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MERRA-2

NASA atmospheric reanalysis with water cycle components

gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov

At a glance

Region
Global
Coverage
Global data from 1980
Access
Free
Category
Space Agency
Last updated
2024

What's inside

  • Atmospheric Reanalysis
  • Water Cycle
  • Climate Data
  • Precipitation

Terms explained

What you can do with it

Typical work that data of this type supports.

  1. 01

    Risk screening

    Screen projects and assets for climate risk.

    Because it has: Atmospheric Reanalysis

  2. 02

    Future water

    Estimate water availability under future scenarios.

  3. 03

    Design storms

    Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.

    Because it has: Precipitation

Where AI adds value

Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.

  1. 01

    Bias correction

    Correct and downscale climate model output for a site.

  2. 02

    Emulators

    Replace slow model runs with fast ML emulators.

  3. 03

    Downscaling

    Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.

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