Transformed Eulerian mean data from the MERRA-2 reanalysis (monthly means)

<p>This dataset provides <strong>monthly</strong> and zonal mean variables derived from the MERRA-2 reanalysis, including terms of the transformed Eulerian mean (TEM) momentum budget.</p> <p>All variables (zonal, meridional and vertical wind speed, temperature, zonal wind tendencies from Eliassen-Palm (EP) flux divergence and advection, EP fluxes and the residual streamfunction) are obtained from 6-hourly and native vertical and spatial resolution data of the &#39;Assimilated&#39; (ASM, M2I3NVASM) collection. Zonal mean wind tendency from gravity wave drag is also provided, obtained from the M2T3NPUDT collection.</p> <p>Data are provided as one .zip file per decade (only partial for the 2020s). <strong>Daily</strong> means of the same quantities are provided in a companion dataset (10.5281/zenodo.6959944).</p> <p>The data and related documentation are provided &#39;as is&#39; and without any warranty of any kind. Users are invited to report any issue or inconsistency they may find.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Known issues:</p> <p>- All TEM terms divided by<em> </em><span><em>c</em><em>o</em><em>s</em>(<em>ϕ</em>) </span>diverge at the north and south poles (where <span><em>ϕ</em>=&plusmn;<em>&pi;</em>/2</span>), so they should not be considered. If variables at the poles are needed, values at neighbouring latitudes should be taken.</p>