Useful observational and reanalysis datasets

DatasetVariableResolutionDomainPeriodDownload Link
ERA5 reanalysise.g., wind, specific humidity, temperature0.25 deg, hourlyglobalsince 1940ECMWF download page
GPM IMERG precipitation V07e.g., surface precipitation rate0.1deg x 0.1deg, 30min/1hr/1monthglobalsince 2000NASA download page
MERRA-2 reanalysise.g., SST0.5deg x 0.625deg, hourlyglobalsince 1980NASA download page
MJO RMM indexe.g., amplitude, phase, RMM1, RMM21 day-since 1974Columbia U. IRI data library or Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Other MJO indexe.g. OMI1 day-since 1979NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory
NOAA Interpolated OLROLR2.5deg x 2.5deg, 1 dayglobal1974-2022Physical Sciences Laboratory
MJO large-scale precipitation trackinge.g. MJO spatiotemporal mask file-, hourlytropicssince 2000UW website
NEXRAD radar datasete.g., composite reflectivity2km x 2kmCONUSsince 1992NCEI download page
WRF simulation of current climate over CONUSall variables4 kmCONUS1980-2021NCAR Research Data Archive
WRF simulation of current and future climate over CONUSall varaibles4 kmCONUS1996-2015, 2080-2099NCAR Research Data Archive
WRF simulation of current climate over South Americaall variables4 kmSouth America2001-2022NCAR Research Data Archive

Useful models for studying convection

NameDescriptionDownload Link
The System for Atmospheric Modeling (SAM)A cute model for idealized cloud-resolving simulationProf. Marat Khairoutdinov’s page