GEOS-Chem projects using MERRA met data
NASA/GMAO ceased production of MERRA data as of June 2013 (as it was produced with the same assimilation system as the GEOS-5.2.0 data). Therefore, you will not be able to use MERRA met fields to run GEOS-Chem global simulations for model dates after June 2013. But you can still run GEOS-Chem simulations using our archive of MERRA meteorology, which spans the years 1979 through 2010.
The current GMAO met data product is now the GEOS-FP operational product, which will be officially supported in the GEOS-Chem v9-02 release. We are processing GEOS-FP data for 2012 up to present day. You will be able to use GEOS-FP for both global and hi-res (0.25° x 0.3125°) nested-grid simulations starting with GEOS-Chem v9-02.
GMAO has plans to create a new reanalysis (MERRA-2) using the current GEOS-DAS version (v5.11.0). MERRA-2 will look very similar to the current GEOS-FP operational data product. (Bob Yantosca, 13 Dec 2013)
On this page we list people who are using GEOS-Chem driven by the GMAO MERRA reanalysis product. Please feel free to add your own project to this list!
| Investigator(s) | Institution | Project |
|---|---|---|
| Helen Amos | Harvard | Mercury simulation |
| Helen Amos | Harvard | Investigating MERRA vs. GEOS-5 differences in wet deposition |
| Tom Breider | Harvard | Investigating aerosols & ozone over the arctic |
| Jenny Fisher | Harvard | Looking at trends in MERRA sea ice fields |
| Dave Ridley | Colorado State | Running 30-year MERRA simulations focusing on dust. |
--Bob Y. 14:47, 19 October 2011 (EDT)
