Atmospheric angular momentum estimates from MERRA-2, 1994 - 2022

<p>Data supplement for manuscript "Revisiting the excitation of free core nutation" by Mostafa Kiani Shahvandi, Michael Schindelegger, Lara B&ouml;rger, Siddhartha Mishra and Benedikt Soja, submitted to <em>JGR: Solid Earth.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Data source:&nbsp;Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications version 2 (MERRA-2)</li> <li>Temporal resolution:&nbsp;3 hourly</li> <li>Units for mass and motion terms:&nbsp;kg*m^2*s^(-1)</li> <li>Processing:&nbsp;Stationary signals due to atmospheric tides have been removed</li> <li>Other processing steps: Mass term are corrected for the oceans's IB (inverted barometer) response</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>For further information see <em>ReadMe.txt</em>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Contact: L. B&ouml;rger (lboerger@igg.uni-bonn.de)</p>