K. H., D. Barahona, T. Yuan, H. Bian, and S. C. James, 2021. Effect of volcanic emissions on clouds during the 2008 and 2018 Kilauea degassing events. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 7749-7771. doi: 10.5194/acp-21-7749-2021. Link to Published Version
Brewin, R. J. W., S. Sathyendranath, T. Platt, H Bowman, et al., 2021. Sensing the ocean biological carbon pump from space: A review of capabilities, concepts, research gaps and future developments. Earth-Science Review, 217, 103604. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103604. Link to Published Version
Bruhwiler, L., S. Basu, J. H. Butler, A. Chatterjee, E. Dlugokencky, M. A. Kenney, A. McComiskey, S. A. Montzka, and D. Stanitski, 2021. Observations of greenhouse gases as climate indicators. Climate Change, 165, 12, . doi: 10.1007/s10584-021-03001-7. Link to Published Version
Brust, C., J. S. Kimball, M. P. Maneta, K. Jencso, M. He, and R. H. Reichle, 2021. Using SMAP Soil Moisture to Constrain MOD16 Evapotranspiration Over the Contiguous USA. Remote Sensing of Environment, 255, 112277. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.112277. Link to Published Version
Chakrabory, S., B. Guan, D. E. Waliser, A. M. da Silva, S. Uluatam, and P. Hess, 2021. Extending the Atmospheric River Concept to Aerosols: Climate and Air Quality Impacts. Geophys. Res. Lett, 48, e2020GL091827. doi: 10.1029/2020GL091827. Link to Published Version
Chattopadhyay, M., W. McCarty, and I. Moradi, 2021. Assessing Sensitivity of MERRA-2 to AMSU-A in Upper Stratosphere. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 38, 3, 629-643. doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-19-0187.1. Link to Published Version
Crow, W. T., R. H. Reichle, and J. Dong, 2021. Expanding the application of soil moisture monitoring systems through regression-based transformation. J. Hydrometeorology, 22, 10, 2601-2615. 10.1175/JHM-D-21-0061.1. Link to Published Version
DeLang, M. N., J. S. Becker, K.-L. Chang, M. L. Serre, O. R. Cooper, M. G. Schultz, S. Schröder, X. Lu, L. Zhang, M. Deushi, B. Josse, C. A. Keller, J.-F. Lamarque, M. Lin, J. Liu, V. Marécal, S. A. Strode, K. Sudo, S. Tilmes, L. Zhang, S. E. Cleland, E. L. Collins, M. Brauer, and J. J. West, 2021. Mapping Yearly Fine Resolution Global Surface Ozone through the Bayesian Maximum Entropy Data Fusion of Observations and Model Output for 1990-2017. Environ. Sci. Technol, 55, 8, 4389-4398. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c07742. Link to Published Version
Duncan, B. N., C. A. Malings, K. E. Knowland, D. C. Anderson, I. A. Prados, C. A. Keller, S. Pawson, and H. Ensz, 2021. Augmenting the Standard Operating Procedures of Health and Air Quality Stakeholders with NASA Resources. GeoHealth, 5, e2021GH000451. doi:10.1029/2021GH000451. Link to Published Version
EL Akkraoui, A., D. Carvalho, R. M. Errico, N. C. Prive, and M. G. Bosilovich, 2021. The role of analysis error in the convergence of reanalysis production streams in MERRA-2. Monthly Weather Review, 149, 4, 1041-1054. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-20-0256.1. Link to Published Version
Felsberg, A., G. J. M. De Lannoy, M. Girotto, J. Poeseny, R. H. Reichle, and T. Stanley, 2021. Global soil water estimates as landslide predictor: the effectiveness of SMOS, SMAP and GRACE observations, land surface simulations and data assimilation. J. Hydrometeor., 22, 1065-1084. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-20-0228.1. Link to Published Version
Freitas, S. R., G. A. Grell and H. Li, 2021. The GF Convection Parameterization: recent developments, extensions, and applications. Geoscientific Model Development, 14, 5393–5411. doi: 10.5194/gmd-14-5393-2021. Link to Published Version
