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REFEREED PUBLICATIONS - 2019

Andrews, L. C., 2019. Methane beneath Greenland's ice sheet is being released. Nature , 565, 31-32. doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07762-7  Link to Published Version

Barlow, M., W. J. Gutowski Jr., J. R. Gyakum, R. W. Katz, Y.-K. Lim, R.S. Schumacher, M. F. Wehner, L. Agel, M. Bosilovich, A. Collow, A. Gershunov, R. Grotjahn, R. Leung, S. Milrad, and S.-K. Min, 2019. North American extreme precipitation events and related Large-Scale Meteorological Patterns: a review of statistical methods, dynamics, modeling, and trends. Clim. Dyn. , 53, 6835-6875. doi: 10.1007/s00382-019-04958-z  Link to Published Version

Bechtold, M., G. J. M. De Lannoy, R. D. Koster, R. H. Reichle, S. Mahanama, W. Bleuten, M.A. Bourgault, C. Brümmer, I. Burdun, A. R. Desai, K. Devito, T. Grünwald, M. Grygoruk, E. R. Humphreys, J. Klatt, J. Kurbatova, A. Lohila, T. M. Munir, M.B. Nilsson, J. S. Price, M. Röhl, A. Schneider, and B. Tiemeyer, 2019. PEAT-CLSM: A specific treatment of peatland hydrology in the NASA Catchment Land Surface Model. J. Adv. Model. Earth Sys. , 11, 2130-2162. doi: 10.1029/2018MS001574  Link to Published Version

Borovikov, A. Y., R. I. Cullather, R. M. Kovach, J. Marshak, G. Vernieres, Y.V. Vikhliaev, B. Zhao, and Z. Li, 2019. GEOS-5 seasonal forecast system. Clim. Dyn , 53, 7335-7361. doi: 10.1007/s00382-017-3835-2  Link to Published Version

Carvalho, D., 2019. An assessment of NASA's GMAO MERRA-2 reanalysis surface winds. J. Clim. , 32, 8261-8281. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0199.1  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, 2019. In situ high spectral resolution inherent and apparent optical property data from diverse aquatic environments. Pangaea doi: 10.1594/PANGAEA.902230  Link to Published Version

Castellanos, P., and A. da Silva, 2019. A Neural Network Correction to the Scalar Approximation in Radiative Transfer. J. Atmos Ocean Tech , 36, 819-832. doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-18-0003.1  Link to Published Version

Castellanos, P., A. M. da Silva, A. S. Darmenov, V. Buchard, R. C. Govindaraju, P. Ciren, and S. Kondragunta, 2019. A Geostationary Instrument Simulator for Aerosol Observing System Simulation Experiments. Atmosphere , 10 (1), 2. doi: 10.3390/atmos10010002  Link to Published Version

Chang, K.-L., O. R. Cooper, J. J. West, M. L. Serre, M. G. Schultz, M. Lin, V. Marecal, B. Josse, M. Deushi, K. Sudo, J. Liu, and C. A. Keller, 2019. A new method (M3Fusion v1) for combining observations and multiple model output for an improved estimate of the global surface ozone distribution. Geosci. Model Dev. , 12 (13), 955-978. doi: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-955-2019  Link to Published Version

Chang, Y., S. D. Schubert, R. D. Koster, A. M. Molod and H. Wang, 2019. Tendency Bias Correction in Coupled and Uncoupled Global Climate Models with a Focus. J. Climate , 32, 639-661. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0598.1  Link to Published Version

Charkovska, N., M. Halushchak, R. Bun, Z. Nahorski, T. Oda, M. Jonas, and P. Topylko, 2019. A high-definition spatially explicit inventory of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the industrial processes. Mitig. Adapt. Strat. Gl. , 24 (6), 907-939. doi:10.1007/s11027-018-9836-6  Link to Published Version

