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M2-SCREAM: 3d,3-Hourly,Instantaneous,Model-Level,Assimilation,Assimilated Constituent Fields,Replayed MERRA-2 Meteorological Fields

Metadata Updated: April 10, 2026

The MERRA-2 Stratospheric Composition Reanalysis of Aura MLS (M2-SCREAM) products produced at NASA’s Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) are generated by assimilating MLS and OMI retrievals into the GEOS Constituent Data Assimilation System (CoDAS) driven by meteorological fields from MERRA-2. M2-SCREAM assimilates hydrochloric acid (HCl), nitric acid (HNO3), stratospheric water vapor (H2O), nitrous oxide (N2O) and ozone with a system equipped with a version of the GEOS general circulation model and a stratospheric chemistry model, StratChem. Assimilated fields are provided globally at 0.5° by 0.625° resolution at three-hourly frequencies from 2004/09/01 to 2024/09/30. Assimilation uncertainties for each of the assimilated constituents are calculated from the CoDAS statistical output (Wargan et al., 2022) and provided as global full-resolution three-dimensional monthly files. Data product updates in March 2024, as a result of Aura MLS “duty cycle” of 190-GHz measurements, include reduced availability of H2O, N2O and HNO3 retrievals resulting in expected M2-SCREAM data quality degradation. However, preliminary analysis shows that the GEOS CoDAS handles the reduced temporal data coverage well, indicating that the GEOS model accurately propagates information from past observations. Data product updates in June 2024 resulting from MLS version upgrade to v5.0 include discontinuities in assimilated H2O (throughout the stratosphere) and N2O (in the lower stratosphere). To note: MLS water vapor is about 0.5 ppmv lower in v5.0, and the vertical range of assimilated N2O data is 100 hPa, extended down from 68 hPa. GMAO is not aware of discontinuities in HCl, HNO3, and ozone related to the version switch.

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Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026

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Harvested from NASA Data.json

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026
Publisher NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/TISL/GESDISC
Maintainer
Identifier 10.5067/7PR3XRD6Q3NQ
Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
Category Earth Science
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
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Program Code 026:000
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Source Hash 0635c059d90622ba10c1f8b80dd3bb25a74fef747b21fb573833697c9f84ec29
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Spatial
Temporal 2004-09-01/2024-09-30

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