Giordano, M. R., C. Malings, S. N. Pandis, A. A. Presto, V. F. McNeill, D. M. Westervelt, M. Beekmann, and R. Subramanian, 2021. From Low-Cost Sensors to High-Quality Data: A Review of Challenges and Summary of Best Practices for Effectively Using Low-Cost Particulate Matter Mass Sensors. J. Aerosol Science, 158, 105833. doi: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2021.105833. Link to Published Version
Girotto, M., R. H. Reichle, M. Rodell, and V. Maggioni, 2021. Data Assimilation of Terrestrial Water Storage Observations to Estimate Precipitation Fluxes: A Synthetic Experiment. Remote Sensing, 13, 1223. doi:10.3390/rs13061223. Link to Published Version
Keller, C. A., M. Evans, K. E. Knowland, C. A. Hasenkopf, S. Modekurty, R. A. Lucchesi, T. Oda, B. B. Franca, F. C. Mandarino, M. V. D. Suarez, R. G. Ryan, L. H. Fakes, and S. Pawson, 2021. Global Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on the Atmospheric Concentrations of Nitrogen Dioxide and Ozone. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 5, 3555-3592. doi:10.5194/acp-21-3555-2021. Link to Published Version
Keller, C. A., K.E. Knowland, B. N. Duncan, J. Liu, D. C. Anderson, S. Das, R. A. Lucchesi, E. W. Lundgren, J. M. Nicely, E. Nielsen, L. E. Ott, E. Saunders, S. A. Strode, P. A. Wales, D. J. Jacob, and S. Pawson, 2021. Description of the NASA GEOS Composition Forecast Modeling System GEOS-CF v1.0. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 13, 4, e2020MS002413. doi: 10.1029/2020MS002413. Link to Published Version
Koster, R. D., A. DeAngelis, S. D. Schubert, and A. Molod, 2021. Asymmetry in Subseasonal Surface Air Temperature Forecast Error with Respect to Soil Moisture Initialization. J. Hydrometeorology, 22, 10, 2505-2519. doi: /10.1175/JHM-D-21-0022.1. Link to Published Version
Kramarova, N. A., P. A. Newman, E. R. Nash, S. E. Strahan, C. S. Long, B. Johnson, M. Pitts, M. L. Santee, I. Petropavlovskikh, L. Coy, J. De Laat, G. H. Bernhard, S. Stierle, and K. Lakkala, 2021. 2020 Antarctic ozone hole [in “State of the Climate in 2020"]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 102, 8, S345–S34. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0081.1. Link to Published Version
Kramarova, N. A., J. R.Ziemke, L.-K. Huang, J. R. Herman, K. Wargan, C. J. Seftor, G. J. Labow, and L. D. Oman, 2021. Evaluation of Version 3 Total and Tropospheric Ozone Columns From Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera on Deep Space Climate Observatory for Studying Regional Scale Ozone Variations. Front. Remote Sens., 2, 734071. doi:10.3389/frsen.2021.734071. Link to Published Version
Lan, X., S. Basu, S. Schwietzke, L. M. P. Bruhwiler, E. J. Dlugokencky, S. E. Michel, O. A. Sherwood, P. P. Tans, K. Thoning, G. Etiope, Q. Zhuan, L. Liu, Y. Oh, J. Miller, G. Pétron, B. H. Vaughn, and M. Crippa, 2021. Improved Constraints on Global Methane Emissions and Sinks using δ13C-CH4. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35, 6, e2021GB007000. doi: 10.1029/2021GB007000. Link to Published Version
Li, J., A. Hauryliuk, C. Malings, S. R. Eilenberg, R. Subramania, and A. A. Presto, 2021. Characterizing the Aging of Alphasense NO2 Sensors in Long-term Field Deployments. ACS Sensors, 6, 8, 2952–2959. doi: 10.1021/acssensors.1c00729. Link to Published Version
Lim, E.-P., H. H. Hendon, A. H Butler, D. W. J. Thompson, Z. Lawrence, A. A. Scaife, T. G. Shepherd, I. Polichtchouk, H. Nakamura, C. Kobayashi, R. Comer, L. Coy, A. Dowdy, R. D. Garreaud, P. A. Newman, and G. Wang, 2021. The 2019 Southern Hemisphere stratospheric polar vortex weakening and its impacts. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc, 120, 6, E1150-E1171. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0112.1. Link to Published Version
