MERRA2 Global Atmosphere Forcing Data

Atmospheric Forcing data, regridded from the Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA2) data and prepared as meteorological variables to run CESM and WRF simulations.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1980-01-01T0000+00
    End:  2025-08-31T2100+00

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1980-01-01T0000+00
Temporal Range End 2025-08-31T2100+00
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 90.0
Bounding Box South Lat -90.0
Bounding Box West Long -180.0
Bounding Box East Long 180.0
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution 2.5 degree
1.25 degree
0.625 degree
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NetCDF
Standardized Resource Format NetCDF
Asset Size 79361911.533 MB
Legal Constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name N/A
Resource Support Email datahelp@ucar.edu
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Distributor NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange
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Metadata Contact Email datahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

Author Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 2018-01-12
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/XVAQ-2X07
Alternate Identifier d313003
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress onGoing
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:31:47Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d313003
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. (2018). MERRA2 Global Atmosphere Forcing Data. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/XVAQ-2X07. Accessed 09 October 2025.

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