Qiu Yang

Qiu Yang

Assistant Professor at the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Peking University, Beijing

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. OMI1day-since 1979NOAA Physical 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

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