Lim, Y.-K., N. Arnold, A. M. Molod, and S. Pawson, 2021. Seasonality in prediction skill of the Madden-Julian Oscillation and associated dynamics in Version 2 of NASA’s GEOS-S2S forecast system. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 126, 18, e2021JD034961. doi: 10.1029/2021JD034961. Link to Published Version
Lin, H., D. J. Jacob, E. W. Lundgren, M. P. Sulprizio, C. A. Keller, T. M. Fritz, S. D. Eastham, L. K. Emmons, P. C. Campbell, B. Baker, R. D. Saylor, and R. Montuoro, 2021. Harmonized Emissions Component (HEMCO) 3.0 as a versatile emissions component for atmospheric models: application in the GEOS-Chem, NASA GEOS, WRF-GC, CESM2, NOAA GEFS-Aerosol, and NOAA UFS models. Geoscientific Model Development, 14, 5487-5506. doi: 10.5194/gmd-14-5487-2021. Link to Published Version
Luo, B., P. J. Minnett, P. Zuidema, N. R. Nalli, and S. Akella, 2021. Saharan dust effects on North Atlantic sea surface skin temperatures. Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, 126, e2021JC017282. doi: 10.1029/2021JC017282. Link to Published Version
Madani, N., N. C. Parazoo, J. S. Kimball, R. H. Reichle, A.Chatterjee, J. D. Watts, S. Saatchi, Z. Liu, A. Endsley, T. Tagesson, B. M. Rogers, A. Xu, J. A. Wang, T. Magney, and C. E. Miller, 2021. The Impacts of Climate and Wildfire on Ecosystem Gross Primary Productivity in Alaska. J. Geophys. Res. - Biogeosci., 126, e2020JG006078. doi: 10.1029/2020jg006078. Link to Published Version
Malings, C., K. E. Knownland, C. A. Keller, and S. E. Cohn, 2021. Sub-city Scale Hourly Air Quality Forecasting by Combining Models, Satellite Observations, and Ground Measurements. Earth and Space Science, 8, 7, e2021EA001743. doi: 10.1029/2021EA001743. Link to Published Version
Manney, G. L., Z. D. Lawrence, M. L. Santee, K. Wargan, and M. J. Schwartz, 2021. A Moments View of Climatology and Variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon Anticyclone. J. Climate, 34, 19, 7821-7841. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0729.1. Link to Published Version
McCarty, W., D. Carvalho, I. Moradi, and N. C. Prive, 2021. Observing System Simulation Experiments Investigating Atmospheric Motion Vectors and Radiances from a Constellation of 4-5 um Infrared Sounders. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 38 , 2, 331-347. 10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0109.1. Link to Published Version
McFarlane, C. , P. K. Isevulambire, R. S. Lumbuenamo, R. Dhammapala, X. Jin, V. F. McNeil, C. Malings, R. Subrmaia, and D. M. Westervelt, 2021. First measurements of ambient PM2.5 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo and Brazzaville, Republic of Congo using field-calibrated low cost sensors. Aerosol Air Qual. Res., 21, 200619. doi: 10.4209/aaqr.200619. Link to Published Version
McFarlane, C., G. Raheja, C. Malings, E. K. Appoh, A. F. Huges, and D. Westervelt, 2021. An Application of Gaussian Mixture Regression for the Correction of Low Cost PM2.5 Monitoring Data in Accra, Ghana. Earth and Space Science, 5, 9, 2268–2279. doi: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00217. Link to Published Version
Neelam, R., P. O'Neill, G. J. Huffman, R. H. Reichle, S. Chan, and A. Colliander, 2021. Evaluation of GEOS Precipitation Flagging for SMAP Soil Moisture Accuracy. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 22, 1317-1332. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-20-0038.1. Link to Published Version