Chattopadhyay, D., M. D. Bazilian, and M. Chattopdhyay, 2019. Climate Change Impacts on Power Systems. YaleGlobal Online no DOI  Link to Published Version

Choi, N., K.-M. Kim, Y.-K. Lim and M.-I. Lee, 2019. Decadal Changes in the Leading Patterns of Sea Level Pressure in the Arctic and Their Impacts on the Sea Ice Variability in Boreal Summer. Cryo. , 13, 3007-3021. doi: 10.5194/tc-13-3007-2019  Link to Published Version

Colliander, A., Z. Yang, R. Mueller, A. Sandborn, R. H. Reichle, W. Crow, D. Entekhabi, and S. Yueh, 2019. Consistency between NASS Surveyed Soil Moisture Conditions and SMAP Soil Moisture Observations. Water Resources Research , 55, 7682-7693. doi:10.1029/2018WR024475  Link to Published Version

Coy, L., M. R. Schoeberl, S. Pawson, S. Candido, and R. W. Carver, 2019. Global assimilation of Loon stratospheric balloon observations. J. Geophys. Res - Atmos. , 124 (6), 3005-3019. doi: 10.1029/2018JD029673  Link to Published Version

Crow, W. T., F. Chen, R. H. Reichle, and Y. Xia, 2019. Diagnosing bias in modeled soil moisture/runoff coupling strength using the SMAP Level 4 soil moisture product. Water Resour. Res. , 55, 7010-7026. doi:10.1029/2019WR025245  Link to Published Version

Crowell, S., D. Baker, A. Schuh, S. Basu, A. R. Jacobson, F. Chevallier, J. Liu, F. Deng,L. Feng, K. McKain, A. Chatterjee, J. B. Miller, B. B. Shephens, A. Eldering, D. Crisp, D. Schimel, R. Nassar, C. W. O'Dell, T. Oda, C. Sweeny, P. I. Palmer, and D. B. A. Jones, 2019. The 2015-2016 Carbon Cycle As Seen from OCO-2 and the Global In Situ Network. Atmo. Chem. Phys. , 19, 9797-98831. doi: 10.5194/acp-19-9797-2019  Link to Published Version

Dong, J., W. Crow, R. H. Reichle, Q. Liu, F. Lei, and M. H. Cosh, 2019. A global assessment of added value in the SMAP Level-4 soil moisture product relative to its baseline land surface model. Geophys. Res. Lett. , 46, 6604-6613. doi:10.1029/2019GL083398  Link to Published Version

Draper, C., and R. H. Reichle, 2019. Assimilation of satellite soil moisture for improved atmospheric reanalyses. Mon. Wea. Rev , 147, 2163-2188. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-18-0393.1  Link to Published Version

Feng, S., T. Lauvaux, K. Keller, K. J. Davis, P. Rayner, T. Oda, and K. R. Gurney, 2019. A road map for improving the treatment of uncertainties in high-resolution regional carbon flux inverse estimates. Geophys. Res. Lett. , 46, 13461-13469. doi:10.1029/2019GL082987  Link to Published Version

Girotto, M., R. H. Reichle, M. Rodell, Q. Liu, S. Mahanama, and G. J. M. De Lannoy, 2019. Multi-sensor Assimilation of SMOS Brightness Temperature and GRACE Terrestrial Water Storage Observations for Soil Moisture and Shallow Groundwater Estimation. Remote Sens. Environ. , 227, 12-27. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.04.001  Link to Published Version

Gregg, W. W., C. S. Rousseaux, 2019. Global Ocean Primary Production Trends in the Modern Ocean Color Satellite Record (1998-2015). Environmental Research Letters , 14 (12), 124011. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ab4667  Link to Published Version

Hackert, E., R. M. Kovach, A. J. Busalacchi, and J. Ballabrera-Poy, 2019. Impact of Aquarius and SMAP Satellite Sea Surface Salinity Observations on Coupled El Niño/Southern Oscillation Forecasts. J. Geophys. Res. - Oceans , 124 (7), 4546-4556. doi: 10.1029/2019JC015130  Link to Published Version

