Evaluation and validation of NASA’s GMAO MERRA2 reanalysis surface winds


David Carvalho, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States; Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR), Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Columbia, MD, United States and Santha Akella, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, Greenbelt, United States; Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, United States