Peng, J., C. Albergel, A. Balenzano, L. Brocca, O. Cartus, M. Cosh, W. Crow, et al., 2021. A roadmap for high-resolution satellite soil moisture applications - confronting product characteristics with user requirements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 252, 112162. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2020.112162. Link to Published Version
Poinar, K., and L. C. Andrews, 2021. Challenges in predicting Greenland supraglacial lake drainages at the regional scale. The Cryosphere, 15, 1455-1483. doi:10.5194/tc-15-1455-2021. Link to Published Version
Privé, N. C., R.M. Errico, R. Todling, and A. El Akkraoui, 2021. Evaluation of adjoint-based observation impacts. Q. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc, 147, 734, 121-138. doi: 10.1002/qj.3909. Link to Published Version
Privé, N. C., 2021. Comment on "Use of Observing System Simulation Experiments in the U.S.". Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 102, 1, E80-E83.doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0240.1.Link to Published Version
Privé, N. C., R. M. Errico, and W. McCarty, 2021. The importance of simulated errors in Observing System Simulation Experiments. Tellus A, 147, 121-138. DOI: 10.1080/16000870.2021.1886795. Link to Published Version
Qiu, J., J. Dong, W. T. Crow, X. Zhang, R. H. Reichle, and G. J. M. De Lannoy, 2021. The benefit of brightness temperature assimilation for the SMAP Level-4 surface and root-zone soil moisture analysis over mainland China. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25, 3, 1569-1586. doi: 10.5194/hess-25-1569-2021. Link to Published Version
Reichle, R. H., Q. Liu, J. V. Ardizzone, W. T. Crow, G. J. M. De Lannoy, J. Dong, J. S. Kimball, and R. D. Koster, 2021. The Contributions of Gauge-Based Precipitation and SMAP Brightness Temperature Observations to the Skill of the SMAP Level-4 Soil Moisture Product. J. Hydrometeorology, 22, 405-424. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-20-0217.1. Link to Published Version
Rousseaux, C. S., W. W. Gregg and L. Ott, 2021. Assessing the skills of a seasonal forecast of chlorophyll in the global oceans. Remote Sensing, 13, 1051. doi: 10.3390/rs13061051. Link to Published Version
Schubert, S. D., Y. Chang, A. M. DeAngelis, H. Wang, and R. D. Koster, 2021. On the Development and Demise of the Fall 2019 Southeast U. S. Flash Drought: Links to an Extreme Positive IOD. J. Climate, 34, 1701-1723. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0428.1. Link to Published Version
Seo, E., M.-I. Lee and R. H. Reichle, 2021. Assimilation of SMAP and ASCAT Soil Moisture Retrievals into the JULES Land Surface Model Using the Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter. Remote Sensing of Environment, 253, 112222. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2020.112222. Link to Published Version
Shang, X., T. Mielonen, A. Lipponen, E. Giannakaki, A. Leskinen, V. Buchard, A. S. Darmenov, A. Kukkurainen, A. Arola, E. O'Connor, A. Hirsikko, and M. Komppula, 2021. Mass concentration estimates of long-range-transported Canadian biomass burning aerosols from a multi-wavelength Raman polarization lidar and a ceilometer in Finland. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 14, 6159–6179. doi: 10.5194/amt-14-6159-2021. Link to Published Version
Smith, L. C., L.C. Andrews, L.H Pitcher, B.T. Overstreet, Å.K. Rennermalm, M.G. Cooper, S.W. Cooley, J.C. Ryan, C. Miège, C. Kershner, and C.E. Simpson, 2021. Supraglacial river forcing of subglacial water storage and diurnal ice sheet motion. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2020GL091418. doi: 10.1029/2020GL091418. Link to Published Version
