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Anton Darmenov
Researcher at Goddard Space Flight Center
Publications - 37
Citations - 7029
Anton Darmenov is an academic researcher from Goddard Space Flight Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Aerosol & Moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 36 publications receiving 4285 citations.
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The Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2)
Ronald Gelaro,Will McCarty,Max J. Suarez,Max J. Suarez,Ricardo Todling,Andrea Molod,Lawrence L. Takacs,Cynthia A. Randles,Cynthia A. Randles,Anton Darmenov,Michael G. Bosilovich,Rolf H. Reichle,Krzysztof Wargan,Lawrence Coy,Richard I. Cullather,Richard I. Cullather,Clara S. Draper,Clara S. Draper,Santha Akella,V. Buchard,V. Buchard,Austin Conaty,Arlindo da Silva,Wei Gu,Gi-Kong Kim,Randal D. Koster,Robert A. Lucchesi,Dagmar Merkova,J. E. Nielsen,Gary Partyka,Steven Pawson,William M. Putman,Michele M. Rienecker,Siegfried D. Schubert,Meta Sienkiewicz,Bin Zhao,Bin Zhao +36 more
TL;DR: An overview of the MERRA-2 system and various performance metrics is provided, including the assimilation of aerosol observations, several improvements to the representation of the stratosphere including ozone, and improved representations of cryospheric processes.
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The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part I: System Description and Data Assimilation Evaluation
Cynthia A. Randles,A. da Silva,V. Buchard,V. Buchard,Peter R. Colarco,Anton Darmenov,R. Govindaraju,Alexander Smirnov,Brent N. Holben,R. A. Ferrare,J. W. Hair,Yohei Shinozuka,Connor Flynn +12 more
TL;DR: This first of a pair of studies documents the MERRA-2 aerosol assimilation, including a description of the prognostic model, aerosol emissions, and the quality control of ingested observations, and provides initial validation and evaluation of the analyzed AOD fields.
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The MERRA-2 Aerosol Reanalysis, 1980 Onward. Part II: Evaluation and Case Studies
V. Buchard,V. Buchard,Cynthia A. Randles,A. da Silva,Anton Darmenov,Peter R. Colarco,R. Govindaraju,R. A. Ferrare,J. Hair,Andreas J. Beyersdorf,Luke D. Ziemba,Hongbin Yu,Hongbin Yu +12 more
TL;DR: A focus is placed on several major aerosol events to illustrate successes and weaknesses of the AOD assimilation: the Mount Pinatubo eruption, a Saharan dust transport episode, the California Rim Fire, and an extreme pollution event over China.
The Quick Fire Emissions Dataset (QFED): Documentation of Versions 2.1, 2.2 and 2.4
TL;DR: The Quick Fire Emissions Dataset (QFED) as discussed by the authors provides emissions of black carbon, organic carbon, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, PM2.5, ammonia, nitrogen oxides, methyl ethyl ketone, propylene, ethane, propane, n-and i-butane, acetaldehyde, formaldehyde, acetone and methane.