Keller, C. A., and M. J. Evans, 2019. Application of random forest regression to the calculation of gas-phase chemistry within the GEOS-Chem chemistry model v10. Geosci. Model. Devel. , 12, 1209-1225. doi: 10.5194/gmd-12-1209-2019  Link to Published Version

Kim, H., M.-I. Lee, D.-H. Cha, Y.-K. Lim, and W. M. Putman, 2019. Improved Representation of the Diurnal Variation of Warm Season Precipitation by an Atmospheric General Circulation Model in 10-km Horizontal Resolution. Clim. Dyn. , 53 (11), 6523-6542. doi:10.1007/s00382-019-04943-6  Link to Published Version

Koster, R. D, S. D. Schubert, H. Wang, S. P. Mahanama, and A. M. DeAngelis, 2019. Flash Drought as Captured by Reanalysis Data: Disentangling the Contributions of Precipitation Deficit and Excess Evapotranspiration. J. Hydrometeorology , 20, 1241-1258. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-18-0242.1  Link to Published Version

Koster, R. D., R. H. Reichle, S. D. Schubert, and S. P. Mahanama, 2019. Length Scales of Hydrological Variability as Inferred from SMAP Soil Moisture Retrievals. J. Hydrometeorol. , 20, 2129-2146. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-19-0070.1  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, G. O. Braathen, L. Coy, and J. de Laat, 2019. 2018 Antarctic ozone hole [in “State of the Climate in 2018"]. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. , 100 (9), S185-S187. doi: 10.1175/2019BAMSStateoftheClimate.1  Link to Published Version

Kumar, R., L. Delle Monache, J. Bresch, P. E. Saide, Y. Tang, Z. Liu, A. M. da Silva, S. Alessandrini, G. Pfister, D. Edwards, P. Lee, and I. Djalalova, 2019. Toward Improving Short-Term Predictions of Fine Particulate Matter Over the United States Via Assimilation of Satellite Aerosol Optical Depth Retrievals. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres , 12 (6), 1030. doi: 10.3390/rs12061030  Link to Published Version

Li, F., M. Val Martin, S. Hantson, M. Andreae, A. Arneth, G. Lasslop, C. Yue, D. Bachelet, M. Forrest, J. Kaiser, E. Kluzek, X. Liu, J. Melton, D. Ward, A. Darmenov, T. Hickler, C. Ichoku, B. Magi, S. Sitch, G. van der Werf, and C. Wiedinmyer, 2019. Historical (1700–2012) Global Multi-model Estimates of the Fire Emissions from the Fire Modeling Intercomparison Project (FireMIP). Atmo. Chem. Phys. , 19, 12545-12567. doi: 10.5194/acp-19-12545-2019  Link to Published Version

Li, Z, Y. Luo, N. Arnold, and E. Tziperman, 2019. Reductions in Strong Upwelling-Favorable Wind Events in the Pliocene. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology , 34, 1931-1944. 10.1029/2019PA003760  Link to Published Version

Li, Z., J. Li, M. Gunshor, S.-C. Moeller, T. J. Schmit, F. Yu, and W. McCarty, 2019. Homogenized water vapor absorption band radiances from international geostationary satellites. Geophysical Research Letters , 46, 10599-10608. doi: 10.1029/2019GL083639  Link to Published Version

Lievens, H., M. Demuzere, H.-P. Marshall, R. H. Reichle, L. Brucker, I. Brangers, P. de Rosnay, M. Dumont, M. Girotto, W. W. Immerzeel, T. Jonas, E. J. Kim, I. Koch, C. Marty, T. Saloranta, J. Schober, and G. J. M. De Lannoy, 2019. Snow depth variability in the Northern Hemisphere mountains observed from space. Nature Comm. , 10, 4629. 10.1038/s41467-019-12566-y  Link to Published Version