Suselj, K., J. Teixeira, M. J. Kurowski, and A. Molod, 2021. Improving the representation of subtropical boundary layer clouds in the NASA GEOS model with the Eddy-Diffusivity/Mass-Flux parameterization. Monthly Weather Review, 149, 3, 793-809. doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-20-0183.1. Link to Published Version
Wales, P. A., R. J. Salawitch, E. S. Lind, G.H. Mount, T. P. Canty, K. Chance, S. Choi, D. Donohoue, T. P. Kurosu, W. R. Simpson, and R. M. Suleiman, 2021. Evaluation of the Stratospheric and Tropospheric Bromine Burden over Fairbanks, Alaska Based on Column Retrievals of Bromine Monoxide. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 126, e2020JD032896. doi: 10.1029/2020JD032896. Link to Published Version
Wang, J, B. Forman,M. Girotto, and R. H. Reichle, 2021. Estimating Terrestrial Snow Mass via Multi-sensor Assimilation of Synthetic AMSR-E Brightness Temperature Spectral Differences and Synthetic GRACE Terrestrial Water Storage Retrievals. Water Resources Research, 57, e2021WR029880. doi:10.1029/2021WR029880. Link to Published Version
Weir, B., L. E. Ott, G. J. Collatz, S. R. Kawa, B. Poulter, A. Chatterjee, T. Oda, and S. Pawson, 2021. Bias-correcting carbon fluxes derived from land-surface satellite data for retrospective and near real-time assimilation systems. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 12, 9609–9628. doi: 10.5194/acp-21-9609-2021. Link to Published Version
Xiao, M., S. P. Mahanama, Y. Xue, F. Chen, and D. P. Lettenmaier, 2021. Modeling Snow Ablation over the Western United States Mountains: Patterns and Controlling Factors. J. Hydrometeor., 22, 2, 297-311. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-19-0198.1. Link to Published Version
TECHNICAL MEMORANDA
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. 19(Version 1.0): Collow, Allison, 2020. File Specification for MERRA-2 Climate Statistics Products Document [PDF].
GMAO Office Note No. 18 (Version 1.0): Collow, Allison, 2020. File Specification for GEOS Products Sampled Along Aircraft Trajectories Document [PDF].
GMAO Office Note No. 17 (Version 1.1): Knowland, K. Emma, 2020. File Specification for GEOS-CF Products Document [PDF]. See also Version 1.0 (2019).
GMAO Office Note No. 16 (Version 1.0): Nakada, K., 2018. S2S-2_1: File Specification Document [PDF].
GMAO Office Note No. 15 (Version 1.0): Collow, A., 2018. File Specification for M2AMIP Products Document [PDF].
GMAO Office Note No. 14 (Version 1.0): Putman, W., 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., 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., 2016. Soil Moisture Active Passive Mission L4_SM Data Product Assessment (Version 2 Validated Release) Document [PDF].
GMAO Office Note No. 11 (Version 2.0): Glassy, J., 2016. Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission Level 4 Carbon (L4_C) Product Specification Document Document [PDF]. See also Version 1.9 (2015).
GMAO Office Note No. 10 (Version 1.5): Reichle, R. H., 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 1.4 (2015).
GMAO Office Note No. 9 (Version 1.1): Bosilovich, M. G., 2015. MERRA-2: File Specification Document [PDF].
GMAO Office Note No. 8 (Version 1.0): Kouatchou, J., 2015. GEOS-5 Chemistry Transport Model User's Guide Document [PDF].
GMAO Office Note No. 7 (Version 1.0): da Silva, A. M., 2015. File Specification for the MERRA Aerosol Reanalysis (MERRAero) Document [PDF].
GMAO Office Note No. 6: da Silva, A.M., 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., 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].
