Data, Application, and User Need: the NASA MERRA-2 Reanalysis Products

Xiaohua Pan1, Suhung Shen2, Jennifer C Wei2, Irina Gerasimov3, Michael G Bosilovich4, Barbara Deshong5, Mary Greene6, Lena Fornito Iredell3 and David J Meyer2, (1)ADNET Systems Inc. Greenbelt, Greenbelt, United States, (2)NASA GES DISC, Greenbelt, United States, (3)NASA GES DISC (ADNET Systems Inc.), Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)Earth Sciences Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)ADNET Systems Inc. Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (6)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, GES DISC, Greenbelt, MD, United States