Lim, Y.-K., R. I. Cullather, S. M.J. Nowicki, and K.-M. Kim, 2019. Inter-relationship between subtropical Pacific sea surface temperature, Arctic sea ice concentration, and North Atlantic Oscillation in recent summers. Scientific Reports , 9 (14), 3481. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-39896-7  Link to Published Version

Martin, C. R. , N. Zeng, A. Karion, K. Mueller, S. Ghosh, I. Lopez-Coto, K. R. Gurney, T. Oda, K. Prasad, Y. Liu, R. R. Dickerson, and J. Whetstone, 2019. Investigating Sources of Variability and Error in Simulations of Carbon Dioxide in an Urban Region. Atmos. Enviro. , 199, 55-69. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.11.013  Link to Published Version

McGrath-Spangler, E., O. Reale, M. Ganeshan, W. McCarty, and R. Gelaro, 2019. Impact of Assimilating Adaptively Thinned AIRS Cloud-Cleared Radiances in the GEOS. JCSDA Quarterly , 65, 7-13. doi:10.25923/ttpr-1d55  Link to Published Version

Molod, A., H. Salmun, and A. B. Marquardt Collow, 2019. The Annual Cycle of Hourly Planetary Boundary Layer Heights estimated from NOAA Profiler Network Wind Profiler Data. J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos. , 124 (12), 6207-6221. doi: 10.1029/2018JD030102  Link to Published Version

Moore, A. M., M. J. Martin, S. Akella, H. G. Arango, M. Balmaseda, L. Bertino, S. Ciavatta, B. Cornuelle, J. Cummings, S. Frolov, P. Lermusiauz, P. Oddo, P. R. Oke, A. Storto, A. Teruzzi, A. Vidard, and A. T. Weaver, 2019. Synthesis of Ocean Observations Using Data Assimilation for Operational, Real-Time and Reanalysis Systems: A More Complete Picture of the State of the Ocean. Front. Marine Sci. , 6, 90. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00090  Link to Published Version

Moradi, I., F. Evans, W. McCarty, and M. Cordeero-Fuentes, 2019. Assimilating microwave cloudy observations in the rainband of hurricanes into NASA GEOS model. JCSDA Quart. , 64 (Summer 2019), 6-12. doi: 10.25923/pwq2-ak15  Link to Published Version

Oaida, C. M., J. T. Reager, K. M. Andreadis, C. H. David, S. R. Levoe, T. H. Painter, K. J. Bormann, A. R. Trangsrud, M. Girotto, and J. S. Famiglietti, 2019. A high-resolution data assimilation framework for snow water equivalent estimation across the Western United States and validation with the Airborne Snow Observatory. J. Hydrometeorol , 20, 357-378. doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-18-0009.1  Link to Published Version

Oda, T., R. Bun, V. Kinakh, P. Toplko, M. Haluschchak, G. Marland, T. Lauvaux, M. Jonas, S. Maksyutov, Z. Nahorski, M. Lesive, O. Danylo, and J. Horabik-Pyzel, 2019. Errors and uncertainties in a gridded carbon dioxide emissions inventory. Mitig. Adapt. Strat. Gl. , 24, 1007-1050. doi: 10.1007/s11027-019-09877-2  Link to Published Version

Pegion, K., B. P. Kirtman, D. C. Collins, E. LaJoie, R. Burgman, R. Bell, T. DelSole, D. Min, Y. Zhu, W. Li, E. Sinsky, H. Guan, E. Becker, J. Gottschalck, E. J. Metzger, N. P. Baron, D. Achuthavarier, J. Marshak, R. D. Koster, H. Lin, M. Gagnon, M. Bell, M. K. Tippett, A. Roberston, S. Sun, S. G. Benhamin, B. W. Green, R. Bleck, and H. Kim, 2019. The Subseasonal Experiment (SubX): A multi-model subseasonal prediction experiment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc , 100, 2043-2060. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0270.1  Link to Published Version