DAO OFFICE NOTES
DAO Office Note 2002-01: Yang, R., et al., 2002. Tangent Linear Analysis of the Mosaic Land Surface Model Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 2001-11: Poli, P., et al., 2001. One-dimensional Variational Analysis using GPS radio occultation refractivity Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 1999-004: Sawyer, W., et al., 1999. Benchmark and Unit Test Results ofthe Message-Passing GEOS General Circulation Model Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 1999-003: Molod, A., 1999. The land surface component in GEOS: Model formulation Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 99-02: Zhu, Y., 1999. Technical Remarks on Smoother Algorithms Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 1999-01: Todling, R., 1999. Estimation Theory and Foundations of Atmospheric Data Assimilation Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 1998-009: Sawyer, W., et al., 1998. GEOS-2.x (multitasked) to GEOS-3.x (MPI) GCM Migration Plan Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 1998-008: Sawyer, W., et al., 1998. PILGRIM: A Parallel Library for Grid Manipulations in Earth Science Calculations Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 98-06: Gaspari, G., et al., 1998. Construction of the PSAS Multi-level Forecast Error Covariance Models * Document not available *.
DAO Office Note 1998-05: Larson, J., et al., 1998. Documentation of the Physical-Space Statistical Analysis System (PSAS) Part III: The Software Implementation Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 1998-04: Guo, J., et al., 1998. Documentation of the Physical-Space Statistical Analysis System (PSAS) Part II: The Factored-Operator Formulation of Error Covariances Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 98-03: Joiner, J. and Rokke, L., 1998. Variational Cloud Clearing with TOVS Data *Document not available*.
DAO Office Note 98-02: Staff, 1998. DAO Fortran 90 Software Standards *Document not available*.
DAO Office Note 97-16: Sawyer, W., et al., 1997. GEOS 3.x Data Assimilation System: Core GEOS 3.x Interface and Data Design *Document not available*.
DAO Office Note 97-13: Lyster, P. et al., 1997. Design of the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) Parallel General Circulation Model (GCM) Document [PDF]
DAO Office Note 97-12: Dee, D., et al., 1997. Maximum-likelihood estimation of forecast and observation error covariance parameters Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 97-11: Sawyer, W. and da Silva, A., 1997. ProTeX: A Sample Fortran 90 Source Code Documentation System Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 97-10: Min, W., and Schubert, S., 1997. The Climate Signal in Regional Moisture Fluxes: A Comparison of Three Global Data Assimilation Products Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 97-08: Cohn, S., et al., 1997. Assessing the Effects of Data Selection with the DAO Physical-space Statistical Analysis System Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 97-05: Lyster P., et al., 1997. Design of the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) Parallel Physical-space Statistical Analysis System (PSAS) Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 97-04: Todling, R., et al., 1997. Suboptimal Schemes for Retrospective Data Assimilation Based onf the Fixed-Lag Kalman Smoother Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 97-02: Lyster, P., et al., 1997. Prallel Implementation of a Kalman Filter for Constituent Data Assimilation Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 97-01: Cohn, S., 1997. An Introduction to Estimation Theory Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 96-25: Takacs, L., 1996. A Simple Bias Correction Algorithm for use in Data Assimilation Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 96-24: Park, C-K., et al., 1996. Moonsoon Rainfall in the GEOS-1 Assimilation: Sensitivity to Input Data Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 1996-20: Sienkiewicz, M., 2000. Evaluation of RTTOV and GLA TOVS forward model and Jacobian Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 96-19: Trenholme, A., 1996. GEOS-3/DAS Quality Control Requirements - Document Version 1.0 *Document not available*.
DAO Office Note 96-18: Dee, D., et al., 1996. Data assimilation in the presence of forecast bias Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 96-17: Min, W. and Schubert, S., 1996. A Summary of Precipitation Statistics over the United States *Document not available*.
DAO Office Note 96-16: Stobie, J., 1996. A Summary of Precipitation Statistics over the United States *Document not available*.
DAO Office Note 96-15: Dee, D., et al., 1996. GEOS/DAS Quality Control Strategy Document Version 1.1 Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 96-14: da Silva, A., et al., 1996. Requirements for DAO's On-Line Monitoring System (DOLMS) Version 1.00 Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 96-13: Joiner, J., et al., 1996. New Data Types Working Document Document [PDF]
DAO Office Note 96-12: daSilva, 1996. A Climatological Atlas of the Bermuda High from the GEOS-1 Multi-year Assimilation (Summers of 1985-93) *Document not available*.
