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MERRA2 meteorological fields

anushree

Member
Hi all,
I want to carry out specified dynamics simulations by internally generating 6 hour meteorological data produced by FHIST.
The fields are:
fincl1 = 'FSDS', 'ICEFRAC', 'LANDFRAC', 'OCNFRAC', 'PHIS', 'PS', 'Q', 'QFLX', 'SHFLX', 'T', 'TAUX', 'TAUY', 'TS', 'U', 'V'
I want to follow the same convention as that of MERRA2 with respect to average or instantaneous values.
I have downloaded few files for Merra2 data from the link CISL RDA: MERRA2 Global Atmosphere Forcing Data given in the CAM6 user guide.
But i am not sure whether these are instantaneous or average values.
I think PHIS, FSDS, PS, QFLX, SHFLX, SNOWH, SOILW, TAUX, TAUY, TS are average values but doubtful for U, V, Q, T.
Please clear my confusion.
Thanks and regards.
 
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