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 79361911.548 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
Resource Support Organization N/A
Distributor NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

Author
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 2025-11-21T03:05:06Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d313003
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation . (2018). MERRA2 Global Atmosphere Forcing Data. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/XVAQ-2X07. Accessed 30 December 2025.

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