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Modeling and Assimilation: OVERVIEW

Welcome to the Modeling and Assimilation Data and Information Services Center (MDISC).


Atmospheric, land and ocean observations from satellites, aircrafts, ships, and other sources are grouped, modeled or assimilated into various time scales varying from hourly to multi decadal and processed for visualization and analysis for user community. Assimilated data products are available from the GES DISC.

The Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) Data Assimilation System (DAS) is used to generate meteorological data assimilation products in support of NASA instrument teams, NASA's research programs, field campaigns, and as a contribution to U.S. weather and climate research. In addition to near-real-time products, the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) is using version 5 of the GEOS DAS (GEOS-5 DAS) for a retrospective atmospheric analysis for the satellite period (1979 - present).This product, the Modern Era Retrospective-analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) is available online through the MDISC.

Data Availability:

The first and second stream have been completed and is available in its entirety for download. The latest data available for the third stream is 2012-03-31.

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Sign up for the MERRA listserv to receive announcements on the latest data information, tools and services that become available, data announcements from GMAO and more! Contact the GES DISC User Services to be added to the list.

MERRA Science Data and Data Processing Questions

Users can contact staff with questions on the data, data processing and science. Send questions to merra-questions@lists.nasa.gov.

More data will become available from the GES DISC in the future.

 


Latest News

Monthly time-series of aerosol optical depth at 550 nm over the southern hemisphere for land (red line) and ocean (black line).
Apr 16, 2012 - SeaWiFS Deep Blue (SWDB) aerosol monthly products now available in Giovanni

Giovanni now provides monthly averages for aerosols over land and ocean for full SeaWiFS mission

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New land surface diagnostics data in MERRA provide better estimates of hydrological conditions
Apr 13, 2012 - New MERRA Data Products Added to the MERRA Dataset

Ocean and land surface diagnostics improve model estimates for climate and weather variables

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Preview image: The new NASA GES DISC Homepage
Feb 16, 2012 - GES DISC Web Site Update - coming soon!

New look for Web site of NASA earth science data archive

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Dr. Gregory Leptoukh
Jan 23, 2012 - GES DISC, NASA mourn passing of Dr. Gregory Leptoukh

Leptoukh was GES DISC data manager; led Giovanni development, data quality initiatives

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Image of 2011 highlights for the NASA GES DISC.  Key to the images appears at the end of the article.
Jan 10, 2012 - The NASA GES DISC 2011 Top 10 List

Data set updates, Simple Subset Wizard, Giovanni publications, and User Working Group part of an eventful year

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Last updated: May 11, 2012 11:43 AM ET