A clear-sky hyperspectral closure study for MERRA-2 and ERA-interim reanalyses

Xiuhong Chen1, Prof. Xianglei Huang2, Norman G Loeb3, Xiquan Dong4, Baike Xi5, Erica Dolinar6, Michael G Bosilovich7, Seiji Kato3, William L Smith Jr3 and Paul W Stackhouse Jr8, (1)University of Michigan, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (2)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, (4)University of Arizona, Tucson, United States, (5)University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (6)University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States, (7)Earth Sciences Division, Greenbelt, United States, (8)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States