MERRA2 Global Forcing data for CESM2 Applications

Atmospheric forcing data derived from the Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2), have been regridded and interpolated to align with the Community Earth System Model Version 2 (CESM2) framework. The data are horizontally remapped to the CESM2 spatial grid and vertically interpolated to the model's standard 32 atmospheric levels. This processing provides a consistent set of meteorological forcing fields for climate studies

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1990-01-01T0000+00
    End:  2026-01-25T2100+00

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1990-01-01T0000+00
Temporal Range End 2026-01-25T2100+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 1.25 degree
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NetCDF
Standardized Resource Format NetCDF
Asset Size 4520582.197 MB
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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
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Distributor NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

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Metadata Contact Email datahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

Author Tilmes, Simone ORCID icon
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

Publication Date 2022-03-28
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/H9NM-XC59
Alternate Identifier d313002
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress onGoing
Metadata Date 2026-06-25T17:46:18Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d313002
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Tilmes, Simone. (2022). MERRA2 Global Forcing data for CESM2 Applications. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/H9NM-XC59. Accessed 26 June 2026.

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