Penny, S. G., S. Akella, M. A. Balmaseda, P. Browne, J. A. Carton, C. Chapman, M. Chevallier, F. Counillon, C. M. Domingues, S. Frolov, P. Heimbach, P. Hogan, I. Hoteit, D. Iovino, P. Laloyaux, M. Martin, S. Masina, A. Moore, T. Moore, T. O'Kane, P. de Rosnay, P. Sandery, D. Schepers, B. Sloyan, A. Storto, A. Subramanian, S.H. Nam, F. Vitart, C. Yang, Y. Fujii, and H. Zuo, 2019. Observational Needs for improving Ocean and Coupled Reanalysis, S2S Prediction, and Decadal Prediction. Front. Marine Sci. , 6, 1-18. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00391  Link to Published Version

Poinar, K., C. F. Dow and L. C. Andrews, 2019. Long-term maintenance of an active subglacial hydrologic system by Greenland firn aquifers. Geophys. Res. Letters , 46 (9), 4772-4781. doi: 10.1029/2019GL082786  Link to Published Version

Privé, N., and R. Errico, 2019. Uncertainty of observation impact estimation in an adjoint model investigated with an Observing System Simulation Experiment. Mon. Weather Rev. , 147, 3191-3204. doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-19-0097.1  Link to Published Version

Pu, Z., C. Yu, V. Tallapragada, J. Jin, and W. McCarty, 2019. The Impact of Assimilation of GPM Microwave Imager Clear-Sky Radiance on Numerical Simulations of Hurricanes Joaquin (2015)and Matthew (2016) with the HWRF model. Mon. Weather Rev , 147, 175-198. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-17-0200.1  Link to Published Version

Quets, J., G. J. M. De Lannoy, A. Al Yaari, S. Chan, M. H. Cosh, A. Gruber, R. H. Reichle, R. Van der Schalie, and J.-P. Wigneron, 2019. Uncertainty in Soil Moisture Retrievals: an Ensemble Approach using SMOS L-Band Microwave Data. Remote Sens. Environ. , 229, 133-147. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2019.05.008  Link to Published Version

Reichle, R. H., Q. Liu, R. d. Koster, W. T. Crow, G. J. M. De Lannoy, J. S. Kimball, J. V. Ardizzone, D.Bosch, A. Colliander, M. Cosh, J. Kolassa, S. P. Mahanama, H. McNairn, J. Prueger, P. Starks, and J. P. Walker, 2019. Version 4 of the SMAP Level-4 Soil Moisture Algorithm and Data Product. J. Adv. Model. Earth Sys. , 11, 3106-3130. doi:10.1029/2019MS001729  Link to Published Version

Roca, R., L. V. Alexander, G. Potter, M. Bador, R. Juca, S. Contractor, M. G. Bosilovich, and S. Cloche, 2019. FROGs: a daily 1°x1° gridded precipitation database of rain gauge, satellite and reanalysis products. Earth Syst. Scie. Data , 11, 1017-1035. doi:10.5194/essd-2019-51  Link to Published Version

Satoh, M., B. Stevens, F. Judt, M. Khairoutdinov, S.-J. Lin, W. M. Putman, and P. Duben, 2019. Global Cloud-Resolving Models. Curr. Clim. Chan. Rep. , 5, 172-184. doi:10.1007/s40641-019-00131-0  Link to Published Version

Schubert, S. D., Y. Chang, H. Wang, R. D. Koster, and A. M. Molod, 2019. A Systematic Approach to Assessing the Sources and Global Impacts of Errors in Climate Models. J. Climate , 32, 8301-8321. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0189.1  Link to Published Version