DAO Office Note 96-11: da Silva, A., et al., 1996. On-line Estimation and Correction of Forecast Error Bias for Data Assimilation *Document not available*.
DAO Office Note 96-08: Sienkiewicz, M., 1996. The GLA TOVS Rapid Algorithm Forward Radiance Modules and Jacobian Version 1.0 Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 96-07: Yong, L., et al., 1996. A Study on Assimilating Potential Vorticity Data Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 96-06: da Silva, A., and Joiner, J., 1996. Efficient Methods to Assimilate Satellite Retrievals Based on Information Content *Document not available*.
DAO Office Note 96-05: da Silva, A., et al., 1996. Documentation of the Multi-year GEOS-1 Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 96-04: Pfaendtner, J., 1996. Notes on the Icosahedral Domain Decomposition in PSAS *Document not available*.
DAO Office Note 96-03R1: Gaspari, G., et al., 1996. Construction of Correlation Functions in Two and Three Dimensions Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 96-02: da Silva, A., et al., 1996. Documentation of the Physical-space Statistical Analysis System (PSAS) Part I: The Conjugate Gradient Solver Version PSAS-1.00 Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 96-01: da Silva, A., 1996. Documentation of South American Time-series Files for the Multi-year GEOS-1 Assimilation Document [PDF].
DAO Office Note 95-01: da Silva, A., et al., 1995. Documentation of the GEOS/DAS Observation Data Stream (ODS) Version 1.01 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.
2018 POSTERS
☆ AGU 2018 Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C. 12/10/2018 - 12/14/2018
Arnold, Nathan, Impact of a cold pool parameterization on the diurnal cycle and intraseasonal variability in the GEOS AGCM
Barahona, Donifan, Seasonal Predictability of Cloud Droplet Number Concentration
Carvalho, David, An Assessment of NASA’s GMAO MERRA-2 Reanalysis Surface Winds
Collow, Allison, The Influence of Prescribed Boundary Conditions on Near-Surface Temperature Over the Arctic in the MERRA-2 Atmospheric Model
Coy, Lawrence, Sub-seasonal Forecasting of the Stratospheric Wave Events, Sudden Stratospheric Warmings, and their Influence on the Troposphere
Darmenov, Anton, Implementation of the University of Miami Wave model (UMWM) into the NASA/GMAO Goddard Earth Observing System Model (GEOS)
DeAngelis, Anthony, Prediction skill of U.S. flash droughts in Subseasonal Experiment (SubX) model hindcasts
Dezfuli, Amin, Recent Rainfall Decline in West Africa Due to Enhanced Biomass Burning and Dust Emission
Ebrahimi, Hamideh, Impact Study of the Assimilation of Surface Sensitive Microwave Radiances in the GEOS
Girotto, Manuela, Data Assimilation of Terrestrial Water Storage to Adjust Precipitation Fluxes
Hackert, Eric, Impact of Satellite Sea Surface Salinity Observations on ENSO Predictions from the GMAO S2S Forecast System
Jin, Jianjun, Assimilating GCOM-W AMSR2 Radiance Data in Future GEOS Reanalyses
Lim, Young-Kwon, NASA GEOS Model for Sub-Seasonal to Seasonal Predictions: The Major Teleconnections, Tropical Cyclone Activity, and ENSO
Mukherjee, Nikita, Mt. Pinatubo’s Impacts on the GEOS Forecasting System
Ott, Lesley, Toward integrated seasonal predictions of land and ocean carbon flux: lessons from the 2015-16 El Niño
Raman, Aishwarya, Sea-state based estimation of white cap fraction: Implications for primary marine aerosol fluxes
Reichle, Rolf, H51W-1661: Water Balance in the SMAP Level-4 Soil Moisture Algorithm
Schubert, Siegfried, Regional Replay: A Unique Reanalysis-Based Tool for Addressing Model Error
Strobach, Ehud, Air-sea Interactions in a High-Resolution Ocean-atmosphere Simulation
