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MERRA-2 Reanalysis data. Gelaro et al. (2017). MERRA-2 data are obtained from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO), inst3_3d_asm_Cp: MERRA-2 3D IAU State, Meteorology Instantaneous 3-hourly (p-coord, 0.625x0.5L42), version 5.12.4 at https://doi.org/
10.5067/WWQSXQ8IVFW8. The data are public with unrestricted access (registration required).
The RTM used to estimate H2O cooling rates is from Atmospheric and Environmental Research and can be freely downloaded at http://rtweb.aer.com/rrtm_frame.html.
OMPS-LP data, Taha et al. (2021), is available at https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datasets/OMPS_NPP_LP_L2_AER_DAILY_2/summary , DOI:  https://doi.org/10.5067/CX2B9NW6FI27 The algorithm is documented in Taha et al. (2021). Data are public with unrestricted access (registration required).
Aura MLS Level 2 data, Livesey et al. (2021) JPL D-33509 Rev. C, is available at https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datasets?page=1&keywords=AURA%20MLS
The temperature data is available at https://acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/Aura_MLS_Level2/ML2T.004/
The V4 water vapor data is available at https://acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/Aura_MLS_Level2/ML2H2O.004/
The V5 water vapor data is available at https://acdisc.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/Aura_MLS_Level2/ML2H2O.005/