Schuh, A. E., A. R. Jacobson, S. Basu, B. Weir, D. Baker, K. Bowman, F. Chevallier, S. Crowell, K. J. Davis, F. Deng, S. Denning, L. Feng, D. Jones, J. Liu, and P. I. Palmer), 2019. Quantifying the Impact of Atmospheric Transport Uncertainty on CO₂ Surface Flux Estimates. Global Biochem. Cycles , 33, 484-500. doi: 10.1029/2018GB006086  Link to Published Version

Seo, E., M.-I. Lee, D. Kim, Y.-K. Lim, S. D. Schubert, and K.-M. Kim, 2019. Interannual variation of tropical cyclones simulated by GEOS-5 AGCM with modified convection scheme. Intern. J. Clim. , 39 (10), 4041-4057. doi: 10.1002/joc.6058  Link to Published Version

Stanfield, R. E., H. Su, J. H. Jiang, S. R. Freitas, A. M. Molod, Z. J. Luo, L. Huang, and M. Luo, 2019. Convective entrainment rates estimated from Aura CO and CloudSat/CALIPSO observations and comparison with GEOS-5. J. Geophys. Res. - Atmo. , 124, 9796-9807. doi: 10.1029/2019JD030846  Link to Published Version

Stevens, B., M. Satoh, L. Auger, J. Biercamp, C. S. Bretherton, X. Chen, P. Duben, F. Judt, M. Khairoutdinov, D. Klocke, C. Kodama, L. Kornblueh, S.-J. Lin, W. M. Putman, R. Shibuya, P. Neumann, N. Rober, B. Vanniere, P.-L. Vidale, N. Wediand, and L. Zhou, 2019. DYAMOND: The DYnamics of the Atmospheric general circulation Modeled On Non-hydrostatic Domains. Prog. Earth Plan. Sci. , 6, 61. doi: 10.1186/s40645-019-0304-z  Link to Published Version

Tao, J., R. D. Koster, R. H. Reichle, B. A. Forman, Y. Xue, R. H. Chen, and M. Moghaddam, 2019. Permafrost Variability over the Northern Hemisphere Based on the MERRA-2 Reanalysis. Cryo. , 13, 2087-2110. doi:10.5194/tc-13-2087-2019  Link to Published Version

Velegar, M., N. B. Erichson, C. A. Keller, and J. N. Kutz, 2019. Scalable Diagnostics and Data Compression for Global Atmospheric Chemistry using Ristretto Library (version 1.0). Geosci. Model Dev. , 12, 1525-1539. doi:10.5194/gmd-12-1525-2019  Link to Published Version

Vinogradova, N., T. Lee, J. Boutin, K. Drushka, S. Fournier, R. Sabia, D. Stammer, E. Bayler, N. Reul, A. Gordon, O. Melnichenko, L. Li, E. Hackert, M. Martin, N. Kolodziejczyk, A. Hasson, S. Brown, S. Misra, and E. Lindstrom, 2019. Satellite Salinity Observing System: Recent Discoveries and the Way Forward. Frontiers in Marine Science , 6, 243. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00243  Link to Published Version

Wang, H., S. Schubert, R. Koster, and Y. Chang, 2019. Attribution of the 2017 Northern High Plains Drought. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. , 100 (12), S25-S29. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0115.1  Link to Published Version

Wang, H., S. D. Schubert, R. D. Koster, and Y. Chang, 2019. Phase-locking of the Boreal Summer Atmospheric Response to Dry Land Surface Anomalies in the Northern Hemisphere. J. Climate , 32, 1081-1099. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0240.1  Link to Published Version

Wang, Y., P. Ciais, G. Broquet, F.-M. Breon, T. Oda, F. Lespinas, Y. Meijer, a. Leoscher, G. Janssens-Maenhout, B. Zheng, H. Xu, S. Tao, D. Santaren, and Y. Su, 2019. A global map of emission clumps for future monitoring of fossil fuel CO₂ emissions from space. Earth Syst Sci Data , 11, 687-703. doi:10.5194/essd-11-687-2019  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

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