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
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