Strobach, Ehud, Quantifying the Uncertainties in an Ensemble of Decadal Climate Predictions
Weir, Brad, Improving NASA GEOS atmospheric CO2 simulations by calibrating CASA surface with an empirical sink
☆ 9th International Workshop on Air Quality Forecasting Research (IWAQFR), Boulder 11/07/2018 - 11/09/2018
Keller, Christoph, Machine Learning Application to Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling
☆ Ocean Salinity Science Conference, Paris 11/06/2018 - 11/09/2018
Hackert, Eric, Impact of Satellite Sea Surface Salinity Observations on ENSO Predictions from the GMAO S2S Forecast System
☆ Stratosphere-troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate (SPARC) 2018 General Assembly 10/01/2018 - 10/05/2018
Coy, Lawrence, Global Assimilation of Loon Stratospheric Balloon Observations
Pawson, Steven, The Stratospheric Warming of 2018 in the Context of the Earth System
Wargan, Krzysztof, Long-term Ozone Variability and Trends from Reanalyses
☆ 15th International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Science Conference, Takamatsu 09/25/2018 - 09/29/2018
Saunders, Emily, GEOS-CF Model Assessment of PM2.5 During Wildfires: Inferring the Impact of PM2.5 Exposure on Adverse Respiratory and Cardiovascular Conditions
☆ Second International Conference on Subseasonal to Decadal Prediction, Boulder 09/17/2018 - 09/21/2018
Achuthavarier, Deepthi, Prediction skill of the MGO teleconnection signals in the NASA GEOS subseasonal reforecasts
Hackert, Eric, Impact of Satellite Sea Surface Salinity Observations on ENSO Predictions from the GEOS GMAO S2S Forecast System
Molod, Andrea, GEOS S2S-2_1: The GMAO High Resolution Seasonal Prediction System
☆ ECMWF Workshop: Radiation in the next generation of weather forecast models, Reading 05/21/2018 - 05/24/2018
Norris, Peter, Lessons learned in GCM clear-sky LW flux validation
☆ Bridging Sustained Observations and Data Assimilation for TPOS 2020, Boulder 05/01/2018 - 05/03/2018
Hackert, Eric, Impact of Aquarius and SMAP Sea Surface Salinity Observations on Seasonal Predictions of the 2015 El Nino
☆ 33rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Ponte Vedra 04/16/2018 - 04/20/2018
Lim, Young-Kwon, The Roles of Climate Change and Climate Variability in the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season
☆ EGU General Assembly 2018, Vienna 04/08/2018 - 04/13/2018
☆ SOLAS: Remote Sensing for Studying the Ocean-Atmosphere Interface, Potomac 03/13/2018 - 03/15/2018
Akella, Santha, Near-Real Time Ocean-Atmosphere Skin Temperature as part of NASA GMAO Atmospheric Data Assimilation System
Hackert, Eric, The Impact of Satellite Sea Surface Salinity for Prediction of the Coupled Indo-Pacific System
☆ AGU Ocean Science Meeting, Portland 02/11/2018 - 02/16/2018
Borovikov, Anna, GEOS-5 Seasonal Forecast System: ENSO Prediction Skill and Bias
Kovach, Robin, Impact of Aquarius and SMAP Sea Surface Salinity Observations on Seasonal Predictions of the 2015 El Nino
☆ AMS 2018, Austin 01/07/2018 - 01/11/2018
Achuthavarier, Deepthi, Prediction and Predictability of the Madden Julian Oscillation in the NASA GEOS-5 Seasonal-to-Subseasonal System
Borovikov, Anna, GEOS-5 Seasonal Forecast System: ENSO Prediction Skill and Bias
Chang, Yehui, A Realization of Bias Correction Method in the GMAO Coupled System
Draper, Clara, Observation error specification for near-surface soil moisture assimilation: does it matter?
Prive, Nikki, Performance and Evaluation of the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office Observing System Simulation Experiment
Weir, Brad, Tracer transport differences: Challenges and implications for flux inversions
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)
