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Revision as of 20:27, 27 July 2010

GMAO data products used by GEOS-Chem

  GEOS-1 GEOS-STRAT GEOS-3 GEOS-4 GEOS-5 MERRA
Native # of levels 20 sigma 26 sigma 48 sigma 55 hybrid 72 hybrid 72 hybrid
Native grid 2 x 2.5 2 x 2.5 1 x 1 1 x 1.25 0.5 x 0.666 0.5 x 0.666 and
1 x 1.25
Native file format Binary Binary HDF4-EOS HDF4-EOS HDF4-EOS HDF4-EOS
Regridded to 2 x 2.5
4 x 5
2 x 2.5
4 x 5
1 x 1 nested
2 x 2.5
4 x 5
2 x 2.5
4 x 5
0.5 x 0.666 nested
2 x 2.5
4 x 5
4 x 5
Temporal coverage 1985 - 1995 1996 - 1998 2000 - 2002 1985 - 2007 2004 - present 1979 - 2010

NOTES:

  1. GEOS-1 and GEOS-STRAT are now obsolete and no longer supported by GEOS-Chem
  2. GEOS-3 is still supported but we recommend users to migrate to GEOS-4 or GEOS-5.
  3. MERRA data will be made available at 4 x 5 resolution in the near future. MERRA is a long-term reanalysis done with version GEOS-5.2.0.

--Bob Y. 16:24, 27 July 2010 (EDT)